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Vol. 71, No. 39
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Pereira eyes biz district Sees need for changes to zoning BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y The Mineola Board of Trustees Wednesday night was given a presentation on potential ways to revitalize different business districts in the village. The presentation was in line with the vision of newly elected Mayor Paul Pereira and the rest of the board’s interest in reimagining different parts of Mineola. “My view is that retail as we know it no longer exists,” Pereira said. “And it’s not coming back the way we knew.” Specifically, the board heard a presentation from Paul Grygiel on creating an overlay district on the strip of Jericho between Willis Avenue and Marcellus Road and on Main Street, First Street and Second Street between Mineola Boulevard and Willis. Grygiel is a city planning and development consultant with previous experience in Mineola, which included a helping hand in the creation of the master plan of Mineola in the mid-2000s. Overlay zones create special zoning districts on previously established districts that can allow for additional criteria. An overlay zone, as presented, would allow future development to Continued on Page 51
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MINEOLA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
The Mineola Volunteer Fire Department’s Engine Co. 3 poses in front of their firehouse during their 100th-anniversary celebration on Saturday. See story on page 2.
Little change in N.Y. rearrest rates State report shows bail reform laws have minor impact on repeat offenders BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z New York’s bail reform laws, enacted at the beginning of 2020, have not resulted in significant changes in rearrest rates, according to a new report from the state’s Division of Criminal Justice Services. Statistics showed that outside of New York City, rearrest rates in 2019
were 16%, followed by 23% in 2020 and 21% in 2021. The city’s 2019 rearrest rate was 19%, followed by 22% in 2020 and 20% in 2021, according to the statistics. Additionally, roughly 80% of suspects who were arrested throughout the state over the three-year analysis were not rearrested within six months of their initial arrest. Out of the more
than 147,000 releases throughout the state, outside of New York City criminal courts, nearly 29,000 individuals, or roughly 19% were rearrested, according to statistics. Roughly 12% of the rearrests were those who committed violent felonies, with more than 35% identified as individuals who committed non-violent felonies and 52% as peo-
ple who committed misdemeanors, statistics showed. Local officials have claimed that the laws, aside from allowing criminals to conduct repeat crimes throughout Nassau County, have resulted in many individuals skipping their court dates. Statistics showed that, outside of New York City, only 17% of more Continued on Page 50
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