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Friday, July 26, 2024
Vol. 99, No. 30
SUMMER DINING
MAN SHOOTS DOG IN MORLEY PARK
DEMS, D’ESPOSITO REACT TO BIDEN BOWING OUT
PAGES 21-28
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Singh admits to drinking
F U N D AY M O N D AY
Footage after crash kills 2 Roslyn teens BY C A M E RY N O A K ES Amandeep Singh, the Roslyn resident charged with the deaths of high school tennis stars Drew Hassenbein and Ethan Falkowitz in an alleged drunk driving crash, is seen in police bodycam footage slurring his speech, confused about where he is moments after the incident and admitting to drinking and driving. Now his attorneys are seeking to prevent it from being presented in his upcoming trial. Defense attorneys Edward Sapone and James Kousouros argued that Singh was in custody when he made the statements yet had not been read his rights against self-incrimination, according to Newsday. But Newsday reported police bodycam footage shows Singh speaking with police after he had been informed of his rights. Singh, 35, was allegedly driving an Alpha Romeo on the wrong side of the road at 95 mph on May 3, 2023, with a blood alcohol count of 0.15 four hours after his arrest and cocaine in his system. Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said at a news conference following his arraignment June 26, 2023, that the speed limit posted in the area of the collision was 40 mph. Continued on Page 38
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD
North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena dances with a resident during the town’s Funday Monday event at North Hempstead Beach Park. The event was part of the town’s Project Independence for senior citizens.
Sands’ Coliseum bid advances County Legislature Rules Committee votes in favor of 42-year lease BY M I C H A E L MALASZCZYK Despite protests and counterprotests, the Nassau County Planning Commission voted unanimously Thursday to lease the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale to the Las Vegas Sands casino company. The 42-year lease, which still requires approval by the full county
Legislature and County Executive Bruce Blakeman, gives the Sands control of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. This includes booking events and maintaining the property but not the right to develop the site. The Sands is seeking to build a casino at the site and is asking the county to approve a separate, 99year development lease that would require the county to conduct an environmental review before any construction can occur on the 72acre Coliseum site. Sands wants to build a casino on the property, a move supported by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and his allies in the Re-
publican-controlled county Legislature, which voted 17-1 to approve a casino last year. The Sands said it intends to apply for a state commercial gaming license to operate a casino. The New York State Gaming Commission is expected to decide which entities will be awarded four downstate casino licenses next year. Labor activists with green signs reading “Say Yes to Sands” gathered at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola to support the county’s move forward with the plan in anticipation of Las Vegas Sands potentially winning a state contract. “The casino has no implication on
what we’re doing today,” said Grant Newburger, director of communications of the AFL-CIO-affiliated Building and Construction Trades Council of Nassau and Suffolk counties, which celebrated the news. “Sands is the employer who is going to keep paying for our people that are unionized, local Long Islanders. This is the entity that is trying to take over the Coliseum right now. We all live on Long Island. And we just want to feed our families and I want to make sure they can go to work tomorrow.” Support local journalism by subscribing to your Blank Slate Media community newspaper for just $50 a year. Continued on Page 37