Nassau Restructures Police Precincts
In an effort to cut back on spending, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and Police Commissioner Thomas Dale announced Monday that four of the county's eight police precincts will be restructured.
Four precincts will remain intact while the remaining four will be transformed into new Community Policing Centers, Mangano said.
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Auxiliary Police Officers Needed
The Nassau County Auxiliary Police is looking for residents to volunteer and serve as members of the Auxiliary Police. The Auxiliary Police are volunteers dedicated to making their community a safe place to live. Members patrol in marked cars equipped with a two-way radio and emergency equipment.
Auxiliary Police Officers patrol seven days per week in our community in addition to assisting the Nassau Police (NCPD) with crowd control and traffic at community events. Another function of the Auxiliary Police is to assist the NCPD at any disaster scene or during any countywide emergency.
Applicants must be between 18-55, a Nassau County resident, a U.S. citizen and have a high school diploma or G.E.D. All applicants must also have a valid New York State drivers license. A 29-session training course held at the Nassau County Police Academy must be completed. For additional information, please call 573-8830 or email recruit@pdcnaux.org.
Islanders to Play Preseason Game in Brooklyn
The can't escape their dilapidated Long Island home until 2015, but the National Hockey League team will play a preseason game at the Barclays Center this October.
The Isles said on Tuesday that they will play the at the new building when they take on the New Jersey Devils on Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Hempstead Village Awarded $1.2 Million for Downtown Revitalization
Mangano announced Tuesday the allocation of a nearly $1.2 million Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to the Village of Hempstead – the largest grant made to any incorporated Village in this year. The grant will fund a variety of projects in the Village, including improvements to streets and sidewalks in both the downtown business district and residential neighborhoods.
The CDBG will also help fund a variety of after school programs, including the Hempstead PAL recreational activities, PeeWee Football/Cheerleading Program, At-Risk Youth Basketball Program, and the EOC Soccer program. The allocation also includes funds for the Village’s Safe Routes to School program, a New York State Department of Transportation initiative that enables and encourages children to adapt to healthy and active lifestyles by promoting transportation alternatives and implementing projects that improve traffic safety.
Foster Care Audit Recoups More Than $50,000
Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos released a Department of Social Services Foster Care Payments audit which found 76 duplicate or overlapping payments totaling $78,334 and led to the recovery of $52,475. The audit reviewed payments from January 2008 through December 2009 during which 15,000 claims were processed.
In one case, a service provider reported a child as being present in two facilities for the same time period for the purposes of billing. As of the end of 2011, DSS had implemented many of the comptroller’s recommendations and reduced the number of errors even further.
Nassau County Auxiliary Police Executive Board Elected
Inspector Neal Rosenblatt, Commanding Officer of Nassau County Auxiliary Police Unit 116 -- which serves the Fifth Precinct with the exception of the Valley Stream and Elmont -- was reelected at the January 2012 executive board meeting held at the Nassau County Public Safety Center in Westbury. It is Rosenblatt's second term as chairman of the Nassau County Auxiliary Police Executive Board.
The executive board oversees the daily operations of the Auxiliary Police Program in Nassau County in conjunction with the NCPD. Other members serving on the board for 2012 are:
- Vice Chairman; Lt. Kevin Meller of Syosset
- Treasurer; Inspector Joanne Edling of Farmingdale
- Secretary; Deputy Inspector Michael Bier of Hicksville
- Lt. Raymond Montalvo of South Hempstead
- Inspector Michael Spae of Mineola
- Deputy Inspector Diane Laukaitus of Lynbrook
- Lt. Thomas Field of Levittown
Malverne Mel Gives Nassau Residents Six More Weeks of Winter
Malverne Mel made his Groundhog Day forecast for Nassau County residents Thursday morning at 7 a.m. at Reese Park. Click here for Patch's .
Lloyd people care about all those things just not enough people. thsi isnt about th eIslanders but the building. Instead of that building generating money for NC it instead costs us money. Wait till the shows leave and people have to travel int the garden for everything but second rate concerts at the beach or in westbury. Wang isnt strong arming anyone just spelling out what will happen. No good businessman will ever buy the Islanders with the existing building, lease especially when the vending and parking is not making him any money. Lloyd you obviously hate Wang and see nothing wrong with the way the politicians handled this parcel. This should have been resolved a long time ago. watch your taxes go up when the coliseum shutters its doors.
http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/Comptroller/NewsRelease/2011/documents/NVMC-Review_of_Proposed_Redevelopment_FINAL.pdf
Easy to say "entire league laughed when Isles signed DP". Who exactly laughed? Name someone specifically? All gossip. 2 Minor sprains and 1 concussion do not constitute an injury risk, sorry. It happened, but again, he drove a hard bargain and if he turned out even somewhat better than average & walked, you guys would be crucifying Wang for that. He put his money where his mouth was. Some contracts work out, others don't, that is sports. Steinbrenner had plenty of overspent\bad contracts too. Sather was ripped off by Gomez, Drury & Redden. He was very lucky to get 2 of them off his books. If he didn't Gaborik & Richards would not be Rangers today. Now, everyone praises the job Sather did. The DP contract is not holding the Isles back, they just have to move on without counting on him for anything.
"It should also be noted that in 2004/05, when no Islanders games were played because of the NHL lockout, the County’s total SMG revenues did not decline significantly. This would seem to indicate that the County is able to book other events in the absence of the Islanders and thereby retain the revenue." I agree they have to keep it open, but instead of trying to build the next wonder of the world they should just build a new stadium and conference center like Indianapolis. One of the main reasons the Lighthouse project was killed was all the additional things Wang wanted to do. The Vote died because of Wang and not because of the Islanders.
Now, those type of long term deals are more & more prevelant. By that point in time, the injuries had become a major issue. And the Ranger & Yankee comparision is this: -When they have many bad signings, it is still perceived as ok, because you still can be succesful despite these contracts -When Wang has 1 bad contract (really 2, with Yashin, in fairness), everyone jumps all over it. And, if the contract "is not holding the team back", as you state, then what is your point? He gave away 1 bad contract, we all agree to that. It has not prevented the team from success. We agree to that.
"You have to have a commitment to who you're working with," said Wang, who made billions as a software developer. "I've done this all my business career. Now I'm doing it in sports and everybody is like, 'Oh my God. How could he do that?'" He's right; pretty much everybody is like that. The Globe and Mail headline the next morning accused Wang of "Long Island Lunacy," while one unnamed NHL executive called the Islanders' owner "insane." Readers canvassed by CBC.ca almost universally said "what the…?" when asked their opinion on the deal. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/columns/newsmakers/charles-wang.html Again I feel the NO vote was based solely on Wang and not on the Coliseum or the Islanders.
A. He threatened to pull the team if he doesn't get his way. This is NY we don't deal well with threats of any kind. We would gladly shoot ourselves in the foot so Wang loses. B. In a Recession, no one likes a Billionaire asking for a handout from the public. If the Islanders had asked for the handout again Nassau residents may have complied but Wang and Mangano asking for it after the Lighthouse Project was killed left a bad taste in everyone's mouth. C. There were no contracts settled before the vote. Everything was still "yeah Wang said they are going to do this and this. The details will be worked out after the vote". Do you buy a car without knowing how much it'll cost? Do you hand a contractor $40K and tell him to build an addition without a contract or defined details? NO. Don't blame anyone but Murray, Mangano and Wang for the fall of the Coliseum because all roads lead to their decisions.
Wang did nothing wrong. he is trying to make more money. isnt this what a successful businessman does. The county shouldve worked with him to get this doen instead of asking us. remember the "handout" would not have lead to Wang owning the building or the property. he still would have been the tenant paying rent every month.
I think Nassau residents are savvy enough to not trust Wang without a contract in place hence they voted no. Wang cannot move the Islanders without consent from the NHL and may be forced to sell. It has happened before and can and will happen again. Being called insane is always a bad thing but those that make a success are considered geniuses and those that don't (Wang) are considered well insane. So far Wang has not proven any of his critics wrong. THis is from NYTimes "The conflict with Smith involved the lack of a traditional general manager’s role, Wang told reporters yesterday at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y. He was referring to his unconventional view that his team’s front office would be run by committee. That was a philosophy that Smith ultimately could not work under." Bottom Line the Lighthouse Project and the referendum vote were about Wang. Maybe with a new development group it will be about the building. THe Islanders will probably stay at the Coliseum whether it is under Wang or a new owner remains to be seen.
So the county would be paying to build an arena and handing over control of 77 acres of development rights to Islanders owner Charles Wang, and in return would get ... somewhere between a $12 million a year loss and a $2 million (and rising) a year profit, assuming you count as "profit" taxes that any development on the site, including the existing Nassau Coliseum, would be paying anyway.
My opinion, Wang was too easy not to call the town to task on this. This should have been front & center in the last election that Ms. Murray won by another Landslide. If people realized that the town board was why the process was stopped, perhaps the election might have been much closer. Force her to the negotiating table.
It IS all about Wang and his credibility and reputation. The public is not stupid or so forgiving. The timing.of the Aug. Referendum was a sham and didnt fool the public either. Wang has lost touch with the public and lost his ability to make deals with the politicians. He plans and schemes for Mitcel Field were way too overbearing and expensive for the public to accept And he must be a bastard to deal with. We can let Neil Smith testify to that. Worst case scenario...Wang moves the Isles to Brooklyn and we lose an NHL team. Best case...He sells the team to a legitimate deep pocketed and experienced sports group and they make a deal with the County to share the costs for a new building. The other scenario is that Wang moves the Isles to KC and we lure back in here one of the many struggling NHL franchises to wait for the new arena to be built or have one ready for them. Like you say, James...if Wang stays we get nothing done.
Ok. Let' s go. Atlanta Winnepeg Minnesota Colorado And I may have missed some. Teams come and go in the NHL like the coaches on the Devils and Islanders draft picks. Long Island is a very lucrative market for a wealthy and hockey savvy owner. Somebody else will swoop on in the minute the Islanders are out the door. And if you think I am ignorant, then you are pig headed. You refuse to put the blame squarely on whom it belongs. Your loyalty is nauseating. And to be fair...I dont blame Wang for the summertime referendum. That nonsense was Manganos idea. But Wang stood up there defiant after his devastating defeat like he was in cahoots with Mangano and took it personally. In the meantime, I see plenty of commercials for upcoming shows and events at the "dangerous, outdated, and dilapidated" Nassau Coliseum. For every jerk--- promoter who backs out of booking the Coliseum, there doesnt appear to be a shortage of promoters who see dollar signs at that ancient arena....Except for Mac and his closetful of Islanders fans. I tuned into the Islanders-Canadiens game tonight. Not only did they get blown away, no one was at the game to even witness it and help Wang meet rent and payroll. Its sad. Very sad. BTW...I also watched the Rangers comeback victory in front of a full house at 45 year old MSG. How do you explain that phenomenon?