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Kings Pt., Old Westbury cops tops in pay
GIFT OF LIFE
Highest average salaries among village police in state, says report BY LU K E TOR R A N C E The two police departments with the highest average pay in the state of New York are both on the North Shore. Police officers in the Village of Kings Point averaged $223,995 in salary this year, followed closely by the Village of Old Westbury with an average of $211,033, according to a recent report from the Empire Center for Public Policy. The two village departments were the only two departments in the state —" including cities,"towns, counties and other villages — with an average pay over $200,000. Village police departments, with their smaller staffs (Kings Point has 20 employees, Old Westbury has 26), tend to have higher payrolls than the larger county and city departments. Another North Shore village, Lake Success, cracked the top five for pay in New York villages with
an average salary of $172,234. Average pay for the Kings Point police was up about $3,000 from last year, according to the report, but Old Westbury jumped by more than $40,000 and moved from the fifth-highest pay to second highest. George Banville, the commissioner of the Kings Point Police Department, said he understands why someone might have a “kneejerk reaction” to the salaries. The number is “correct but it’s not correct” because it includes overtime and cash payouts on top of base pay, he said, and the department has been “short staffed” with 20 officers compared with the normal 24. “That thing they’re referring to is plus overtime and other additions to their regular salary,” Banville said. Efforts to get comment from the Old Westbury Police Department were unavailing. Continued on Page 59
PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN
Evelyn Rodriguez, Elizabeth Alvarado, and Rob Mickens smile at the sight of lively 2-year-old Ricardo Adonay Murga, whose life was saved by a heart procedure in El Salvador. See story on page 3.
Suozzi discusses elder care in Manhasset BY LU K E TORRANCE
Of Nassau County’s 1.4 million residents, about 310,000 are over the age of 60. Those U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D- over 60 are also the county’s Glen Cove) described it as “a fastest-growing demographic, storm here and a storm com- according to the deputy commissioner for Nassau’s Human ing.”
Services Office for the Aging, Jorge Martinez. The rapidly growing senior population of Long Island was the reason behind Suozzi’s “Aging in Place Roundtable” event Continued on Page 71
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