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Nassau is projected to report more than 820 burglaries by the end of the year, an increase of roughly 28% from last year’s total.

Major crimes increased by 75% during the fi rst three months of the year compared to last year, according to numbers recently posted on the police department’s website,

The police department reported 1,662 major crimes were committed throughout Nassau from Jan. 1-March 31, an increase of 950 crimes during the same time frame last year and on pace for more than 6,000 major crimes reported for the entire year.

In Nassau’s 3rd and 6th precincts, which make up a majority of North Shore communities, 645 major crimes occurred during the three-month span this year, compared to 333 last year, an increase of 93%.

The 3rd Precinct, located in Williston Park, serves the communities of Albertson, Bellerose Terrace, Bellerose Village, Carle Place, East Garden City, East Meadow, East Williston, Floral Park Center, Garden City Park, Herricks, Mineola, New Cassel, New Hyde Park, North New Hyde Park, Roslyn Heights, Salisbury, Searingtown, Stewart Manor, Uniondale, Westbury, and Williston Park.

The 6th Precinct, located in Manhasset, serves the communities of East Hills, Flower Hill Great Neck Plaza, Harbor Hills, Manorhaven, Munsey Park, North Hills, Plandome, Plandome Manor, Plandome Heights, Roslyn, Roslyn Estates, Roslyn Harbor, Russell Gardens, Saddle Rock, Sea Cliff , Thomaston, Glen Head, Glenwood Landing, Great Neck, Greenvale, Manhasset, Roslyn Heights and University Gardens.

Eff orts to reach elected offi cials for comments on the statistics and increase in major crimes were unavailing.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, during a July interview with Blank Slate Media, attributed New York’s bail reform laws to the rise in crime throughout the county.

Blakeman, who has been outspoken in his displeasure with the bail reform laws since he launched his campaign for county executive last year, said there is a “state of lawlessness” throughout New York and it has resulted in repeat off enders coming back to Nassau County to commit crimes.

“We have to get serious about changing the laws so that we don’t give criminals more rights than victims,” Blakeman said. “Unfortunately, that’s the way it is now. We’ve got people committing crime after crime and judges are not given the discretion whether or not to hold these people and I think it’s a huge mistake.”

Until the laws are modifi ed, Blakeman said, police departments throughout New York will have a more diffi cult time doing their jobs.

“These criminals are allowed out without having to post bail, without any accountability for their actions and the number of crimes they have committed,” he said. “It’s dangerous and its made us all less safe.”

An analysis of Nassau County crime statistics for the past fi ve years conducted by Blank Slate Media shows a decrease of more than 10% in major crimes from 2017-2021 but an increase of more than 16% increase in violent crimes.

Statistics that were reported by the Nassau County Police Department to the state Division of Criminal Justice Services show that a total of 14,039 major crimes were committed throughout the county in 2017, compared to 12,535 in 2021.

The biggest year-to-year decrease in major crime during the fi ve-year analysis was from 2019 to 2020 with a drop of nearly 9% – from 13,387 to 12,244 -during the pandemic-riddled year, according to the statistics.

Nassau County spends $1,148 per capita on police and fi re protection while the national median is $359, according to U.S. News & World Report fi nding in 2020 that named Nassau County the safest community in America. Public safety professionals account for 1.26% of the county’s population, compared with the national median of 0.70%.

The county again received that distinction as the safest community in America from U.S. News & World report in 2021.

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North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena and the Town Board have announced the return of the annual Spooky Walk event.

Join your friends and neighbors for some frightening nights and one of North Hempstead’s most popular events of the year! The event will be held at Clark Botanic Garden at 193 I.U. Willets Road in Albertson.

Zombies, vampires, ghouls, and many of their gruesome friends will inhabit Clark Botanic Garden on Friday, Oct. 21, and Saturday, Oct. 22, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The event is expected to draw hundreds of visitors who will experience a spine-tingling walk through the realm of fear and fright. The cost of admission is $5 per person. There will also be music and food for sale at the event. Spooky Walk may not be suitable for young children, and minors must be accompanied by an adult.

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At a time when Nassau County has more than $250 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding at its disposal, County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (D-Glen Cove) has fi led legislation to form the American Rescue Plan Act Community Advisory Board and introduce much-needed transparency and community input into the spending of this once-in-a-generation infl ux of federal aid.

Nassau County received $385,003,440 in American Rescue Plan Act funding via payments of $192,501,720 on May 19, 2021 and June 9, 2022. The Blakeman administration has stated its unilateral intentions to “spend $265 million in accumulated pandemic aid… on initiatives to boost mental health services and help small businesses,” but has off ered no concrete details of what those projects would entail or how those decisions were reached.

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“With more than a quarter billion dollars at our disposal, Nassau County must operate with the maximum possible levels of transparency, oversight and community input to ensure that these federal funds are spent wisely and effi ciently,” DeRiggi-Whitton said. “Convening this advisory board will provide key decision makers with crucial feedback and insights that will help guide them to deliver the greatest possible benefi ts for Nassau County’s future.”

Under Legislator DeRiggi-Whitton’s proposal, a 14-member Community Advisory Board would give a voice to the people of our county who know fi rsthand the issues aff ecting them and their neighbors while simultaneously advising and recommendations on how best to use these funds.

The American Rescue Plan Act Community Advisory Board would be required to meet at least four times per calendar year, deliver recommendations to the County Executive and the Legislature for expenditures at least twice per year and publish an annual report detailing recommendations it had submitted during the calendar year; actions taken under the biennial recommendations; and funds that were appropriated during the calendar year.

Membership would comprise the Nassau County Attorney, the Budget Director for the Offi ce of Management and Budget, one Legislator from the Majority and Minority Caucuses and three community members chosen respectively by the County Executive, Presiding Offi cer and Minority Leader whose nominations would be approved by the Legislature. The board will continue to meet until the County’s American Rescue Plan Act allotment is spent and a fi nal written report has been issued to the County Executive and Legislature.

The advisory board would function similarly to the COVID-19 Economic Advisory Council — a panel of business, education and social services leaders that was convened by former County Executive Laura Curran to assess the countywide impact of the pandemic on businesses and provide recommendations on how best to spend federal relief funds.

DeRiggi-Whitton served as the Minority Caucus representative on the Advisory Council until it ceased operations in 2022.

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SUNY Old Westbury has been awarded the 2022 Higher Education in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity. This marks the fi fth consecutive year the institution has been recognized.

Presented to U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion, the HEED Award recognizes Old Westbury’s ongoing initiatives to promote diversity, equity and inclusivity across its campus.

As the most diverse student body in the State University of New York system, SUNY Old Westbury and 102 other recipients will be featured in the November 2022 issue of INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.

“It is a great honor for SUNY Old Westbury to have received the HEED Award designation for the fifth year in a row,” said College President Timothy E. Sams. “Although we still have much work to do, this recognition confirms our approach is the right one as we continue our evolve into an ever-more equitable community, as our college mission demands of us.” INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine selected SUNY Old Westbury for its continued efforts to ensure its core strategic priorities to ensure access, inclusion and success.

Hochul signs Nazi Art Bill

Gov. Kathy Hochul recently signed the Nazi Art Bill into law at a special ceremony at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City.

The bill, S.117A, by state Sen. Anna M. Kaplan (D-North Hills) and Assemblymember Charles D. Lavine (D-Glen Cove), requires museums to post a notice or placard alongside the display of any art stolen during the Nazi era in Europe acknowledging the piece’s history and provenance.

The bill was signed by Hochul along with the Holocaust Education Law also sponsored by Kaplan.

Kaplan said, “During the Holocaust, some 600,000 paintings were stolen from Jewish people not only for their value, but to wipe our culture and identity off the face of the Earth. Today, artwork previously stolen by the Nazis can be found hanging in museums around New York with no recognition of the dark paths they traveled there. With the history of the Holocaust being so important to pass on to the next generation, it’s vital that we be transparent and ensure that anyone viewing artwork stolen by the Nazis understand where it came from and its role in history.”

Lavine said, “80 years later we are still forced to confront the horrors of the Holocaust. Too many people remain ignorant of the indiscriminate wholesale murder of more than six million Jews by the Nazis during World War II, plus the countless examples of humiliation and, in cases such as this, blatant profi teering. This law is indicative of how we must continue to fi ght hate through education.”