Old Westbury crimes down from last year

BY JOSEPH D'ANDREA

At the Village of Old Westbury Board of Trustees meetings Monday the Police Department reported crime had dropped sharply by mid-year from 2022 levels.

Department of Public Works and Water Department reports for June were also delivered to the board.The board approved several resolutions.

Lieutenant Gregory Gormsen of the Old Westbury Police Department provided the board with the police activity report for June.

“As of the midpoint of this year, auto theft is down by 56%, burglary is down by 60% and attempted burglary is down by 50%,” Gormsen said.

Among the updates were the apprehension of the suspect in a hit-and-run on June 23 and the handling of a multivehicle crash whose suspect was under the infuence of narcotics.

“The department’s mobile speed trailer was modifed inhouse at no cost and placed back into service,” Gormsen said. “It will be moved around the village to deter speeding and hopefully we will have a follow-up with the trafc enforcement right in the area

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$389,839.77 cash on hand.

Malamed, of Great Neck, reported raising $417,945.52 with $322,101.61 cash on hand after announcing his campaign in May.

Lafazan, who came in third for the seat’s Democratic primary in 2022, reported $202,290.35 with $381,613.28 cash on hand for the period. Lafazan is also running for re-election in the county this year and reported raising $345,303 in the previous quarter from January to March.

Curry, a Queens resident who lives just outside the 3rd District, reported raising $200,725 with $164,881 cash on hand.

Democrats Scott Livingston and William Murphy raised $97,595 and $47,017.84, respectively, according to their disclosure reports.

Other candidates who have fled to run, including Democrats Darius Radzius and Steve Behar and Independent Matthew Nappo Jr., did not report any funds raised for the quarter.

Kaplan, who represented the state’s 7th Senate District from 2019-2022, is an Iranian immigrant whose parents sent her to the United States for her safety and was an active member of the Great Neck community before her time in government. She was elected to serve the Town of North Hempstead’s 4th District as a councilwoman in 2011.

In 2016, she sought election to the House of Representatives but lost to current Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) in the Democratic primary. Kaplan defeated former Flower Hill Mayor Elaine Phillips in 2018 to represent the 7th Senate District.

In 2022, she lost to Republican Jack Martins, who previously served the 7th Senate District.

Malamed, 29, is the co-founder of an advocacy group called The Next 50. He has combatted gun violence, working with former state Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel and speaking at a variety of rallies and school events.

At the age of 23, Lafazan became Nassau County’s youngestever legislator upon his election to the Nassau County Legislature in November 2017.

Curry is an Afghanistan war veteran and former vice president at J.P. Morgan. He completed two tours of duty in Afghanistan and currently serves in the Air Force Reserves, according to his campaign website.

After graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 2009, Curry was on active duty for eight years, delivering cybersecurity technology to the military.

He served as a vice president for J.P. Morgan’s Corporate and Investment Banking Division from 2019-2023.

He has an MBA from George Washington University School of Business and a Master of Science in Sports Business.