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Madeline Singas, acting district attorney of Nassau County, spoke with editors and reporters at Herald Community Newspapers’ Garden City office last Thursday. She outlined her thinking on a number of pressing issues.

Madeline Singas, Nassau County’s new acting district attorney, stopped by Herald Community Newspapers’ Garden City office last Thursday for a discussion with editors and reporters about the views, goals and strategies she brings to the job. The conversation touched on topics from gun violence to illegal drugs, police practices, public corruption and what Singas sees as the need for “smart prosecution,” from crime-prevention strategies to alternatives to jailing young, non-violent offenders. more

By Brian Racow | 2/12/15

Fourth Congressional District candidate Kathleen Rice, right, was joined by U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who is retiring this year, at a Sept. 24 news conference to call for national gun-control legislation.

Rice touts gun-control measures

Having picked up two endorsements from leading nonprofit gun-control groups in two days, 4th Congressional District candidate Kathleen Rice called on Sept. 24 for national legislation that would require gun-show background checks and restrictions on high-capacity, assault-style clips. more

By Scott Brinton | 10/1/14

Dead is dead, except in the death chamber

If there’s one thing we’re good at in America, it’s killing people. more

7/30/14

Tighter gun control will save children's lives

If there were killers wandering America, randomly shooting kids in their classrooms, stalking our sons and daughters on their high school and college campuses, surely we would rise up and march on Washington, demanding action. more

2/6/14

School shootings leave communities heartsick

I have, over the years, written about tragedies that have touched our lives. more

12/20/12

This Glock model 19, 9mm semi- automatic handgun is the type that Jared Loughner used in the Tucson shooting on Jan. 8.

Responsibility and education is needed regarding guns

As quickly as Jared Loughner shot his Glock model 19, 9mm semi-automatic handgun into the crowd at a Tucson Safeway on Jan. 8, killing six people and wounding 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, many demanded more stringent laws governing guns in this country. more

JEFF BESSEN | 1/26/11

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