Serving as a police officer for 22 years, I saw firsthand the effectiveness of the “broken windows” model of policing.
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By Christopher Carini
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6/15/23
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After decades of complaints about mold, a raccoon family and being an overall blight of the neighborhood bringing property values down, an abandoned house in Oceanside was demolished on April 4. A …
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By Karina Kovac
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4/16/23
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Young Cooper Graham has been in and out of Cohen Children’s Medical Center for the last year due to a rare form of eye cancer called retinoblastoma that entered his body. Since the diagnoses, …
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By Karina Kovac
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3/23/23
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Voters talked, but at least according to them, a committee tasked with drawing new boundaries for Hempstead town elected officials didn’t listen.
At least that was the takeaway during the latest …
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By Ana Borruto
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1/12/23
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Dozens of neighbors rallied outside of Hempstead Town Hall last week demanding transparency, fair representation and free speech in the efforts to draw new lines for six town districts.
Those who …
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By Ana Borruto
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12/22/22
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Vincent Randazzo is not a fan of PILOTs.
The payment in lieu of taxes process has been a cornerstone of the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency as a way to encourage businesses to make …
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By Karina Kovac
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12/15/22
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On the lookout for a new, four-legged member of the family? Officials with the Town of Hempstead say you don’t have to look any further than its Wantagh-based animal shelter.
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By Michael Malaszczyk
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9/22/22
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Two key pieces of the puzzle that is the proposed Mount Sinai South Nassau medical facility in Wantagh are seemingly all that remain. And both are before the Town of Hempstead Board of Appeals.
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By Tom Carrozza
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5/5/22
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The Town of Hempstead Board of Zoning Appeals recently notified Oceanside residents living near the site of the proposed three-story Sunrise Assisted Living facility, along Atlantic and Terrell avenues, that all of the development’s proposed variances had been granted. The decision came as a shocking disappointment for many residents, after a three-hour back-and-forth between them and the Sunrise team at a BZA hearing on Jan. 12.
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By Tom Carrozza
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3/3/22
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I think it’s finally time for Nassau County and me to kiss and make up. If you’ve read my columns over the past few years . . .
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By Nick Buglione
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2/17/22
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