Firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians lined up outside St. Raymond’s Roman Catholic Church on July 18 to pay their respects and salute the memory of Daniel C. Pignataro, …
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By Steve Grogan
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7/25/19
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Vincent Persaud, 31, an off-duty New York City police officer was killed in a two-car crash in Lynbrook while heading to work early Wednesday morning, according to Lynbrook police.
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By Mike Smollins
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5/1/19
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An East Rockaway man was indicted along with five others on charges of operating a heroin ring in Brooklyn and other areas of New York City.
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By Mike Smollins
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1/16/19
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A Lynbrook man who was training in the academy of the New York City Police Department died after a short battle with Leukemia on Nov. 14. He was 23.
Jake Siciliano was diagnosed with leukemia in …
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By Mike Smollins
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11/22/17
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Jake Siciliano, 23, a Lynbrook resident who was training in the NYPD academy, died on Tuesday after a brief battle with leukemia.
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11/15/17
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Police barriers closed off Merrick Road, from Fowler Avenue to John Street, last Saturday as dozens of New York City police officers and firefighters lined the street outside Our Lady of Peace Church to pay their respects to Christopher Christodoulu.
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By Mike Smollins
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9/28/17
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It was April 1977, and the bodies of two more young shooting victims had been found in a car in the Bronx. Near them was a letter addressed to NYPD detective and then-Lynbrook resident Joseph Borrelli. It was signed, 'Son of Sam.'
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By Mike Smollins
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9/14/17
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation today that will rename a section of the Southern State Parkway in honor of fallen NYPD Det. Steven McDonald.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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8/17/17
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Doughology owners Chris and Jackie Stiansen never met NYPD Officer Miosotis Familia. They do not know her family or friends. But Chris spent 23 years as a detective in the NYPD, and the couple felt like they had lost someone close to them when Familia was shot and killed while on patrol in the Bronx on July 5.
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By Michael Smollins
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7/20/17
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A bill introduced last Thursday in the State Senate, sponsored by the entire Long Island Senate delegation, would rename a 10-mile stretch of the Southern State Parkway in honor of Malvernite and NYPD Detective Steven McDonald, who died Jan. 10. The bill, which is expected to pass the Senate this session, proposes to rename the parkway the Steven McDonald Memorial Highway.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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6/2/17
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