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Madeline Singas, Nassau County’s acting district attorney, spoke in support of a stricter state law for registered sex offenders on May 27 at the North and Central Merrick Civic Association’s meeting at the North Merrick Public Library.
Singas: Stricter sex offender law needed
Madeline Singas, Nassau County’s acting district attorney, continued her push for greater restrictions for registered sex offenders last week at a North Merrick civic group meeting. The setting was significant. Weeks earlier, police arrested a North Merrick man ... more
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Nassau needs an assessment commission
It is perhaps the worst-kept secret in Nassau County: The property assessment system is broken. more
In 2010, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano passed legislation, called the Common Sense Law, to repeal the county guarantee, shifting the cost of property-tax refunds to school districts, towns and special districts, which Mangano said would save the county $80 million annually. The state Appellate Division recently upheld the county guarantee, meaning that the county must pay the refunds.
State appeals court upholds ‘county guarantee’
A state appeals court has denied Nassau County’s attempt to shift the cost of refunding property-tax challenges to school districts and towns. The decision was reached unanimously on Feb. 27 by four justices of the New York State Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. more
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The panel of judges from the Supreme Court’s Appeallate Division voted 3-1 in favor of upholding the murder conviction that Heidgen received. He is currently serving 19 years to life in prison.
Appeals court supports Heidgen murder conviction
A New York state court ruled this week against Martin Heidgen’s appeal to have his murder conviction reduced to manslaughter, for driving drunk the wrong way on the Meadowbrook Parkway in 2005 and killing two people. more
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Nassau County Legislator Joseph Scannell
Court OKs GOP’s redistricting map
In a 3-2 decision last Thursday, New York State Appellate Division judges upheld new boundaries drawn by Nassau Republican lawmakers for the county’s 19 legislative districts. If the state Court of Appeals rules in favor of the Republican plan on Aug. 24, the GOP’s legislative map will reshape a number of districts, including those covering the Five Towns, Elmont, Baldwin and Merrick-Bellmore. more
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