When President Trump touted his efforts to eradicate the El Salvadoran gang MS-13 at a May 23 forum in Bethpage, he said that the threat gang members pose can be solved with immigration law reform.
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5/31/18
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Members of the El Salvadoran gang MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, have threatened Nassau County and Village of Hempstead police officers, according to County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder.
The threats follow the extradition from Maryland this week of Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, known on the street as “the Reaper,” an MS-13 kingpin who is the gang’s highest-ranking member on the East Coast.
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By Nadya Nataly, Christina Daly and Scott Brinton
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4/20/18
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Two locals from Oceanside and Island Park were chosen to represent their communities in Nassau County’s police commissioner’s new police task force.
Mark Mirsky, a resident from Oceanside, and …
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By Matthew D’Onofrio and Brian Stieglitz
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4/19/18
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Oceanside Fire Commissioner Biagio Rosano is running unopposed in his re-election bid to serve an additional five-year term on Oceanside Fire District’s five-member Board of Commissioners. He will …
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By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen
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12/7/17
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At least three candidates will be vying for one open seat on the Oceanside Sanitation District No. 7 Board of Commissioners, as the department’s June 15 election approaches.
Oceanside residents …
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By Peter Belfiore
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5/25/17
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Three members of the Latin Kings street gang were sentenced today for brutally stabbing, beating and kidnapping a member of the Bloods street gang who had entered the window of a Valley Stream home to collect his girlfriend’s belongings in March 2016.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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5/10/17
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As thousands of police and civilians stood waiting on Fifth Avenue, and more than 100 SUVs, police cars, ambulances and motorcycles lined the street on a Friday morning in the heart of bustling midtown Manhattan, only one thing was missing. Noise.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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1/13/17
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Longtime fire commissioner Craig DeBaun was re-elected for a five-year term on Dec. 13, following an election where he ran uncontested.
DeBaun, 65, is a lifelong Oceanside resident, and has been …
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By Peter Belfiore
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12/21/16
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An Oceanside man was arrested on Tuesday after Long Beach police said he left a loaded handgun inside the Long Beach Cinema 4 while he was at a movie with his grandchildren.
According to Police …
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By Anthony Rifilato and Ben Strack
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10/7/16
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Oceanside Sanitation District 7 will soon have two new commissioners.
Chairman Joseph Cibellis will not run for another five-year term and Commissioner Florence Mensch is resigning, leaving one …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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6/8/16
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