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Conservatives decide 4 county judge races By J oe N i k i c As the winners of November’s Nassau County judicial elections are sworn into office, some can give thanks to Conservative Party voters, whose support helped decide four of the Surrogate and County Court races. Nassau County Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs said if judicial races were simply Democrat versus Republican, then Democrats had a stronger chance of winning. “I would say it’s just the way the party structure is set up right now. Right now, the way it’s structured, if you look at Republican versus Democrat in Nassau County, Democrats come out on top,” Jacobs said. “The Conservatives tend to push it over the top for Republicans.” In the Surrogate Court race, Republican Margaret C. Reilly defeated Democratic candidate Angela G. Iannacci with about 52 percent of the votes. Iannacci received more votes on the Democrat line, 83,420, Continued on Page 60
Great Neck Park District Commissioner Dan Nachmanoff, Council Member Anna Kaplan, Great Neck Park District Commissioner Frank Cilluffo, Jay Bosworth, Supervisor Judi Bosworth, and Vigilant Chief Joshua A. Forst at the 111th Annual Dinner Dance at the Fresh Meadow Country Club on Jan. 9.
POP cops return doesn’t stop critics 6th Pct. advocates: Return of cops step in right direction, but not enough By N o a h MaNskar North Shore officials and civic leaders said they welcome the partial return of a community police program, but some say there are still gaps in police service only an additional fully
staffed precinct can fill. Starting in November, 16 problem-oriented police, or POP, officers tasked with responding directly to residents’ concerns have returned to Nassau County’s five police precincts, a Nassau County police spokesman said. The police department has assigned four POP officers to the Third Precinct, with two each in the North and South Subdivisions. Acting Police Commis-
sioner Thomas Krumpter suspended the program in 2014 due to budgetary constraints, and residents had consistently pushed for its return since then, the police spokesman said. Helping the move was the addition of 183 new officers in the police department’s largest recruit class in 20 years, he said, which will aid staffing problems generally. The Sixth Precinct had a total of four POP officers before it merged with the Third Precinct
in 2012 as a cost-saving measure. Civic leaders and officials in the North Subdivision — which includes Manhasset, Roslyn and Great Neck — called for the Sixth Precinct’s return last month, citing a decline in service and a lack of actual savings. They praised the POP officers’ return, but said this week the need for a full precinct goes beyond the program. While reinstating some POP officers is a start to improving Continued on Page 55
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