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vol. 91, no. 40
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Mayors back village police use Say municipal forces give better presence By J oe N i k i c Great Neck village mayors have argued that the benefits of a village police force outweigh the costs, but don’t expect any more villages on the peninsula to establish their own police forces. Steve Kirschner, mayor of the Village of Russell Gardens, whose village does not have its PHOTO BY NOAH MANSKAR own police department, said that even if a village wanted to implement its own force, it is “incred- former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, a prominent surrogate for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, ibly difficult” to do so. speaks to a crowd of reporters after Monday’s first presidential debate at Hofstra University. Since the county police department was formed in 1960, Kirschner said, the law requires villages looking to have their own police departments to obtain approvals from both the county and state legislatures. He said that about 20 years ago, the village looked at receiving police services from the Great B y N o A h M A N s k A r nominee, Donald Trump, as he that many on both sides of the names. A Newsday/News 12/Siena came down “spin alley” inside aisle say is critical to its future. Neck Estates Police Department. ANd sTePheN Trump’s walk through the College poll published last week Hofstra University’s physical edBut Great Neck Estates ofroMANo ucation building Monday night. corral lined with microphones, shows Trump leading Clinton on ficials thought that expanding Media outlets from across cameras and iPhones was un- Long Island by four percentage services would leave their police “Mr. Trump! Mr. Trump! Mr. the world converged there for usual for a presidential nominee, points. force “too thin,” Kirschner said. Trump!” Trump’s promises to bring the first presidential debate be- but he took questions for more Although county police serHundreds of reporters shoutjobs back to the U.S. from overContinued on Page 67 ed at the Republican presidential tween Trump and the Democrat- than half an hour. Clinton did not come seas and to bring “law and order” ic nominee, Hillary Clinton, through herself, but more than to city streets strike a chord with on the Uniondale campus. For a night, Hofstra and a dozen surrogates walked the Long Island’s middle-income Long Island were at the cen- floor touting their candidate’s voters, U.S. Rep. Peter King (Rter of the election that has performance, trailed by workers Shirley), one of Trump’s surroconsumed the nation and carrying tall posts bearing their Continued on Page 77
Debate turns nation’s eyes toward L.I. Media, pundits converge on Hofstra for face-off between Clinton, Trump
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