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Friday, July 22, 2022
Vol. 71, No. 29
N E W H Y D E PA R K
SUMMER DINING
LIRR CONCERNS PERSIST
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Blakeman warns Jersey car thieves
HILLARY CLINTON ENDORSES ZIMMERMAN PAGE 6
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Ryder says 75% of auto thefts in Nassau done by Newark residents BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said 75% of stolen cars throughout Nassau this year were done so by Newark residents during a press conference on Thursday. From Jan. 1- March 31 of this year, more than 300 stolen vehicle reports were filed to the county’s police department, a 255% increase from the same time frame last year, according to statistics. Ryder and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman criticized New York’s bail reform and Raise the Age laws, saying they are putting the safety of New Yorkers at risk. “Because of laws like cashless bail and Raise the Age, people in the whole state have been less safe,” Blakeman said. “We have people who commit crime after crime in New York. They steal a car, they’re out the same day. The next day they steal a car, they’re out the next day.” In 2017, New York raised the age of criminal responsibility to individuals who are at least 18 years old. Ryder said crime rings throughout Newark are sending younger individuals to steal cars since they will not be prosecuted as adults. “You can’t keep letting people out
of jail,” Ryder said. “They know if they come here, they will not get arrested, but still, they also apply to Raise the Age. They send 15 and 16 and 17-yearold kids to do these acts and they know if they get caught… they’re going to get out.” Blakeman signed an executive order earlier this year which cites a need to “increase transparency by disclosing in daily reports the pending criminal case data and bail status of those rearrested” by the Police Department. He said the reports will be made available online. Officials said nearly 90 percent of the 11,000 people arrested in the county in 2021 were released without bail. More than 300 of those individuals were released without bail following a weapons-related offense, according to officials. Ryder referred to an April incident where five police officers were injured when a stolen car from Great Neck with three New Jersey teenagers in it crashed into patrol vehicles. Police received multiple reports of suspicious males attempting to break into vehicles throughout the North Shore of Nassau County, including Flower Hill, East Hills, Manhasset, Plandome and Greenvale. Continued on Page 38
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The four-generation firefighter family of the late George Sakowich unveiled the bronze statue.
Chamber leadership calls for Covert Ave. barriers BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y
Jorglewich, along with chamber Vice President Cathy Grasman, Rene Jorglewich, president of asked the Floral Park Board of Trustthe Covert Avenue Chamber of Com- ees Tuesday to explore putting barrimerce, called for more safety on the ers on the road. “In efforts to protect our stores, street after a car accident Sunday.
patrons and employees we want to seek this possibility with the support of both villages,” Jorglewich said.” The chamber president described a car on Sunday driving Continued on Page 39
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