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Friday, July 22, 2022
Vol. 71, No. 29
SUMMER DINING
BLAKEMAN DEFENDS CRIME STATS
HILLARY CLINTON ENDORSES ZIMMERMAN
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Blakeman warns Jersey car thieves
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Says 75% of auto thefts done by Newark residents, blames bail laws 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-year-old 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 weaponsrelated 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. Ryder said a Nassau detective noticed the stolen Mercedes in Roslyn and attempted to stop the car, but the driver of the Mercedes rammed into the detective’s car, according to officials. Continued on Page 38
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45 RPM, a band that plays radio hits from the 1970’s, played at the Mineola Memorial Park Amphitheater Saturday.
Hildebrandt’s new owner wants to tell eatery’s story BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Spencer Singer, the Great Neck native and half of the new ownership duo that recently purchased Hildebrandt’s in Williston Park, has made a
“This place really has such a stocareer in the fashion space re-launching brands and creating a narrative ry,” Singer said. “I want to be able to tell that story when you walk in.” through men’s apparel. Singer and close friend, or “cousAt 84 Hillside Ave., he begins his first chapter in the food space and has in,” Randy Sarf of Great Neck recently a lot he wants to say. Continued on Page 39
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