Can you smell it? I sure can. It’s the smell of an election season. And in Nassau County, like any other local election, politics become personal, and they can get nasty. more

The Nassau County Legislature’s Public Safety Committee approved the Police Department’s revamped Police Precinct Efficiency Initiative along party lines, 4-3, at a Feb. 13 public hearing. The full Legislature will vote on the plan on Monday, Feb. 27. It must pass with a majority vote. more

A Nassau County Public Safety Committee vote on a proposal to convert four of eight police precincts into community policing centers was postponed when shouting matches broke out between legislators on Monday. more

Nearly 100 local residents, including several county legislators, rallied on Monday at the Nassau County Legislative Chambers in Mineola, protesting a plan by County Executive Ed Mangano to transform four of the county’s eight police precincts, including the 5th, into “community policing centers.” Six days earlier, dozens of people had rallied against the plan at the 5th Precinct building in Elmont. Mangano said that the plan, which was announced on Jan. 30, would save the county $20 million per year. The proposal diverged from his announcement in October that two precincts would be closed and the boundaries of the remaining six realigned. more