Federal probe sought after Hempstead Town uses $70M in stimulus funds for payroll newsday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Thousands of donors streamed through the parking lot of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum to support a drive-through Toys for Tots drive Thousands of donors streamed through the parking lot of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum to support a drive-through Toys for Tots drive on Sunday, Dec. 6 – shattering one-day donation records as Nassau County residents stepped up to address the tremendous need created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The 10th anniversary drive was spearheaded by Glen Cove businessmen Joe LaPadula and Jon Holzer of Martino Auto Concepts. Confronted with the realities of the pandemic, the event, which typically evokes the feel of an island-wide block party and exotic car showcase, was dramatically overhauled as a drive-thru collection event to protect donors and volunteers.
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Laura Curran, Kathleen Rice and other Democrats say the Republican-run Town of Hempstead misspent its CARES Act funding. The town says it s a partisan attack. (Courtesy Town of Hempstead)
HEMPSTEAD TOWN, NY Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, Congresswoman Kathleen Rice and a group of state senators have called on the federal government to investigate how the Town of Hempstead has spent the millions of dollars it received from the federal CARES Act. But town officials called it a political attack.
Curran and Rice were joined by state Senators Todd Kaminsky, Kevin Thomas, Anna Kaplan and John Brooks all Democrats to ask the U.S. Department of Treasury to investigate the Republican-run Town of Hempstead. The group claims that the town misappropriated more than $60 million in the CARES Act funding it received.
Protesters: Reforms needed before approval of Nassau police labor deal newsday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.