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Crowd at hearing pans Nassau's LI Bus plan

During a contentious Long Island Bus hearing, Nassau lawmakers react to a resident who likens county officials to Hitler. Videojournalist: Jessica Rotkiewicz (Dec. 5, 2011)

A unified audience of Long Island Bus riders and employees spoke out against a Nassau County plan to privatize the bus system at a contentious public hearing Monday.

After waiting nearly two hours past the advertised start time, the crowd of about 200 people loudly booed County Executive Edward Mangano as he opened the public hearing at the county legislative chambers in Mineola with remarks...

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