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Former state Justice Joseph Driscoll Jr. dies at 82

Joseph H. Driscoll Jr. of Long Beach, a former state Supreme Court Justice in Nassau County and the former mayor of the Village of Floral Park, died Tuesday after a prolonged illness, his family said. He was 82.

"He loved American politics, and for him to die on Election Day was just - well, he felt Election Day should be a national holiday," said his daughter, Kathryn Driscoll Hopkins, chief...

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