Nassau lawmakers rip commish on lab problems
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Legis. Peter J. Schmitt of Massapequa, the Republican presiding officer of the legislature, is "somewhat unhappy," according to an aide, about county officials' refusal to testify at a Budget Review Committee hearing on Nassau County's budget. (Dec. 15, 2010)
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Nassau crime lab woes
Nassau legislators strongly criticized Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey Wednesday at a special meeting of the Public Safety Committee, telling him he let them down when he was caught unaware last week about long-standing problems in the department's crime laboratory.
"This I see as a crisis of confidence in you, Commissioner," presiding officer Peter Schmitt (R-Massapequa) said. "It is...
