Nassau County, New York

Nassau County (/ˈnæsɔː, ˈnæsaʊ/) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. At the time of the 2010 census, the county's population was 1,339,532, estimated to have increased to 1,356,924 in 2019.[1] The county seat is Mineola and the largest town is Hempstead.[2][3][4]

Not to be confused with Nassau (town), New York or Nassau (village), New York.

Nassau County
County
Hempstead House, part of Sands Point Preserve
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Location within the U.S. state of New York
New York's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 40°44′50″N 73°38′17″W
Country United States
State New York
Founded1899
Named forWilliam of Nassau
SeatMineola
Largest villageHempstead
Government
 • ExecutiveLaura Curran (D)
Area
 • Total453 sq mi (1,170 km2)
 • Land285 sq mi (740 km2)
 • Water169 sq mi (440 km2)  37%
Population
 • Estimate 
(2019)
1,356,924
 • Density4,766.1/sq mi (1,840.2/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional districts2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Websitewww.nassaucountyny.gov
Population is 2018 Census estimate.
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Nassau County is situated on western Long Island, bordering New York City's borough of Queens to the west, and Suffolk County to the east. It is the most densely populated and second-most populous county in New York state outside of New York City, with which it maintains extensive rail and highway connectivity, and is considered one of the central counties within the New York metropolitan area. Nassau County contains two cities, three towns, 64 incorporated villages, and more than 60 unincorporated hamlets. Nassau County has a designated police department,[5] fire commission,[6] and elected executive and legislative bodies.[7]

A 2012 Forbes article based on the American Community Survey reported Nassau County as the most expensive county and one of the highest income counties in the United States, and the most affluent in the state of New York, with four of the nation's top ten towns by median income located in the county.[8] Nassau County high school students often feature prominently as winners of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair and similar STEM-based academic awards.[9] Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in the Town of Oyster Bay and the Old Westbury campus of New York Institute of Technology are both globally prominent life sciences research institutions in Nassau County.

Name

The name of the county comes from an old name for Long Island, which was at one time named Nassau, after the Dutch Prince William of Nassau, a member of the House of Nassau, itself named for the German town of Nassau. The county colors (orange and blue) are also the colors of the House of Orange-Nassau.

Several alternate names had been considered for the county, including "Bryant," "Matinecock" (a village within the county currently has that name), "Norfolk" (presumably because of the proximity to Suffolk County), and "Sagamore." [10] However, "Nassau" had the historical advantage of having at one time been the name of Long Island itself,[11] and was the name most mentioned after the new county was proposed in 1875.[12][13][14]

History

The area now designated Nassau County was originally the eastern 70% of Queens County, one of the original 12 counties formed in 1683, and was then contained within two towns: Hempstead and Oyster Bay. In 1784, the Town of North Hempstead, was formed through secession by the northern portions of the Town of Hempstead. Nassau County was formed in 1899 by the division of Queens County, after the western portion of Queens had become a borough of New York City in 1898, as the three easternmost towns seceded from the county.

When the first European settlers arrived, among the Native Americans to occupy the present area of Nassau County were the Marsapeque, Matinecoc, and Sacatogue. Dutch settlers in New Netherland predominated in the western portion of Long Island, while English settlers from Connecticut occupied the eastern portion. Until 1664, Long Island was split, roughly at the present border between Nassau and Suffolk counties, between the Dutch in the west and Connecticut claiming the east. The Dutch did grant an English settlement in Hempstead (now in western Nassau), but drove settlers from the present-day eastern Nassau hamlet of Oyster Bay as part of a boundary dispute. In 1664, all of Long Island became part of the English Province of New York within the Shire of York. Present-day Queens and Nassau were then just part of a larger North Riding. In 1683, Yorkshire was dissolved, Suffolk County and Queens County were established, and the local seat of government was moved west from Hempstead to Jamaica (now in New York City).[15] By 1700, very little of Long Island had not been purchased from the native Indians by the English colonists, and townships controlled whatever land had not already been distributed.[16]

The courthouse in Jamaica was torn down by the British during the American Revolution to use the materials to build barracks.[17] In 1784, following the American Revolutionary War, the Town of Hempstead was split in two, when Patriots in the northern part formed the new Town of North Hempstead, leaving Loyalist majorities in the Town of Hempstead. About 1787, a new Queens County Courthouse was erected (and later completed) in the new Town of North Hempstead, near present-day Mineola (now in Nassau County), known then as Clowesville.[18][19][21][22]

The Long Island Rail Road reached as far east as Hicksville in 1837, but did not proceed to Farmingdale until 1841 due to the Panic of 1837. The 1850 census was the first in which the population of the three western towns (Flushing, Jamaica, and Newtown) exceeded that of the three eastern towns that are now part of Nassau County. Concerns were raised about the condition of the old courthouse and the inconvenience of travel and accommodations, with the three eastern and three western towns divided on the location for the construction of a new one.[23] Around 1874, the seat of county government was moved to Long Island City from Mineola.[22][24][25] As early as 1875, representatives of the three eastern towns began advocating the separation of the three eastern towns from Queens, with some proposals also including the towns of Huntington and Babylon (in Suffolk County).[12][13][14]

In 1898, the western portion of Queens County became a borough of the City of Greater New York, leaving the eastern portion a part of Queens County but not part of the Borough of Queens. As part of the city consolidation plan, all town and county governments within the borough were dissolved. The areas excluded from the consolidation included all of the Town of North Hempstead, all of the Town of Oyster Bay, and most of the Town of Hempstead (excluding the Rockaway Peninsula, which was separated from the Town of Hempstead and became part of the city borough). In 1899, following approval from the New York State Legislature, the three towns were separated from Queens County, and the new county of Nassau was constituted.

In preparation for the new county, in November 1898, voters had selected Mineola to become the county seat for the new county[26] (before Mineola incorporated as a village in 1906 and set its boundaries almost entirely within the Town of North Hempstead), winning out over Hicksville and Hempstead.[27] The Garden City Company (founded in 1893 by the heirs of Alexander Turney Stewart)[28] donated four acres of land for the county buildings in the Town of Hempstead, just south of the Mineola train station and the present day village of Mineola.[29] The land and the buildings have a Mineola postal address, but are within the present day Village of Garden City,[30] which did not incorporate, nor set its boundaries, until 1919.

In 1917,[31] the village of Glen Cove was granted a city charter, making it independent from the Town of Oyster Bay. In 1918, the village of Long Beach was incorporated in the Town of Hempstead. In 1922, it became a city, making it independent of the town. These are the only two administrative divisions in Nassau County identified as cities.

From the early 1900s until the Depression and the early 1930s, many hilly farmlands on the North Shore were transformed into luxurious country estates for wealthy New Yorkers, with the area receiving the "Gold Coast" moniker and becoming the setting of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby. One summer resident of the Gold Coast was President Theodore Roosevelt, at Sagamore Hill. In 1908, William Kissam Vanderbilt constructed the Long Island Motor Parkway as a toll road through Nassau County. With overpasses and bridges to remove intersections, it was among the first limited access motor highways in the world, and was also used as a racecourse to test the capabilities of the fledgling automobile industry.

Nassau County, with its extensive flat land, was the site of many aviation firsts.[32] Military aviators for both World Wars were trained on the Hempstead Plains at installations such as Mitchel Air Force Base, and a number of successful aircraft companies were established. Charles Lindberg took off for Paris from Roosevelt Field in 1927, completing the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight from the United States. Grumman (which in 1986 employed 23,000 people on Long Island[33]) built many planes for World War II, and later contributed the Apollo Lunar Module to the Space program.[32]

The United Nations Security Council was temporarily located in Nassau County from 1946 to 1951. Council meetings were held at the Sperry Gyroscope headquarters in the village of Lake Success near the border with Queens County. It was here on June 27, 1950, that the Security Council voted to back U.S. President Harry S Truman and send a coalition of forces to the Korean Peninsula, leading to the Korean War.

Until World War II, most of Nassau County was still farmland, particularly in the eastern portion. Following the war, the county saw an influx of people from the five boroughs of New York City, especially from Brooklyn and Queens, who left their urban dwellings for a more suburban setting. This led to a massive population boom in the county. In 1947, William Levitt built his first planned community in Nassau County, in the Island Trees section (later renamed Levittown). (This should not be confused with the county's first planned community, in general, which is Garden City.) While in the 1930s, Robert Moses had engineered curving parkways and parks such as Jones Beach State Park and Bethpage State Park for the enjoyment of city-dwellers, in the 1950s and 1960s the focus turned to alleviating commuter traffic.

In 1994, Federal Judge Arthur Spatt declared the Nassau County Board of Supervisors unconstitutional and directed that a 19-member legislature be formed.[34] Republicans won 13 seats in the election and chose Bruce Blakeman as the first Presiding Officer (Speaker).[35] Among the first class of Legislators were Peter J. Schmitt (R-Massapequa), Judith Jacobs (D-Woodbury), John Ciotti (R-North Valley Stream), Dennis Dunne Sr. (R-Levittown), Francis X. Becker (R-Lynbrook), Vincent T. Muscarella (R-West Hempstead), Ed Mangano (R-Bethpage), Michael Fiechter (C-North Bellmore), Roger Corbin (D-Westbury), Salvatore Pontillo (R-Farmingdale), Bruce Nyman (D-Long Beach), Edward Ward (R-Wantagh), Darlene Harris (R-Uniondale), Ed Oppenheimer (D-Rockville Centre), John Canning (R-Sea Cliff), Bruce Blakeman (R-Woodmere), Lisanne Altmann (D-Great Neck), Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park), Barbara Johnson (D-Port Washington).

According to a Forbes magazine 2012 survey, residents of Nassau County have the 12th highest median household annual income in the country and the highest in the state.[8] In the 1990s, however, Nassau County experienced substantial budget problems, forcing the county to near bankruptcy. Thus, the county government increased taxes to prevent a takeover by the state of New York, leading to the county having high property taxes. Nevertheless, on January 27, 2011, a New York State oversight board seized control of Nassau County's finances, saying the wealthy and heavily taxed county had failed to balance its $2.6 billion budgets.[36]

Geography
Nighttime aerial view of much of Nassau County, from the west-northwest; Hempstead is in the center, with roads projecting out in various directions; bridges to Jones Beach Island are at the upper right. The Grand Central Parkway–Cross Island Parkway interchange, barely visible at the lower left, is just outside the county, within Queens.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 453 square miles (1,170 km2), of which 285 square miles (740 km2) is land and 169 square miles (440 km2) (37%) is water.[37]

Nassau County occupies a portion of Long Island immediately east of the New York City borough of Queens. It is divided into two cities and three towns, the latter of which contain 64 villages and numerous hamlets. The county borders Connecticut across the Long Island Sound.

Between the 1990 census and the 2000 census, the county exchanged territory with Suffolk County and lost territory to Queens County.[38] Dozens of CDPs had boundaries changed, and 12 new CDPs were listed.[38]

Countyscape
The Village of Freeport on Baldwin Bay.

Climate

Nassau County has a climate similar to other coastal areas of the Northeastern United States; it has warm, humid summers and cool, wet winters. The county is classified as humid subtropical (Cfa) by some definitions, particularly closer to NYC and on the south coast (other areas of Nassau have a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa)). The winters used to be colder with more snowstorms, but have warmed due to climate change. The Atlantic Ocean helps bring afternoon sea breezes that temper the heat in the warmer months and limit the frequency and severity of thunderstorms. Nassau County has a moderately sunny climate, averaging between 2,400 and 2,800 hours of sunshine annually.[39] Average monthly temperatures in Mineola range from 31.9 °F in January to 74.9 °F in July. PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State U The hardiness zones are 7b and 7a.

Adjacent counties

Nassau County borders the following counties:[40]

Transportation

In July 2017, the approval was granted by state legislators to the plan proposed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to add a third railroad track to the Long Island Rail Road corridor between the communities of Floral Park and Hicksville in Nassau County. The nearly US$2 billion transportation infrastructure enhancement project was expected to accommodate anticipated growth in rail ridership and facilitate commutes between New York City and Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island.[41]

The Long Island Expressway, Northern State Parkway, and Southern State Parkway are the primary east–west controlled-access highways in Nassau County. Northern Boulevard (New York State Route 25A), Hillside Avenue (New York State Route 25B), Jericho Turnpike (New York State Route 25), New York State Route 24, and Sunrise Highway (New York State Route 27) are also major east–west commercial thoroughfares across the county. The Meadowbrook State Parkway, Wantagh State Parkway, and Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway (New York State Route 135) are the major north–south controlled-access highways traversing Nassau County.

Nassau County also has a public bus network known as NICE bus (Nassau Inter-county express, Formerly MTA Long Island bus) that operates routes throughout the county into Queens and Suffolk counties. 24 hour service is provided on the n4, n6, and most recently the n40/41 lines.

National protected areas

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
190055,448—
191083,93051.4%
1920126,12050.3%
1930303,053140.3%
1940406,74834.2%
1950672,76565.4%
19601,300,17193.3%
19701,428,0809.8%
19801,321,582−7.5%
19901,287,348−2.6%
20001,334,5443.7%
20101,339,5320.4%
Est. 20191,356,9241.3%
U.S. Decennial Census[43]
1790–1960[44] 1900–1990[45]
1990–2000[46] 2010, 2019[1]

In 2011, there were about 230,000 Jewish people in Nassau County,[47] representing 17.2% of the population, (as compared to 2% of the total U.S. population). Italian Americans also make up a large portion of Nassau's population. The five most reported ancestries were Italian (23%), Irish (14%), German (7%), American Indian (5%), and Polish (4%). The county's population was highest at the 1970 Census.

The New York Times cited a 2002 study by the non-profit group ERASE Racism, which determined that Nassau, and its neighboring county, Suffolk, are the most de facto racially segregated suburbs in the United States.[48]

More recently, a Little India community has emerged in Hicksville, Nassau County,[49] spreading eastward from the more established Little India enclaves in Queens. Rapidly growing Chinatowns have developed in Brooklyn and Queens, with Asian immigrants moving into Nassau County,[50][51][52] as did earlier European immigrants, such as the Irish and Italians. As of 2016, the Asian population in Nassau County had grown rapidly to an estimated 118,271 individuals, including an estimated 47,397 Indian Americans and 30,175 Chinese Americans.[53] Likewise, the Long Island Koreatown originated in Flushing, Queens, and is expanding eastward along Northern Boulevard[54][55][56][57][58] and into Nassau County.[52][55][56]

Census 2010

As of the 2010 Census, there were 1,339,532 people, 448,528 households, and 340,523 families residing in the county. The population of Nassau County was estimated by the U.S. Census to have increased by 2.2% to 1,369,514 in 2017, representing 6.9% of the Census-estimated New York State population of 19,849,399[59] and 17.4% of the Census-estimated Long Island population of 7,869,820.[60][61][62][63] The population density in 2010 was 4,700 people per square mile (1,815/km²). There were 468,346 housing units at an average density of 1,598 per square mile (617/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 73.0% White (65.5% non-Hispanic White), 10.1% African American, 0.2% Native American, 7.6% Asian (3.0% Indian, 1.8% Chinese, 1.0% Korean, 0.7% Filipino, 0.1% Japanese, 0.1% Vietnamese, 0.9% Other Asian), 0.03% Pacific Islander, 5.6% from other races, and 2.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.6% of the population.[64]

In 2010, there were 340,523 family households, out of which 33.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.0% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.1% were non-families. 20.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.94 and the average family size was 3.38. The population was 23.3% under the age of 18, and 18.7% who were 62 years of age or older. The median age was 41.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.4 males.[64]

The median income for a household in the county in 2010 was $72,030, and the median income for a family was $81,246 (these figures had risen to $87,658 and $101,661 respectively according to a 2007 estimate.[65] Males had a median income of $52,340 versus $37,446 for females. The per capita income for the county was $32,151. About 3.50% of families and 5.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.80% of those under age 18 and 5.60% of those age 65 or over.

Racial groups and ethnicity on Long Island compared to state and nation[64][66]
Place Population
2010
census		 %
white		 %
black
or
African
American		 %
Asian		 %
Other†		 %
mixed
race		 %
Hispanic/
Latino
of any
race
Race Ethnicity
Nassau County1,339,53271.011.17.65.92.414.6
Suffolk County1,493,35081.07.33.45.92.416.5
Long Island Total
(including Brooklyn and Queens)		7,568,30454.720.412.39.33.220.5
NY State19,378,10265.715.97.38.03.017.6
USA308,745,53872.412.64.87.32.916.3
†American Indian, Native Alaskan, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander make up just 0.5% of the population of Long Island, and have been included with "Other".
Religious groups on Long Island compared to state and nation[67][68]
Place Population
2010
census[64][66]		 %
Catholic		 % not
affiliated		 %
Jewish		 %
Protestant		 Estimate
of % not
reporting
Nassau County1,339,53252916715
Suffolk County1,493,35052217811
Long Island Total
(including Brooklyn and Queens)		7,568,304401812720
NY State19,378,102422091016
USA308,745,538223722312

Census 2000

As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 1,334,544 people, 447,387 households, and 347,172 families residing in the county. The population density was 4,655 people per square mile (1,797/km²). There were 458,151 housing units at an average density of 1,598 per square mile (617/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 79.30% White (73.95% White Non-Hispanic), 9.01% African American, 0.16% Native American, 4.73% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 3.57% from other races, and 2.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.09% of the population.[69]

There were 447,387 households, out of which 35.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.10% were married couples living together, 10.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.40% were non-families. 18.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.34.[69]

In the county the population was spread out with 24.70% under the age of 18, 7.30% from 18 to 24, 28.90% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 15.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.00 males.[69]

The median income for a household in the county was $72,030, and the median income for a family was $81,246. Males had a median income of $52,340 versus $37,446 for females. The per capita income for the county was $32,151. About 3.50% of families and 5.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.80% of those under age 18 and 5.60% of those age 65 or over.[70]

Law and government
County executive and legislative building
County courthouse

The head of the county's governmental structure is the County Executive, a post created in Nassau County in 1938. The current county executive is Laura Curran, a Democrat who was elected 2017. The Chief Deputy County Executive is Democrat Helena Williams. The District Attorney is Democrat Madeline Singas, who was elected to replace Kathleen Rice who was elected to the House of Representatives. The county comptroller is Jack Schnirman, a Democrat that formerly served as the city manager for the City of Long Beach, the county clerk is Republican Maureen O'Connell. Former elected offices Chairman of the County Board of Assessors, County Treasurer, and County Sheriff were made appointed and serve at the pleasure of the County Executive (County Assessor in 2008 via referendum changing it from a 6-year term to appointed).[71]

County executive

The current Nassau County is Laura Curran, a Democrat and the first women to hold the position.

Nassau County Executives
Name Party Term
J. Russell Sprague Republican 1938–1953
A. Holly Patterson Republican 1953–1962
Eugene Nickerson Democratic 1962–1970
Ralph G. Caso Republican 1970–1978
Francis T. Purcell Republican 1978–1987
Thomas Gulotta Republican 1987–2001
Thomas Suozzi Democratic 2002–2009
Ed Mangano Republican 2010–2017
Laura Curran Democratic 2018–Present

Chief Deputy County Executive

The Chief Deputy County Executive[72] is the highest appointed official in the Nassau County government, serving 2nd in command under the auspice of the County Executive. The Chief Deputy is responsible for managing the activities of all departments of the Nassau County government, which provides services to its 1.36 million residents. The Chief Deputy also officially serves as the acting County Executive in the absence of, or disability of the County Executive. The current Chief Deputy County Executive is Helena Williams who was appointed by Executive Laura Curran in 2018.

Chief Deputy County Executives
Name Party Term Served Under
Robert McDonald Republican 1993 - 1999 Thomas Gulotta
Judy Schwartz Republican 1999 - 2001 Thomas Gulotta
Anthony Cancillieri Democrat 2002 - 2005 Thomas Suozzi
Christopher Hahn Democrat 2006 - 2009 Thomas Suozzi
Robert Walker Republican 2010 - 2017 Edward Mangano
Helena Williams Democrat 2018–present Laura Curran

Comptroller

The comptroller of Nassau County is the chief fiscal officer and chief auditing officer of the County who presides over the Nassau County Comptroller's Office. The comptroller is elected countywide to a four-year term and has no term limit.

Nassau County Comptrollers (Nassau County Comptroller's Office)
Order Name Term Party
1 John Lyon January 1, 1911 – December 31, 1913 Republican
2 Chas L. Phipps January 1, 1914 – January 3, 1916 Republican
3 Earl J. Bennett January 14, 1916 – December 31, 1922 Republican
4 Philip Wiederson January 1, 1923 – December 31, 1934 Republican
5 Theodore Bedell January 1, 1935 – December 31, 1964 Republican
6 Peter P. Rocchio Sr. January 1, 1965 – December 31, 1967 Democratic
7 Angelo D. Roncallo January 1, 1968 – January 3, 1973 Republican
8 M. Hallstead Christ January 4, 1973 – August 16, 1981 Republican
9 Peter T. King August 17, 1981 – December 31, 1992 Republican
10 Alan Gurein January 1, 1993 – December 31, 1993 Republican
11 Frederick E. Parola January 1, 1994 – December 31, 2001 Republican
12 Howard S. Weitzman January 1, 2002 – December 31, 2009 Democratic
13 George Maragos January 1, 2010 – December 31, 2017 Republican (until 2016)
Democratic (since 2016)
14 Jack E. Schnirman January 1, 2018 – present Democratic

County legislature
Main article: Nassau County Legislature

The county legislature has 19 members. There are eleven Republicans and eight Democrats.

Nassau County Legislature
District Legislator Party Residence
1 Kevan Abrahams, Minority Leader Democratic Roosevelt
2 Siela Bynoe Democratic Westbury
3 Carrié Solages Democratic Elmont
4 Denise Ford, Alt. Deputy Presiding Officer Republican Long Beach
5 Debra Mule Democratic Freeport
6 C. William Gaylor Republican Lynbrook
7 Howard Kopel, Deputy Presiding Officer Republican Lawrence
8 Vincent Muscarella Republican West Hempstead
9 Richard Nicolello, Presiding Officer Republican New Hyde Park
10 Ellen W. Birnbaum Democratic Great Neck
11 Delia DeRiggi-Whitton Democratic Glen Cove
12 James Kennedy Republican Massapequa
13 Thomas McKevitt Republican East Meadow
14 Laura M. Schaefer Republican Westbury
15 John R. Ferretti Republican Levittown
16 Arnold W. Drucker Democratic Plainview
17 Rose Marie Walker Republican Hicksville
18 Josh Lafazan Democratic Syosset
19 Steven D. Rhoads Republican Bellmore

Law enforcement
Main article: Nassau County Police Department

County police services are provided by the Nassau County Police Department. The cities of Glen Cove and Long Beach, as well as a number of villages, are not members of the county police district and maintain their own police forces. The following village police departments exist in Nassau County: Centre Island, Floral Park, Freeport, Garden City, Great Neck Estates, Hempstead, Kensington, Kings Point, Lake Success, Lynbrook, Malverne, Muttontown, Old Brookville (Old Brookville P.D. provides police protection for Old Brookville, Brookville, Upper Brookville, Matinecock, Mill Neck and Cove Neck), Old Westbury, Oyster Bay Cove, Rockville Centre and Sands Point. The Port Washington Police Department is not a village department but is authorized by a special district, the only such district in New York State. These smaller forces, however, make use of such specialized county police services as the police academy and the aviation unit. Also, all homicides in the county are investigated by the county police, regardless of whether or not they occur within the police district.

On June 1, 2011, the Muttontown Police Department commenced operations. The Old Brookville Police had formerly provided police services to the Village of Muttontown.

In 2006, village leaders in the county seat of Mineola expressed dissatisfaction with the level of police coverage provided by the county force and actively explored seceding from the police district and having the village form its own police force. A referendum on December 5, 2006, however, decisively defeated the proposal.[73]

Since the Long Island State Parkway Police was disbanded in 1980, all of Nassau County's state parkways have been patrolled by Troop L of the New York State Police. State parks in Nassau are patrolled by the New York State Park Police. In 1996, the Long Island Rail Road Police Department was consolidated into the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police. The MTA Police patrol Long Island Rail Road tracks, stations and properties. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police provides enforcement of state environmental laws and regulations. The State University of New York Police provides enforcement for SUNY Old Westbury.

The Nassau County Police Department posts the mug shots of DWI offenders as press releases on their website. This practice has come under the scrutiny of residents, media, and those pictured in these press releases. This practice has been criticized as being able to cost potential employees, students, or public figures their positions.[74]

County correctional services and enforcement of court orders are provided by the Nassau County Sheriff's Department. New York State Court Officers provide security for courthouses.

A Nassau County Auxiliary Police car.

The Nassau County Auxiliary Police are a unit of the Nassau County Police Department. These volunteer police officers are assigned to 1 of 38 local community units and perform routine patrols of the neighborhood and provide traffic control for local parades, races and other community events. Auxiliary Police officers are empowered to make arrests for crimes that occur in their presence. Nassau County Auxiliary Police are required to complete a 42-week training course at the Nassau County Police Academy and qualified officers are also offered Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) training. Auxiliary Police officers are certified and registered by the New York Division of Criminal Justice Services as full-time "peace officers". The City of Long Beach has an independent Auxiliary Police force which is part of its municipal police force. These officers are represented by the Auxiliary Police Benevolent Association of Long Island.

Fire departments

Nassau County is currently protected and served by 71 independent volunteer or combination paid/volunteer fire departments, organized into 9 battalions.

  • 1st Battalion
Department Number Department Name
100Bellerose Village
110Bellerose Terrace
120Floral Park
130Floral Park Centre
140Garden City
150Garden City Park
160Mineola
170New Hyde Park
180South Floral Park
190Stewart Manor
  • 2nd Battalion
Department Number Department Name
200Baldwin
210Freeport
220Village of Island Park
230Long Beach
240Oceanside
250Point Lookout-Lido
  • 3rd Battalion
Department Number Department Name
300Hewlett
310Inwood
320Lawrence Cedarhurst
330Meadowmere Park
340Valley Stream
350Woodmere
  • 4th Battalion
Department Number Department Name
400East Rockaway
410Lakeview
420Lynbrook
430Malverne
440Rockville Centre
  • 5th Battalion
Department Number Department Name
500Bayville
510East Norwich
520Glen Cove
530Glenwood
540Locust Valley
550Oyster Bay
560Roslyn Rescue
570Sea Cliff
580Syosset
590Roslyn Highlands
  • 6th Battalion
Department Number Department Name
600Bellmore
610East Meadow
620Levittown
630Massapequa
640Merrick
650North Bellmore
660North Massapequa
670North Merrick
680Seaford
690Wantagh
  • 7th Battalion
Department Number Department Name
700Elmont
710Franklin Square and Munson
720Hempstead
730Roosevelt
740South Hempstead
750Uniondale
760West Hempstead
  • 8th Battalion
Department Number Department Name
800Albertson
810East Williston
820Great Neck Alert
830Great Neck Vigilant
840Plandome
850Port Washington
860Williston Park
870Manhasset-Lakeville
  • 9th Battalion
Department Number Department Name
900Bethpage
910Carle Place
920Farmingdale
930Hicksville
940Jericho
950Plainview
960Westbury
970South Farmingdale

Politics
Main article: Politics of Long Island
Presidential election results
Nassau County vote
in presidential elections[75]
Year Republican Democratic Others
2016 45.1% 292,025 51.3% 332,154 3.5% 22,943
2012 45.6% 259,308 53.3% 302,695 1.1% 6,148
2008 45.4% 288,776 53.8% 342,185 0.7% 4,657
2004 46.6% 288,355 52.3% 323,070 1.1% 6,918
2000 38.5% 227,060 58.0% 342,226 3.6% 21,153
1996 36.1% 196,820 55.7% 303,587 8.1% 44,257
1992 40.5% 246,881 46.4% 282,593 13.1% 79,852
1988 57.0% 337,430 42.2% 250,130 0.8% 4,858
1984 61.8% 392,017 38.0% 240,697 0.2% 1,349
1980 56.0% 333,567 34.8% 207,602 9.2% 54,851
1976 51.8% 329,176 47.6% 302,869 0.6% 3,711
1972 63.3% 438,723 36.5% 252,831 0.2% 1,473
1968 51.3% 329,792 43.3% 278,599 5.4% 34,804
1964 39.4% 248,886 60.5% 382,590 0.1% 639
1960 55.1% 324,255 44.8% 263,303 0.1% 761
1956 69.1% 372,358 30.9% 166,646
1952 69.9% 305,900 29.8% 130,267 0.4% 1,669
1948 69.5% 184,284 26.6% 70,492 3.9% 10,462
1944 66.9% 159,713 32.9% 78,512 0.2% 576
1940 66.1% 143,672 33.7% 73,171 0.2% 450
1936 55.0% 94,968 43.0% 74,232 2.1% 3,579
1932 54.5% 78,544 42.9% 61,752 2.6% 3,804
1928 62.8% 71,015 35.4% 40,079 1.8% 2,046
1924 70.5% 45,825 22.0% 14,322 7.5% 4,884
1920 76.4% 33,099 19.8% 8,595 3.8% 1,637
1916 61.7% 13,910 37.4% 8,430 1.0% 215
1912 24.9% 4,608 38.1% 7,073 37.0% 6,865
1908 63.0% 9,787 31.5% 4,883 5.5% 855
1904 60.0% 8,222 38.6% 5,282 1.4% 195
1900 61.0% 6,994 37.7% 4,325 1.2% 141

Before, during and for the first four decades after World War II, like neighboring Suffolk County, Nassau County residents primarily supported the Republican Party in national elections. However, in the 1990s, the tide of voter support began to shift toward the Democratic Party. Democrat Bill Clinton carried the county in the presidential elections of 1992 and 1996. Later Nassau voters gave a large plurality of the vote to Al Gore in 2000 (19.4%), while John Kerry's Nassau margin in 2004 was considerably slimmer (5.6%). In that election, Kerry won the towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead, but lost the Town of Oyster Bay. The County went solidly for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, and by a similar margin for Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016.

Democratic strength is chiefly concentrated in both the wealthier and more lower income sections of the county. Liberal voters dominate many of the wealthy communities of the North Shore, particularly in the town of North Hempstead where affluent villages such as Sands Point, Old Westbury, Roslyn, East Hills, Kensington, Thomaston, Great Neck Plaza, and Great Neck Estates as well as the neighboring city of Glen Cove vote consistently Democratic. Democratic strongholds also include several low income municipalities in the central portion of the county, such as the village of Hempstead, Roosevelt, Uniondale and New Cassel, as well as in a few waterfront communities on the South Shore, such as the city of Long Beach and the village of Freeport.

Republican voters are primarily concentrated in the middle to upper middle class southeastern portion of the county, which developed during the "post-war boom-era." Heavily Republican communities such as Massapequa, Massapequa Park, Seaford, Wantagh, Levittown, Bethpage, and Farmingdale are the political base of many county GOP officials such as Congressman Peter T. King and former County Executive Edward P. Mangano. In the western portion of the county, wealthy Garden City is solidly Republican, as is the more middle-class community of Floral Park. Additionally, some of the more rustic areas of the North Shore, particularly in the town of Oyster Bay usually vote for the GOP.

Areas of the county containing large numbers of swing voters are in East Meadow, and Rockville Centre on the South Shore, and Mineola on the North Shore. Several areas have changed in partisan affiliation. Formerly Democratic strongholds such as the Five Towns have trended to the GOP while previously Republican areas such as Elmont and Baldwin have become Democratic bastions.

The dean of the Long Island Congressional Delegation, Representative Peter T. King, is from Nassau County. His 2nd District includes heavily populated suburban neighborhoods like Massapequa, Levittown, Seaford, Wantagh, and Farmingdale. However, Nassau County is also home to the popular former district attorney, Democrat Kathleen M. Rice, whose 4th District includes Garden City, Carle Place, Hempstead, Uniondale, East Meadow, Valley Stream, Franklin Square, West Hempstead and portions of the Village of Freeport and Rockville Centre.

Nassau County's other two congressmen are both Democrats. Representative Gregory Meeks represents the 5th District, which includes the southwestern part of the county, including Valley Stream. Thomas Suozzi's 3rd District includes Great Neck, Port Washington, Jericho, Syosset, Hicksville, Bethpage, and Glen Cove in Nassau County.

Seven out of Long Island's nine state senators are Republican at the start of the 2017–2019 legislative term in January 2017, with the exceptions being State Senator John Brooks and Senator Todd Kaminsky.

Education

Nassau County has 56 public school districts, which like post office districts use the same names as a city, hamlet, or village within them, but each sets the boundaries independently.[76] The number of districts and communities do not coincide, therefore the boundaries cannot be the same, and residences often have postal addresses that differ from the name of the hamlet and/or school district in which they are located.

Colleges and universities

Nassau County is home to numerous colleges and universities, including Adelphi University, Briarcliffe College, Hofstra University, Long Island University C. W. Post Campus, Molloy College, Nassau Community College, New York Institute of Technology, SUNY Old Westbury, United States Merchant Marine Academy, and Webb Institute.

Nassau has two medical schools, the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, and one law school, the Hofstra School of Law, affiliated with both Hofstra University in Hempstead and New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury.

Sports

Nassau County was home to the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League, who played at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale from their inception in 1972. However, the Islanders announced in 2012 that starting in the fall of 2015, the team would be moving to Brooklyn and would play at the Barclays Center. Due to issues with Barclays Center being unable to adequately support ice hockey and declining attendance, the Islanders announced that for the 2018–19 season they would split their home games between Barclays Center and the newly-renovated Nassau Coliseum. In December 2017, the Islanders won a bid to build a new 18,000-seat stadium near Belmont Park in Elmont, returning them to Nassau County.

The Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association, then known as the New York Nets, formerly played their home games in Nassau County at the now-demolished Island Garden arena in West Hempstead from 1969 to 1972 and then at the Coliseum from 1972 to 1977, before the franchise moved to New Jersey — its original home for several years before coming to Long Island in the late 1960s – and eventually, to Brooklyn.

The New York Cosmos (1970–1985) of the former North American Soccer League (1968–1984) played for two seasons, 1972 and 1973, at Hofstra Stadium at Hofstra University in Hempstead. The team's name was revived in 2010 with the New York Cosmos (2010) of the new North American Soccer League to also play at Hofstra Stadium, which had been renamed James M. Shuart Stadium in 2002. Nassau County is also the home of the New York Lizards of Major League Lacrosse, who play at Shuart Stadium. The county also operates several sports events for student-athletes, such as the Nassau County Executive Cup College Showcase.

Belmont Park in Elmont is a major horse racing venue which annually hosts the Belmont Stakes, the third and final leg of the prestigious Triple Crown of thoroughbred racing. The now-demolished Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury hosted auto racing and, from 1940 through 1988, was a popular harness racing track.

Nassau is home to some famous and historic golf courses. Rockaway Hunting Club, founded in 1878, is the oldest country club in the country.[77] The U.S. Open has been held in Nassau five times, once each at Garden City Golf Club, Inwood Country Club, and Fresh Meadow Country Club, and twice at Bethpage Black Course, the first ever municipally owned course. Courses consistently ranked in the top 100 in the U.S. such as Bethpage Black, Garden City Golf Club, Piping Rock Club, and The Creek are located in the county.

Health

In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was first discovered in the county. As of 22 April 2020 there are a total of 31,555 cases, 1,431 deaths and 1,871 recoveries.

Communities
Further information: List of municipalities on Long Island and List of places in Nassau County, New York

Cities

Towns

Villages

Census-designated places

County symbols

Notable people

See also

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