🌱 Racial Disparities In Nassau Arrests + Historic Ice Cream Shop

Hey, people of Five Towns! I'm here with a brand-new copy of the Five Towns Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 31 Low: 29.

Here are the top three stories today in Five Towns:

1. Nassau County Police Department's recent release of data shows racial disparities in pat-down and arrest rates, one analysis claims. Gothamist and WSHU analyzed data and found that Black people were searched at 33 percent of stops while white people were searched 23 percent of the time, both county residents and nonresidents. (Gothamist)
2. Hildebrandt's ice cream parlor has been in Williston Park for almost a century and its owners are looking for landmark status to stay open. A new landlord is raising the rent to around $6,700 a month, which the business can't afford. (News 12)
3. Philips International Holding Corp., a Great Neck real estate company will turn the former headquarters of the Diocese of Rockville Centre into 60,000 square feet of office space. The project will cost $19 million and doesn't yet have tenants. (Subscription: Newsday)

Today in Five Towns:

• 2022 Polar Beach Splash, Long Beach, noon

From my notebook:

• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools 2022 Summer Playschool brochure is now available. Registration begins this Monday. (Facebook)
• An Elmont high school student was nominated for the 2022 Presidential Scholars Program. Brittany Bennett is one of 25 New York students to receive the honor. (News 12)
• Pagemasters, a weekly reading and social program for challenged adults which meets at Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, unveiled a 30-pound wooden sculpture to commemorate the last six years at the Cultural Program Specialist’s office in the library. (LI Herald)

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— Jackie