Under certain circumstances, her prosecutors will insist on jail time for a first offense and less defendants are being offered plea bargains. Early on, other counties were not following suit. But now, a palpable shift in tolerance is present throughout New York State.
It was therefore not surprising that I recently came across the above police car/taxi parked on the lawn of the Nassau County Executive Building in Mineola. It serves as a clever reminder that you better not get behind the wheel if you’ve been drinking in Nassau County.