Nassau County Executive Laura Curran has called for an investigation into whether the use of a county police helicopter to give a Floral Park Village police officer an aerial view of construction at Belmont Park represents a “misuse of police resources," spokeswoman Christine Geed said.
Geed said in a statement that Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder and Curran were not aware of the helicopter flight, which took place Sept. 5, four days before Floral Park filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court to try to halt construction on the Islanders’ $1.3 billion development.
Geed said Curran asked the police department to look into “this apparent breach of established police protocol by the Village of Floral Park.