New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will expand efforts to combat gang violence in Nassau County.
Cuomo directed state and county law enforcement agencies to join in policing at-risk communities like Hempstead after a recent rash of shootings.
“Nassau County is going to be supplementing, the state police are going to be supplementing, the local police agency and we’re going to be doing more training, more sophisticated policing strategy, more technology.”
State and county police will increase patrols in Hempstead Village.
State police have also increased their presence in Brentwood and Central Islip in Suffolk County in the effort against MS-13.