Largest town in US held in contempt for producing just 17 of nearly 3K court-requested emails over school-bus cameras

NY Post ^ | 9/28/25 | Brandon Cruz

[Libloather]

The largest town in America has been held in contempt by a New York judge for releasing just 17 of nearly 3,000 emails sought in a battle over alleged illegally issued school-bus-camera tickets.

State Supreme Court Justice Maureen McHugh Heitner last week ruled that the failure of the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, Long Island, to produce the roughly 3,000 records amounted to “willful disobedience and resistance.”

The town had agreed to release the records after signing an agreement in June with the Brooklyn-based Aron Law PLLC, which is repping accused scofflaws — yet Hempstead has produced only 17 emails to date, court papers show.

“Historically that’s been our experience with the town,” said lead plaintiff lawyer Joseph Aron.

At issue is the town’s use of the buses’ footage to ticket drivers who fail to properly stop for them — a safety move that is also a major moneymaker, raking in tens of millions of dollars.

Aron’s law firm sued the town when Hempstead officials denied its original Sept. 2024 Freedom of Information Law request for the sought-after emails on the town’s servers, specifically any that contain the term “croce.”

The firm’s request centered on whether the town was still issuing bus-camera violations in spite of People v. Croce — a 2023 Suffolk County decision that threw out a driver’s conviction after finding school-bus-camera footage alone wasn’t enough to prove guilt.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education; History
KEYWORDS: bus; cameras; nyc; school

[Libloather]

Safety first. Do it for the children.

[Fiji Hill]

I thought the largest town in the US was New York City.

[Dr. Sivana]

I thought the largest town in the US was New York City.

NYC is a defined as a City, Hempstead is legally the Town of Hempstead with its 800,000 people. Frank Sinatra called Chicago "My kind of Town", but it too is a City.

[Dr. Sivana]

I thought the largest town in the US was New York City.

NYC is a defined as a City, Hempstead is legally the Town of Hempstead with its 800,000 people. Frank Sinatra called Chicago "My kind of Town", but it too is a City.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

LOL...me, too. But Mr. Grok says “it’s classified as a town under New York law, functioning like a township that provides services to its subdivisions. No other U.S. town surpasses it in population.”

[_longranger81]

Not producing required documents is racist, and causes Global Warming. And it’s homolesbotransqueerbinomiopjobic.

Hell, it worked for them.

[_longranger81]

I think Sinatra also sang “My Kind of Girl”; does that mean….

[xp38]

specifically any that contain the term “croce.”

Uptown got its hustlers...Hempstead got its cams

[Steven Scharf]

It is a technicality of terms. NYC is the largest city by population. Hempstead is the largest town by population. Hempstead is actually made up 22 incorporated villages (one of which is named Hempstead) and 38 hamlet (unincorporated taxing entities.)

Pop: 793,409. It is actually the second largest municipality (cites and towns) in NYS. Every thing in NYS is part of either a town or city. This is the case for most Northeastern state although some have unincorporated state managed areas. Those unincorporated areas have very few people living in them.

Nassau County is actulyy made up of just three towns and two cities. Both cities are failrly small with populations of just 33K and 27K.

[Dr. Sivana]

I think Sinatra also sang “My Kind of Girl”; does that mean….

Yes. His "girl" is not merely a girl, but a full-fledged woman.

[Fiji Hill]

Chicago "My kind of Town", but it too is a City.

And New York City's nickname is the Big Town.

[Dr. Sivana]

And some have classified it as a fruit (i.e. "Apple")

[xp38]

Largest municipality in the US by area is Sitka Alaska. Population is only 8k but by area nothing is bigger.

[xp38]

Largest municipality in the US by area is Sitka Alaska. Population is only 8k but by area nothing is bigger.

[Dr. Sivana]

To your point,

East side, West side
All around the town
The tots sang 'Ring-a-Rosie'
'London Bridge is falling down!
Boys and girls together
Me and Mamie O'Rorke
We Tripped the light fantastic
On the sidewalks of New York


Moral: Don't trust song lyrics for technical accuracy.

[Fiji Hill]

I don’t believe there are any jurisdictions in California called towns—only cities. The “cities” of Industry and Vernon have large areas but only about 200 residents each. They were incorporated as cities by landowners to promote industrial development.

[AlaskaErik]

NYC is a defined as a City, Hempstead is legally the Town of Hempstead with its 800,000 people. Frank Sinatra called Chicago "My kind of Town", but it too is a City.

By comparison, Alaska has 740,000 people. So the largest town in America has more people than the largest state in America.

[_longranger81]

Oh, good. I was afraid she was a city too.

[Steve_Seattle]

I thought that terms like “city,” “town, “village,” and “hamlet were informal terms used to describe places of varying population density, not technical terms with precise limitations.

[Dr. Sivana]

I thought that terms like “city,” “town, “village,” and “hamlet were informal terms used to describe places of varying population density, not technical terms with precise limitations.

In some places (e.g. Alberta, Canada) that is true. But in most states it has to do with things like form of government. So, West Hartford, CT is a "TOWN" with 64,000 people, and the City of Meriden, CT has 61,000 people.