| "It seems indisputable now that there's a gang violence problem in Huntington Station. The Suffolk County Police Department is cracking down in the neighborhood, which it calls one of three gang "hot spots" - along with Brentwood and Wyandanch-North Amityville - in the areas it patrols. Huntington Town officials, who were right to raise the alarm, now need to tone down the rhetoric and work with the police." (Source: newsday.com, "Tamping down gang violence in Huntington Station," October 21, 2009) |