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Statement from Legislator Drucker on Bomb Scare That Disrupted Recent Syosset ‘Shed the Meds’ Event

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By Published: March 21 2025

LongIsland.com

“I was incredibly disappointed and angered that someone would disrupt a worthwhile event like Shed the Meds with a cowardly, unsubstantiated and anonymous bomb threat,” Drucker said.

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Syosset Public Library. Credit: Google Maps

On Tuesday, March 11, participants in a “Shed the Meds” event at the Syosset Public Library, hosted by Nassau County Legislature Deputy Minority Leader Arnold W. Drucker (D – Plainview) and the Nassau County Police Department’s Second Precinct, were forced to evacuate after the Library received a bomb threat at approximately at 6:15 p.m.
 
Following this incident, Deputy Minority Leader Drucker and the Second Precinct are scheduled to return to the Library on Tuesday, April 29 to host another Shed the Meds event from 5 – 7:30 p.m.
 
In response to the incident, Deputy Minority Leader Drucker issued the following statement:
 
“I was incredibly disappointed and angered that someone would disrupt a worthwhile event like Shed the Meds with a cowardly, unsubstantiated and anonymous bomb threat,” Nassau County Legislature Deputy Minority Leader Arnold W. Drucker (D – Plainview) said. “I implore the perpetrator or perpetrators of this selfish, pointless act to turn themselves in, and for anyone who has information about the incident to call the Second Precinct at 516-571-6200.”
 
“Despite having to evacuate, the Syosset community was not deterred, and we were still able to fill more than seven garbage bags with unwanted pills for safe disposal,” Deputy Minority Leader Drucker added. “To meet the tremendous demand that was demonstrated for this service, I am pleased to share that we will be returning to the Library on Tuesday, April 29 so that anybody who missed our last event due to the evacuation can do their part to protect the environment and keep unwanted drugs from falling into the wrong hands.”