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Former NSW Greens MLC and activist Ian Cohen. Photo Tree Faerie. Former Greens MLC Ian Cohen has lashed out at councillors for their lack of preparation for NYE, and says ‘Given a seeming ignorance of the potential impact of COVID-19 in Byron, and the rest of Australia taking strict precautions, it may be timely to look back in local history’. Mr Cohen told The Echo that riots on New Year’s Eve in 1993 led to a public meeting ‘which filled the Byron High stadium to capacity’. ‘Locals wanted their town back’, he said, adding that celebrations had gotten out of control, ‘leaving the town trashed’. ....