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The Hempstead Town Board tabled Supervisor Laura Gillen’s proposal to audit its Building Department.
Hempstead Town Board tables audit of Building Department
The Hempstead Town Board voted on Feb. 5 to table the hiring of an outside consultant to audit the Town Building Department. The roughly $155,000 measure was intended to offer recommendations on how … more
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State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, left at lectern, and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins announced that a package of tighter gun restrictions was passed by the State Legislature on Jan. 29.
Legislators tighten New York's gun laws
On Jan. 30, state lawmakers approved the first new gun control laws since the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act passed in 2013. Gun control advocates cheered the further tightening … more
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Hempstead Town Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney recently visited Long Island City, Queens, and asked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to forgo his company’s plans to set up shop there and instead relocate to Baldwin.
A special delivery for Baldwin?
Could Baldwin be a prime spot for Amazon’s next headquarters? Town Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney seems to think so, and is asking the online retail giant to ditch its plans for Long Island City, … more
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Town Supervisor Laura Gillen with Oceanside homeowner Michael Cascio, who was told five years after Hurricane Sandy that he needed to elevate his house because of damage it sustained during the storm.
Gillen seeks audit of town Building Department
Town Supervisor Laura Gillen announced on Jan. 16 that she was seeking to hire an outside consultant to audit the town Building Department and offer recommendations on how to streamline its building … more
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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, center, recently created a task force to study the potential impacts legal marijuana might have on the county.
Laura Curran creates legal marijuana task force
Nassau County Executive Laura Curran on Jan. 10 announced the formation of a task force to study the impact legal recreational marijuana might have on the county. Nassau County Police Commissioner … more
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U.S. Rep. Thomas Suozzi was named to the House of Representatives' Committee on Ways and Means on Thursday.
U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi named to Ways and Means Committee
U.S. Rep. Thomas Suozzi, a Glen Cove Democrat, was appointed Thursday to the powerful Committee on Ways and Means, the chief tax-writing committee of the House of Representatives. The … more
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Debra Mulé
Plastic bag bill still important, Mulé says
County Legislator Debra Mulé, a Democrat from Freeport, said she’s not giving up on a proposed bill that would impose a 5 cent fee for each bag given out at supermarkets and shops. “It’s … more
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Five Towns native Michael was sentenced to three years in prison in his role as President Donald's Trump "fixer."
Trump attorney Michael Cohen, who grew up in Lawrence, gets three years in prison
Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney who arranged six-figure payments to a porn star and a Playboy model to buy their silence about affairs with Trump, is going to prison. U.S. … more
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Keith Eckels
Eckels defeats Yanantuono in commissioner race
Ex-Baldwin Fire Department Chief Keith Eckels defeated incumbent fire commissioner Paul Yanantuono in Tuesday’s election. Eckels earned 326 vote to Yanantuono’s 281. “Thank you to everyone … more
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Thomas Rademaker
Sea Cliff judge removed from Baldwinite’s case
The state’s Appellate Division removed a Nassau County Family Court judge from a case for taking an adversarial stance toward a Baldwin defendant who he tossed in jail. A four-judge panel said the … more
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