One of the newest ideas to fix Nassau County’s broken assessment system is also going to be one of the most difficult to implement: let someone else do it. The county is exploring the … more

It was clearly a difficult night for New York State Education Commissioner Dr. John King and Chancellor Meryl Tisch. more

One year after Superstorm Sandy laid waste to Long Island’s electrical grids, New Jersey-based energy company PSE&G is preparing to replace LIPA in managing … more

County Executive Ed Mangano’s victory over Tom Suozzi was not a surprise, say some local political experts, but the decisiveness of his win was. Mangano, who upset then two-term incumbent Suozzi four years ago in a race decided by fewer than 400 votes, this year won by more than 48,000 votes. more

East Rockaway resident Lisa Daniels, the Democratic challenger who lost decisively last week to incumbent County Legislator Howard Kopel (R-Lawrence) in the 7th Legislative District, announced just … more

Results from the 2013 election in Nassau County and the Town of Hempstead. more

Laura Curran, sitting Baldwin Board of Education President, won the right to succeed Joe Scannell in the 5th Legislative District last night. Curran collected 6,996 votes, 57 percent of the 12,271 ballots cast. Her fellow Baldwin resident, Debbie Pugliese, netted 43 percent of the votes with 5,268. more

Nassau County Republicans not only retained the majority in the Legislature on Tuesday night, but picked up one additional seat. With 99 percent of Nassau County’s precincts counted, Republican legislators had a strong hold on 11 of 19 Legislative seats. more

With about 95 percent of Town of Hempstead districts reporting, Republicans incumbents easily held their seats in Tuesday’s election. Unofficial results late Tuesday had incumbent Kate Murray … more

John M. Galasso, Arthur G. Pitts, David T. Reilly, Hope S. Zimmerman won the four seats for Supreme Court judge defeating three other candidates in Tuesday's election. more