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MTA Long Island Bus union representative Grover Howell railed against a plan by County Executive Ed Mangano to privatize the municipal bus system during a legislative budget hearing on Friday.
County hearing gets heated over L.I. Bus
A Nassau legislative hearing to review the county’s $2.6 billion 2012 budget turned chaotic early Friday afternoon when residents and MTA Long Island Bus drivers refused to cede the floor, demanding more time to be heard during a 30-minute public comment session. more
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Attorney Joseph Scannell, 49, a Democratic seven-time county legislator from Baldwin, left, is being challenged by attorney Christian Brown, 35, a Republican from Rockville Centre, to represent the 5th District.
Scannell v. Browne (x3) heats up
The third race between attorneys Chris Browne, a Republican from Rockville Centre who is challenging incumbent, seven-time county legislator Joe Scannell, a Democrat from Baldwin, took a provocative turn this week when the Nassau County Democratic Club sent out a mailing asserting that in June 2010, Browne, in his role on the Town of Hempstead Board of Zoning Appeals, voted to approve construction of a strip club in Wantagh. more
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Joseph Scannell
Chris Browne
Nassau County officials have proposed shuttering two precincts and realigning the remaining six to save money and improve efficiency in the department.
Cop-out? Cash-strapped county considers precinct closures
“The precinct is just a building,” according to Katie Grilli-Robles, spokeswoman for Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano. Closing two of the county’s eight police precincts, … more
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Local elections are all about you
It’s just over three weeks until Election Day, Nov. 8. Candidates are running for all 19 seats on the Nassau County Legislature, three Hempstead Town Council district positions, the townwide offices of supervisor, clerk and receiver of taxes, and judgeships in the county and state courts. more
Nassau County Legislator Joseph Scannell
Court OKs GOP’s redistricting map
In a 3-2 decision last Thursday, New York State Appellate Division judges upheld new boundaries drawn by Nassau Republican lawmakers for the county’s 19 legislative districts. If the state Court of Appeals rules in favor of the Republican plan on Aug. 24, the GOP’s legislative map will reshape a number of districts, including those covering the Five Towns, Elmont, Baldwin and Merrick-Bellmore. more
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A judge has ruled the the proposed redistricting plan will not affect the 2011 election.
No redistricting for 2011 election
Nassau County’s district lines will remain as they have been for the past eight years for the 2011 election, according to state Supreme Court Justice Steven Jaeger, who ruled last week that … more
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County Democrats, Republicans kick off campaigns
RepublicansNassau County Republicans kicked off their fight against the Democrats on May 24 at Wisdom Lane Middle School in Levittown. With the exception of one, all Democrat-filled seats on the … more
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The Nassau County Legislature passed a measure to redraw the current legislative map in a vote on Tuesday. Ten Republicans voted for the plan, while seven Democrats voted against it. Legislator Denise Ford, a Republican from Long Beach, was the lone dissenting voice in her party.
GOP redistricting plan passes, 10-8
With a single vote on May 24, the Nassau County Legislature shifted 576,000 voters out of their current legislative districts and into new ones, while also moving certain districts, such as the 19th, across the county. more
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