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I’m committed to fixing Nassau’s tax-assessment system

Recently, I gave the order to post online tax-impact notices using last year’s tax levy and the new assessed market values for property owners across Nassau County. Throughout my first 11 months in office . . . more

By Laura Curran | 12/7/18

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran signs a bill into law requiring the evaluation of the county’s open spaces.

Laura Curran signs parks access bill

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran on Nov. 13 signed a bill into law that requires the county to study to evaluate all open spaces it owns to determine which should be open to everyone and which … more

By Anthony O'Reilly | 11/21/18

A plan backed by County Executive Laura Curran could bring back school-zone speed cameras, four years after the Legislature ended a prior program.

Baldwinites mixed on county executive's speed camera proposal

Baldwinites had mixed reactions to a plan that could see the return of speed cameras to Nassau County school districts that request them. County Executive Laura Curran proposed an opt-in program for … more

Anthony O'Reilly | 9/13/18

Jack Schnirman with a $4,300 bill sent to the county for the fountain behind him.

County looks to plug leaks amid backlash over New York American Water rate hikes

In the Lakeview Peace Garden, water trickles down a fountain into the ground, where it is recycled back up to the fountain. For years, Nassau County paid $50 a month to keep that water running — … more

By Anthony O'Reilly | 9/6/18

A militarized school is not a safe school

The New York Times reported last week that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was weighing the use of federal grant money to arm teachers across the country. more

8/30/18

Stop politicizing the fight against MS-13

Bodies started turning up in South Shore parks and woodlands in the past year and a half: teenagers hacked to death with machetes or shot in the face by members of the ruthless El Salvadoran gang Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. more

6/14/18

Nassau County officials held a news conference at the east end of Federick Avenue in Roosevelt to announce that they had found a fifth body allegedly killed by the El Salvadoran gang MS-13. At the lectern was Detective Lt. Richard Lebrun. From left were Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder, County Executive Laura Curran and District Attorney Madeline Singas.

NCPD identifies fifth victim in alleged MS-13 killing spree

At the east end of Frederick Avenue in Roosevelt, on a leafy residential block with a Baptist church, Nassau County police set up a command post Wednesday afternoon. In the dense woodland to the … more

By Scott Brinton | 5/30/18

Declare Nassau a sanctuary county

The promise inscribed on the Statue of Liberty — “send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me” — is the promise of hope that America makes . . . more

5/17/18

The war on Republicans shaping up for November

If you’re a student of the Revolutionary War, you know that some of the greatest military battles took place on Long Island. There haven’t been any such conflicts here since that time, but . . . more

5/3/18

State Assemblyman Charles Lavine, a Democrat from Glen Cove, reviewed a list of legislative proposals that address the termination of temporary protected status on a national scale.

Pushing back against TPS termination

Part six in an ongoing series. Read parts [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7] here. When temporary protected status for Haitians was revoked last November, TPS recipients from other countries … more

By Nadya Nataly, Alyssa Seidman and Brian Stieglitz | 4/26/18

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