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Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, right, and Islanders owner Charles Wang, left, sat together as Mangano signed the bill into law that would allow the public referendum to be held. Mangano held the signing in a crowded room in the Legislative building, just minutes after the Legislature voted 11-7 to pass the bill.
Legislature passes Coliseum vote 11-7
In an 11-7 vote almost entire on party lines, the Nassau County Legislature voted on May 31 to allow a public referendum to decide the fate of County Executive Ed Mangano's plan for redeveloping … more
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Hundreds of supporters of County Executive Ed Mangano's plan for a new Nassau Coliseum held a rally on the steps of the Legislature on May 24, hours before a public hearing was held on the topic.
County Legislature discusses Coliseum plan
The Nassau County Legislature spent more than two hours on May 24 debating and hearing public comment about a proposed $400 million bond that would finance a new arena on the site of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. 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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Under a Republican plan to redraw the Nassau County Legislature’s district lines, Democratic Legislator David Denenberg, of Merrick, would see his district –– the 19th –– merged with Legislator Joseph Scannell’s district –– the 5th. In effect, Democrats would lose a seat. A State Supreme Court justice, however, placed a temporary restraining order on the plan on Thursday, effectively preventing it from taking effect until the matter is decided in court. Above, Denenberg at Monday's redistricting hearing.
Democrats cheer judge’s redistricting decision
Democrats welcomed news last Thursday that a State Supreme Court justice had issued a temporary restraining order barring the Republican-controlled Nassau County Legislature from moving ahead with a plan to redraw the Legislature’s lines. more
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More than 250 people turned out for a public hearing on Monday to voice their opinions on a Republican plan to redraw the Nassau County Legislature’s district lines. Among the attendees was Golena White of Hempstead.
Legislature’s redistricting hearing gets heated
 In a public hearing that turned raucous at times on Monday, the Nassau County Legislature heard testimony from a long line of speakers who charged that a Republican plan to redraw the lines of the county’s 19 legislative districts would, if passed, dilute the minority vote while shifting roughly half of the county’s population –– 576,000 people in all –– into new districts. more
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A quick look at the history of the county Legislature
The Nassau County Legislature was formed on May 24, 1994, after U.S. District Court Judge Arthur Spatt had ruled in 1993 that the county’s longstanding Board of Supervisors was unconstitutional because it violated the Constitution’s one-person, one vote rule. A 19-district Legislature was created to replace the Board of Supervisors. The Legislature’s first election took place in November 1995, and legislators took office for the first time on Jan. 1, 1996. more
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Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg, a Democrat from Merrick spoke with Claudia Borecky, the president of the North and Central Merrick Civic Association at the Rules Committee meeting. Democrats like Denenberg are questioning the legality of recent attempts to redraw the county’s legislative map.
Residents raise redistricting concerns at rules meeting
After waiting nearly five hours Monday afternoon, residents opposed to a Republican plan to redraw district lines for the Nassau County Legislature finally got the chance to be heard by the Legislature’s Rules Committee. The plan would reshape a number of districts while merging others, such as the 5th and 19th districts, which are now held by Democrats Joseph Scannell and David Denenberg, respectively. more
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County Executive Ed Mangano announced details last week for his plan to balance the 2011 county budget. His proposal includes layoffs, a furlough and the restructuring of the police department.
Mangano: cuts impact all departments, employees
County Executive Ed Mangano unveiled last week that his plan to trim millions in spending includes layoffs, a furlough for county employees and the redeployment of police officers.  Mangano … more
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On legislators behaving badly
This is about the good, the bad and the ugly. It isn’t fiction, as we get enough fiction from politicians these days. It deals with the New York State Legislature, the ethical crises it currently faces and the need to deal with them. more
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The County Legislature approved more than $3 million in contracts on Jan. 10 to bring necessary equipment and services to the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, above.
Millions earmarked to stop bay discharge
The Nassau County Legislature approved more than $3 million in contracts on Jan. 10 for new equipment and upgrades at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, in an effort to end months of illegal sewage discharge into Reynolds Channel, which many residents and local officials have called a serious environmental health hazard. more
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