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Nassau County will receive a $200,00 grant to further its fight against Long Island’s heroin crisis. The money, secured by State Sens. Kemp Hannon and Jack Martins, will be used to assist police in investigating fatal heroin and opioid overdoses.
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By David Weingrad
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11/5/14
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East Meadow incumbents in the state Senate and Assembly easily retained their seats on Tuesday night, and District Attorney Kathleen Rice defeated Bruce Blakeman in the 4th Congressional District race.
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By David Weingrad
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11/5/14
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Despite Democratic losses in Congress on Tuesday, local Dems fared well in the House of Representatives, retaining the 3rd, 4th and 5th Congressional seats. Incumbent Gregory Meeks handily won re-election in the 5th C.D., capturing 92 percent of the vote, while incumbent Steve Israel hung on with 54 percent. Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice won election to the 4th Congressional District seat now held by Democrat Carolyn McCarthy, who is retiring. She defeated Republican Bruce Blakeman, a former presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature.
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By John O'Connell and Scott Brinton
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11/5/14
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a statewide Ebola plan on Oct. 16 that called for the coordination of health care, Port Authority and Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers to combat a potential spread of the Ebola virus should it cross New York’s borders. He also designated eight hospitals, including Long Island’s North Shore-LIJ, in Nassau County, and Stony Brook University Hospital, in Suffolk, to act as regional centers for treating patients with Ebola.
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By David Weingrad
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10/22/14
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Control of the New York State Senate is up for grabs this year, and the results in one or two races could make a difference. Kemp Hannon, the long-time senator in the 6th District, which spans from Garden City to Farmingdale, says Republican control is key to protecting Long Island’s interests.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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10/16/14
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Last week we highlighted some of the work we think the New York Senate and Assembly have left incomplete as they head toward the end of this legislative session on June 19.
We said that …
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6/12/14
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The East Meadow School District is slated to receive $36.74 million in state aid in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recently proposed 2014-15 budget, about $387,000 more than it received this year, a 1.07 percent increase.
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By David Weingrad
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1/29/14
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A bill signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on July 31 will give the Town of Hempstead the authority to issue parking permits on residential streets near the Nassau University Medical Center.
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By David Weingrad
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8/8/13
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The Jets’ old, dark-green scoreboard still stands in a dirt field at the team’s former training camp on Hofstra University’s north campus. “The will to win is nothing without the will to prepare,” it reads.
Call it a monument to the past, which will soon be removed to make way for the future –– a 63,000-square-foot addition to the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ Medical School, which was founded in 2008 and welcomed its first class of 40 in 2011. The $39.5 million project, funded in part with a $14.5 million state grant, will more than double the size of the medical school.
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By Scott Brinton
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6/12/13
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The new year may be only a few days old, but local leaders are wasting no time in setting their priorities for 2013. The Herald asked elected officials and community leaders what they plan to focus on this year.
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By David Weingrad
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1/9/13
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