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As the New York State Senate convenes for its spring session, let’s take a moment to reflect on how momentous — and historic — an occasion this is.
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1/17/19
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How can voter-rich Long Island maintain its political influence in a State Senate chamber that will have an overwhelming number of New York City legislators next year? It will be a challenge that the Senate’s new Democratic leadership will need to master . . .
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By Kyle Strober
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12/20/18
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When State Sen. John Brooks defeated incumbent Republican Michael Venditto in 2016, it felt like a fluke. A combination of political headwinds and unfortunate family matters in the news for Venditto, perhaps, paved the way for the newly registered Democrat to claim the seat that the GOP had won with 60 percent of the vote in most elections.
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11/1/18
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From the look of the damage sustained by a charter bus after it crashed into the Eagle Avenue Bridge on the Southern State Parkway in early April, the incident should have been a mass tragedy.
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5/24/18
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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 . . .
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5/3/18
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Ana Wagner, 37, of Lynbrook, paints a portrait of her childhood that she shares with her three children. She tells them about her life growing up in Brooklyn, that she was the smallest girl in her classes and that she maintained straight “A’s” throughout elementary school. The picture she paints, however, skips over a three-year segment of her story during which she was sexually abused by a friend of her father.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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3/19/18
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There were many surprises on Election Day across America, including an apparent upset in New York state’s 8th Senate District. Though ballots were still being challenged in court as the Herald went to press this week, Democrat John Brooks, an unknown candidate with limited resources, appears to have done the impossible, defeating Republican incumbent Sen. Michael Venditto.
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By Lisa Tyson
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12/15/16
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As of Wednesday afternoon, East Meadow incumbents were leading their respective races. But thousands of votes still need to be counted as a result of voting machine malfunctions.
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David Weingrad and Alex Costello
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11/7/12
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There are few elected leaders who appear to love their jobs as much as State Assemblyman David McDonough, a Republican from North Merrick.
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11/2/12
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John Brooks, a Democrat from Seaford, and former volunteer fire chief and Board of Education vice president in his hometown, is battling Republican Assemblyman David McDonough of Merrick, a former civic activist and business leader, for the 19th Assembly District seat.
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Scott Brinton
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10/26/10
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