Lisa Tyson, the Long Island Progressive Coalition’s director, has suggested a number of reforms to limit campaign contributions to elected leaders from companies that do business with the government. more

Protesters from the Long Island Progressive Coalition, a nonprofit social and environmental advocacy group, claimed at a June 4 rally in Mineola that County Executive Ed Mangano received $144,000 in campaign contributions from private companies that did restoration work for the county after Hurricane Sandy. more

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY4) has revealed that she has been diagnosed with a treatable form of lung cancer — and that she’s committed to beating this latest challenge. more

Town of Hempstead voters will not see Mark Bonilla’s name on the Republican line on the November ballot. The clerk did not receive his party’s nomination, and with his criminal trial set to begin this summer, his political future remains uncertain. more

The stench was unbearable. “We’re concerned about our life in the community, people can’t even open their windows or sit in their backyards, and it will get exponentially worse with the … more

Nassau County will use funds from a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant to help prevent a property-tax hike that a number of county residents would have faced because of Hurricane Sandy, according to New York state’s grant proposal and state and county spokespeople. more

“What happened with Sandy is really a metaphor with what’s happening in Washington,” U.S. Rep. Peter … more

Politics above people?To the Editor: As political signs began popping up all over East Rockaway, I thought we were having another contested election — but when it became clear that there were … more

Amid continuing recconstructing efforts in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, Assemblyman Brian Curran (R-Lynbrook) has submitted a bill to waive sales tax on building materials for Sandy victims. … more

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an Executive Order on Monday, Nov. 5 which provides for any voter in Nassau County who was displaced by Hurricane Sandy to vote by affidavit ballot at any poll site in New … more