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Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy announced on Tuesday that 28 villages are suing the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County and New York state, seeking a greater share of sales tax revenue.
Villages suing for $21.5M share of sales tax revenue
Twenty-eight villages in Nassau County, including Freeport, are suing New York state, the county and the towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay, seeking what they believe is their fair share of state sales tax revenues. more
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Villages deserve greater share of state sales taxes
Tens of millions of dollars in state sales taxes are generated in Nassau County’s 64 villages each year. The state keeps part of the money, and sends part of it . . . more
Glen Cove native, Jackie Comitino, left corner, paddled on Hewlett Point Park,East Rockaway.
Festival celebrates newly created Blueway Trail
It was her first time kayaking, but as Jerry Foster owner of Freeport Kayak Rentals helped Jackie Comitino, 37, from Glen Cove adjust her life jacket; she assured her friends she wasn’t nervous. … more
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Mayor Robert Kennedy
Freeeport mayor pushes for ‘fair share' of sales taxes
Freeport generates roughly $15.8 million a year in state sales taxes. The state collects the money, and then sends back roughly $6.2 million to Nassau County and the Town of Hempstead.The share of … more
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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
Operation S.P.L.A.S.H. president, Rob Weltner explained the organization’s mission and projects during a tour of the headquarters located on the Nautical Mile in Freeport on April 28.
Operation S.P.L.A.S.H. hosts volunteer open house
A few boat rides a week in a number of south shore communities, Operation S.P.L.A.S.H., an acronym for Stop Polluting Littering and Save Harbors, helps combat water pollution. With winter practically … more
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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
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Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy, center, was joined by Lynbrook Deputy Mayor Hilary Becker, far left, Plandome Manor Mayor Barbara Donno, Town of Hemstead Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney and Freeport Trustee Carmen Piñeyro on a tour of the New Bedford Hurricane Protection Barrier in Masschusetts on Monday.
Freeport officials, hoping to construct floodgates here, tour Massachusetts project
All that was missing was a “Welcome to Freeport” sign, and the city of New Bedford, Mass., could have easily been mistaken for the village. Both communities are located on relatively small bays … more
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Mariann Mendoza, a volunteer receptionist and paralegal at the Central American Refugee Center in Hempstead, with a stack of TPS-related case files looming behind her.
TPS holders cast into the shadows?
Part one of an ongoing series. Read parts [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] here. Curtailing Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, has become a flashpoint in national politics since … more
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A powerful nor'easter rolled across Long Island on Friday.
Nor'easter brings rain, high winds, flooding to Nassau County
All of the South and North Shores were under a flood warning and high-wind watch as a powerful nor’easter churned across Long Island Friday morning. more
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