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According to the FBI, Medicare and Medicaid fraud cost the American taxpayer over $80 billion a year.
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3/8/12
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For the past several years, the Elmont Memorial Library’s Board of Trustees has discussed the possibility of closing its two branch libraries, in Alden Terrace and Stewart Manor. Over the past several weeks, however, the dialogue among board members has become more serious.
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By Jackie Nash
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3/6/12
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The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education held its first 2012-13 budget workshop on Feb. 7, unveiling three spending scenarios and stressing that the budget will likely exceed the state-mandated 2 percent tax cap increase in order to avoid more than $3 million in cuts.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/14/12
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In his budget address, Governor Andrew Cuomo highlighted his two key initiatives for New York State — reducing public-sector pension costs, and implementing an evaluation system for schoolteachers. Gov. Cuomo is the state’s top executive, elected by the people, so who’s supporting his plans? It’s the state’s public workers unions and the teachers’ union — they are suing the governor in court. Did anyone elect the unions to be in charge of the state’s pension and school systems?
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By George Rand
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2/7/12
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On Jan. 14, the New York Times reported that “President Obama on Friday announced an aggressive campaign to shrink the size of the federal government, a proposal less notable for its goal — the fight against bloat that has been embraced by every modern-day president — than for the political challenge it poses to a hostile Congress.”
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Hal Peterson
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2/1/12
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Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled his 2012-13 Executive Budget and Reform Plan, which he says will close the $2 billion budget gap and increase state aid to schools and municipalities.
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Alex Costello
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1/25/12
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Now that we’ve flipped the calendar, our local school officials will soon start getting into the nitty-gritty of budget planning for the 2012-13 school year.
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1/5/12
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By chance, I happened to notice that on Nov. 9, The Huffington Post reported that a potential Republican challenger to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in a 2014 gubernatorial race, was defeated in his reelection bid for Erie County executive.
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Hal Peterson
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11/23/11
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray announced the town’s proposed 2012 budget last Friday, heralding it as a spending plan that would freeze taxes at 2011 levels without making cuts in …
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Alex Costello
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10/5/11
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I have called on PBA President Jim Carver to stop his juvenile advertising campaign that is filled with scare tactics and half-truths.
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By Ed Mangano
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9/29/11
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