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State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, left at lectern, and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins announced that a package of tighter gun restrictions was passed by the State Legislature on Jan. 29.
Legislators tighten New York's gun laws
On Jan. 30, state lawmakers approved the first new gun control laws since the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act passed in 2013. Gun control advocates cheered the further tightening … more
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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, center, recently created a task force to study the potential impacts legal marijuana might have on the county.
Laura Curran creates legal marijuana task force
Nassau County Executive Laura Curran on Jan. 10 announced the formation of a task force to study the impact legal recreational marijuana might have on the county. Nassau County Police Commissioner … more
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U.S. Rep. Thomas Suozzi was named to the House of Representatives' Committee on Ways and Means on Thursday.
U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi named to Ways and Means Committee
U.S. Rep. Thomas Suozzi, a Glen Cove Democrat, was appointed Thursday to the powerful Committee on Ways and Means, the chief tax-writing committee of the House of Representatives. The … more
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Orthodox Union Executive Vice President Allen Fagin, from Woodmere, served on New York Attorney General Letitia James’ transition committee.
Woodmere resident Allen Fagin served on New York State Attorney General's transition team
Allen Fagin, of Woodmere, who is the executive vice president of the Orthodox Union and the former chairman of Proskauer Rose LLP, is one of 36 people on New York Attorney General-Elect Letitia James’ transition committee. James was sworn in on Dec. 31 more
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Five Towns native Michael was sentenced to three years in prison in his role as President Donald's Trump "fixer."
Trump attorney Michael Cohen, who grew up in Lawrence, gets three years in prison
Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney who arranged six-figure payments to a porn star and a Playboy model to buy their silence about affairs with Trump, is going to prison. U.S. … more
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Levittown resident Chris Wright, center, facing podium, asked the Town Board about the practice of banking on employee retirements to fund tax cuts in their 2019 budget at the Town of Hempstead budget hearing last week.
Hempstead Town Board passes $432.5 million budget
The Republican-majority Hempstead Town Board on Oct. 30 passed its $432.5-million budget by a vote of 6-1. Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, a Democrat, did not endorse the spending plan, which, she said, relied on uncertain savings to fund an $11-million tax cut. more
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Vote 2018: Find your Herald Voter's Guides, Endorsements here
Herald Community Newspapers editors and reporters have spent the past two months reporting on Election 2018, and on Tuesday, November 6th, it will all boil down to a single factor: your vote.  more
It’s Michaelle Solages in the 22nd A.D.
The Herald endorses Michaelle Solages, a Democrat from Valley Stream, for the 22nd Assembly District seat. Solages was first elected to the office in 2012, when the district was formed from parts … more
Melissa "Missy" Miller
Vote for Melissa Miller in 20th Assembly District
In the nearly two years that Atlantic Beach resident Melissa Miller has been a state assemblywoman, she has learned that government moves at a glacial pace — which Miller, the mother of a special-needs child, finds frustrating. more
Kathleen Rice
In the 4th Congressional District, send Rice back to Washington
To slash through the sea of partisanship that now engulfs Congress, strong proponents of bipartisanship and people of action are needed. more
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