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When the House Ways and Means Committee met to consider its bill to revamp the U.S. tax code . . .
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11/24/17
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Roughly two months after the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan reversed New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s corruption conviction, a federal appeals panel overturned those of former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, on Tuesday.
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By Ben Strack
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9/26/17
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Let’s imagine our house on fire. What’s the first thing we’d want to do? Put it out! Try to save it to be repaired and reoccupied. But too often these days . . .
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8/10/17
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Anita Faulding hunched her shoulders as the sky turned gray above Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of June 27. The 67-year-old Baldwinite let the rain soak into the back of her bright-pink Planned …
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By Julie Mansmann
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6/30/17
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Lifelong Five Towns resident David Friedman, whose father was an iconic rabbinical leader and who has dined with two U.S. presidents, is now the nation’s 20th ambassador to Israel since the Jewish state was established as an independent country in 1948.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/29/17
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Woodsburgh resident and North Woodmere native David Friedman was confirmed 52-46 by the U.S. Senate on Thursday to be the ambassador to Israel.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/23/17
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David Friedman was in his element, as the bankruptcy lawyer had a legal pad and pencil by his side as he would in court, at his confirmation hearing in front of the 21-member Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Feb. 16.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/15/17
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s familiarity with the roads around southeast Queens and the Five Towns may have helped him understand why State Sen. Todd Kaminsky kept bringing up repairing the Nassau Expressway every time the Long Beach Democrat saw the governor.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/1/17
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Knowing David Friedman for nearly half a century, Five Towns resident Cindy Grosz believes her former North Woodmere neighbor will make an excellent envoy to Israel because he is “real and authentic.”
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2/22/17
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Hewlett resident and Inwood native Chris McGrath has been mentioned asa candidate to the fill the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District slot.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/21/17
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