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Atlantic Beach village officials say they will not release documents requested by a resident in 2008, despite a decision last year by the Committee on Open Government that those documents are considered pubic records under the Freedom of Information Law, or FOIL.
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Lori Gross
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7/30/10
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On Monday, New Yorkers — in particular, state workers — anxiously awaited news on whether the state Legislature would pass a series of emergency bills to cut spending and stave off a government shutdown.
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6/20/10
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Sixteen high school students, who were selected to participate in the annual Students in Government Day on May 26, accepted the keys to the Town of Hempstead from Supervisor Kate Murray. Two Five Towns students, Alexandra Shafran, from the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, and Kelsea Medard, from Hewlett High School, participated as honorary officials.
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Lori Gross
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6/16/10
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On April 20, an explosion off the Gulf Coast on an oil rig leased by British Petroleum marked the unfortunate beginning of the worst oil spill in our nation’s history.
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Al D'Amato
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6/3/10
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A former Atlantic Beach village trustee who last served on the board a decade ago is trying to return to local government with a run for mayor. Edward A Radburn, who lost his re-election bid for …
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Andrew Coen
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5/19/10
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So the Tea Party came and went on Tax Day, and yes, the nation survived. Of late, I’ve been trying to wrap my head around this movement. What is it, precisely?
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Scott Brinton
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4/23/10
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There are big-picture issues that the town of Hempsteand and Nassau County will have to tackle together. Foremost among them is the Lighthouse project, a sweeping proposal to transform 150 acres surrounding the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale from the barren asphalt of a parking lot to a residential and commercial zone.
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1/7/10
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This past week I was invited to testify in Washington before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The topic was credit rating agencies and the role they played in the recent financial meltdown. Here’s what I told the committee.
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Alfonse D'Amato
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10/8/09
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