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Madeline Singas, Nassau County’s acting district attorney, spoke in support of a stricter state law for registered sex offenders on May 27 at the North and Central Merrick Civic Association’s meeting at the North Merrick Public Library.

Singas: Stricter sex offender law needed

Madeline Singas, Nassau County’s acting district attorney, continued her push for greater restrictions for registered sex offenders last week at a North Merrick civic group meeting. The setting was significant. Weeks earlier, police arrested a North Merrick man ... more

By Brian Racow | 6/3/15

Nassau needs an assessment commission

It is perhaps the worst-kept secret in Nassau County: The property assessment system is broken. more

3/6/14

In 2010, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano passed legislation, called the Common Sense Law, to repeal the county guarantee, shifting the cost of property-tax refunds to school districts, towns and special districts, which Mangano said would save the county $80 million annually. The state Appellate Division recently upheld the county guarantee, meaning that the county must pay the refunds.

State appeals court upholds ‘county guarantee’

A state appeals court has denied Nassau County’s attempt to shift the cost of refunding property-tax challenges to school districts and towns. The decision was reached unanimously on Feb. 27 by four justices of the New York State Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. more

By David Weingrad | 3/1/13

Olga Diaz of Franklin Square, who owns Banao Cafe in Elmont with her husband, Thomas, was shocked when she found out that a plan to build a Walgreens pharmacy, which would force her store to soon close, was approved last week.

7 Elmont businesses prepare to close

Seven businesses on Elmont’s east side will close in the coming months, according to a plan to build a Walgreens pharmacy that was approved 6-0 by the Hempstead Town Zoning Board of Appeals last week. more

By Jackie Nash | 4/9/12

Pharmacy fiasco in Elmont?

A proposal to build a Walgreens pharmacy on the southwest corner of Meacham Avenue and Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont — and to demolish a plaza housing seven existing businesses in the process — has been harshly criticized by many residents and business owners. more

By Jackie Nash | 2/23/12

The panel of judges from the Supreme Court’s Appeallate Division voted 3-1 in favor of upholding the murder conviction that Heidgen received. He is currently serving 19 years to life in prison.

Appeals court supports Heidgen murder conviction

A New York state court ruled this week against Martin Heidgen’s appeal to have his murder conviction reduced to manslaughter, for driving drunk the wrong way on the Meadowbrook Parkway in 2005 and killing two people. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 9/16/11

The proposed redistricting plan, on the right, would separate large sections of Elmont and Franklin Square that are now part of District 3.

County OKs GOP's district map

In a 3-2 decision Aug. 11, a state appellate court in the 2nd Judicial Department upheld the Republican redistricting plan for Nassau County’s 19 legislative districts, which calls for new lines to be drawn for the Sept. 13 primary and the Nov. 2 general election. more

By Jackie Nash | 8/16/11

Nassau County Legislator Joseph Scannell

Court OKs GOP’s redistricting map

In a 3-2 decision last Thursday, New York State Appellate Division judges upheld new boundaries drawn by Nassau Republican lawmakers for the county’s 19 legislative districts. If the state Court of Appeals rules in favor of the Republican plan on Aug. 24, the GOP’s legislative map will reshape a number of districts, including those covering the Five Towns, Elmont, Baldwin and Merrick-Bellmore. more

By Ann E. Friedman and Scott Brinton | 8/16/11

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