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After slashing the Town of Hempstead supervisor’s budget in half, proposing tax freezes or tax cuts each year in office and spending tens of millions of dollars to repair town roads and parks, Don Clavin deserves to be re-elected to two more years as town supervisor.
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10/28/21
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Though we found both candidates in the Nassau County clerk race to be strong, we see no reason to unseat Maureen O’Connell after all she has accomplished in the past 16 years.
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10/28/21
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Jason Abelove is challenging Don Clavin for Town of Hempstead supervisor. Ahead of Election Day on Nov. 2, the Herald asked the candidates questions about their goals and issues facing the community.
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By Mike Smollins
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10/15/21
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The race for Nassau district attorney has quickly become one of the most hotly contested in the county, with Democratic State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, of Long Beach, and Republican Anne Donnelly, of …
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By Jim Bernstein and Scott Brinton
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10/6/21
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation on Tuesday, catching New Yorkers off guard, particularly after he began his roughly 20-minute-long speech with a seemingly defiant tone, calling himself a fighter.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/10/21
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County and state officials joined a chorus of voices across the country that have called for the immediate resignation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, after New York’s Attorney General Letitia James released a blockbuster report Tuesday detailing allegations of sexual misconduct by the governor.
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By Jim Bernstein and Mike Smollins
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8/4/21
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Anne Donnelly, a career prosecutor who this week was named the Nassau Republican’s nominee for county district attorney, wasted no time on calling out what she sees as her opponent’s chief …
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By James Bernstein
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7/22/21
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One year has passed since the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota and the unprecedented social justice demonstrations that sprung up across the United States to protest his death. Floyd’s death in May 2020 followed the killing of Ahmaud Arbery and the police-involved killing of Breonna Taylor earlier last year. The frustration that arose in response to their deaths sparked the revivified “Black Lives Matter” protest movement of the summer of 2020.
12 months later, many involved in the movement fear that much has gone unchanged and the opportunity for change has passed.
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By Robert Traverso
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6/25/21
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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and other state and local officials on Wednesday called on the state Department of Health to allow beaches across the state to open at 100 percent capacity this …
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By James Bernstein
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4/29/21
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A team of health professionals and engineers have spent the last year reviewing more than 250 strategies to keep patrons safe at the new US Arena when it opens in the fall, and are now ready to …
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By Melissa Koenig
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4/6/21
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