Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5, but thanks to a new law, New Yorkers will get a running start on the process for the first time in the state’s history.
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10/11/19
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Election Day is a little less than four weeks away, but thanks to a series of reforms passed by the State Legislature in January, Nassau County residents can vote during a nine-day period before Nov. …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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10/10/19
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State and local officials announced at a news conference last Friday the 15 locations in Nassau County that will be used as early-voting sites before the general election on Nov. 5. In January, the …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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6/13/19
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Listen up. No lectures. The integrity and destiny of our democracy is for you and me to decide with our votes next Tuesday. I trust the basic goodness of our American voting public, but . . .
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11/1/18
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I’m obviously not a woman, so I’m not the best person to parse the so-called “women’s vote.” But I’ll try. I’m covering my 25th general election this year . . .
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10/26/18
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In abysmally low turnout, residents in Elmont and Franklin Square voted last week to accept their elementary school districts’ respective budgets and propositions and to re-elect both incumbent …
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By Timothy Denton
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5/23/18
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The New York State Legislature finalized a $168.3 billion budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year just hours before its April 1 deadline. While lawmakers approved a number of provisions, such as tax …
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By Brian Stieglitz and Alyssa Seidman
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4/12/18
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In February, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he planned to include $7 million in his executive budget earmarked for early voting across the state. The provision would have allowed . . .
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4/5/18
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Editor's note: Carrie Solages, a Democrat from Elmont, is a Nassau County legislator who represents the 3rd District.
The former county executive, Ed Mangano, overhauled the tax system that …
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By Carrie Solages
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3/22/18
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As far back as 1993, there was talk at the highest levels of government of consolidating Long Island school districts to save money and provide greater resources for the Island’s poorest districts. That debate is likely to be resurrected . . .
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1/25/18
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