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Linda Leonard, executive director of the Long Island Crisis Center in Bellmore, said she worries that her agency could lose its 24-hour, seven-day-a-week suicide-prevention hotline if Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano eliminates funding for the private, nonprofit agency.

Nassau’s social-service network in crisis

The Bellmore-based Long Island Crisis Center would lose more than $300,000 in funding if Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano were to make good on a threat to cut all contracts with nonprofit social-service agencies that work with troubled youth, the mentally ill and drug addicts, said Linda Leonard, the Crisis Center’s executive director, this past week. more

By Scott Brinton | 6/9/12

Sewer deal could be boon for county

Nassau County’s aging sewage treatment plants –– the Bay Park plant in East Rockaway, the Cedar Creek plant in Wantagh and the Glen Cove plant –– have for years been a proverbial yoke around the county’s neck. more

5/17/12

Sewer deal could be boon — or not — for the county

Nassau County’s aging sewage treatment plants –– the Bay Park plant in East Rockaway, the Cedar Creek plant in Wantagh and the Glen Cove plant –– have for years been a proverbial yoke around the county’s neck. more

5/14/12

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano recently announced his intent to pursue a public-private partnership to operate and maintain the county’s three sewage treatment plants.

County weighs leasing the sewer system

Facing a $3 billion debt, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano recently announced his intent to pursue a public-private partnership to operate and maintain the county’s three sewage treatment plants. At a news conference in Mineola on Thursday, Mangano, a Republican from Bethpage, said the transaction would earn the county $750 million, alleviating 25 percent of Nassau’s debt –– the highest of any county in New York. more

By David Weingrad | 5/5/12

Our local leaders deserve our support

Last week, I focused on how Long Island taxpayers were lucky to have two county executives who, despite being from different political parties, were doing everything in their power to save their respective counties. more

5/3/12

Herald file photo County Attorney John Ciampoli is accusing the Democratic caucus, led by Kevan Abrahams, above, of criminal misconduct. Democrats say the charge is a “desperate attempt” to deflect attention from County Executive Ed Mangano’s borrowing practices.

County attorney charges misconduct by lawmakers

Nassau County Attorney John Ciampoli is alleging criminal misconduct by the nine members of the County Legislature’s Democratic caucus, and has asked District Attorney Kathleen Rice to look into the matter. Democrats, meanwhile, say Ciampoli is playing a dangerous game of partisan politics to cover up county borrowing to fill multi-million-dollar budget gaps. more

By David Weingrad | 5/3/12

Nassau weighs total ban on ‘synthetic pot’

It’s marketed as herbal incense at gas stations and convenience stores across the country, but what’s sold under brand names like Spice and K2 is really a combination of herbs and chemicals that mimic THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, according to the New York State Department of Health. While smoking the compound, users might suffer heart attacks, respiratory distress or kidney failure. more

By Deirdre Krasula | 5/3/12

High jinx at taxpayers' expense

Disgraceful. That pretty much sums up the performance of our federal government in recent weeks. more

4/26/12

Nassau County Legislators, from left, David Denenberg, Carrié Solages and Delia DeRiggi-Whitton held a forum at the Valley Stream American Legion Hall on April 12 to discuss County Executive Ed Mangano’s plan to privatize the sewer system.

‘Can we afford to flush?’

A trio of Democratic legislators expressed their concerns about Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano’s plan to privatize the county’s sewer system at a meeting at the Valley Stream American Legion hall on April 12. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 4/18/12

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, left, Sen. Hugh Farley, Sen. Kemp Hannon and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos watched as Gov. Cuomo signed the 2012-13 New York State budget.

Belmont's future: A roll of the dice?

Last week, state leaders approved a $132.6 billion budget for 2012-13 that includes funding and a study for the redevelopment of Belmont Park. For many local residents, who've been urging development there for years, the announcement was considered a bout of luck. more

By Jackie Nash | 4/2/12