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Long Beach police officer Rich DePalma, far left, detective Anderson Joseph, Governor Cuomo, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky and police officer Darren Brennan.
Cuomo signs bill granting sick time to 9/11 rescuers
Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation championed by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky on Monday that will provide sick time to the people who worked on the rescue, recovery and cleanup after the World … more
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A lesson in how not to pass a health care bill
Everybody knew that passing a federal health care reform bill would be tough. Just call former Presidents Clinton and Obama, and they’ll vouch for the fact that getting a consensus in Congress can be . . . more
Hundreds of protesters chanted at Vice President Mike Pence and Republican senators at the People’s Filibuster, a protest against the Senate’s health care bill on June 27.
Long Islanders protest health care bill in Washington
Anita Faulding hunched her shoulders as the sky turned gray above Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of June 27. The 67-year-old Baldwinite let the rain soak into the back of her bright-pink Planned … more
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Paying too much attention to the first 100 days
For decades now, at the beginning of every presidency, the media and even the president himself have become obsessed with . . . more
Bill Piazza, bottom right, and his daughter, Jessica, second from left, and their teammates traveled to Colombia in 2013 for a Habitat for Humanity project to rebuild houses and roads in a poverty-stricken community.
Building houses for the homeless
Jessica Piazza was a junior at Long Beach High School in 2013 when she learned about a Habitat for Humanity project in Bogotá, Colombia — the city where her mother is from. Later that year, she … more
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Too many failing marks on open government
Elected leaders often look upon the Freedom of Information Act with barely disguised disapproval, and more often with outright disdain. Heck, the president who signed the act . . . more
For echoes of Trump on immigration, revisit Bill Clinton
What was the Democratic Party’s position on immigration that was strongly advocated by former President Bill Clinton, and was widely cheered by his party, in his address to Congress on Jan. 24, 1995? more
Stephany Reyes
Press Club of L.I., Herald to host community newspaper forum
The Press Club of Long Island will host a panel discussion, “Why a Community Newspaper Is a Great Place to Start — and Make — a Career in Journalism,” on Wednesday, March 15, … more
Tom Brady, a champion for the ages
Over the years, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Coach Bill Belichick have been the objects of some justified — and some vicious — criticism. But Sunday night’s . . . more
He made it his mission ... love must win
As thousands of police and civilians stood waiting on Fifth Avenue, and more than 100 SUVs, police cars, ambulances and motorcycles lined the street on a Friday morning in the heart of bustling midtown Manhattan, only one thing was missing. Noise. more
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