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Infrastructure improvements (cheers!), PSEG rate increases (jeers!)
New York state has been presented with a unique opportunity. For once, rather than being faced with a multi-billion-dollar deficit . . . more
KATHLEEN RICE
D.A. special election set for next fall
Nassau County voters will choose their next district attorney in November 2015, ten months after current D.A. Kathleen Rice leaves the post for a seat in Congress. Meanwhile, Rice’s top deputy or an appointee of Gov. Andrew Cuomo will take the reins as the county’s head prosecutor. more
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Kathleen Rice
Rice, Blakeman battle for 4th C.D. seat
Kathleen Rice, the Nassau County district attorney, and Bruce Blakeman, a former presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature, are locked in a spirited fight for the 4th Congressional District seat now held by U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, a Democrat from Mineola. more
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South Shore residents have held many rallies over the past year to protest the complicated NY Rising program.
Weisenberg calls for NY Rising deadline extension
State Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg has called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to extend the deadline for residents to file for the NY Rising program, for what he calls “ a variety of compelling … more
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Herald Editor Andrew Hackmack, left, intern Brian Stieglitz, center, and Senior Editor Scott Brinton recently cycled from Cedar Creek Park, in Seaford, to Tobay Beach Park, in Massapequa, to check out New York state’s new 3.6-mile, $3.8 million bicycle path on the Ocean Parkway.
Video: Biking the Ocean Parkway
I had been pedaling for an hour and a half when I stopped cold. The view, quite simply, stunned me. It was 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 22, and I was three-quarters of the way through a bike ride up and down the asphalt path that runs along the Wantagh and Ocean parkways, from Nassau County’s Cedar Creek Park, in Seaford, to the Town of Oyster Bay’s Tobay Beach Park, in Massapequa. The entire ride, from Cedar Creek to Tobay Beach and back, was 17.6 miles. more
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The city plans to install a 2,300-foot-long seawall along Reynolds Channel, as well as adjustable barriers and other initiatives along the bay.
Long Beach moves forward on protection plan
Nine months after Gov. Andrew Cuomo came to Long Beach and announced that the state would provide $13 million to fund flood protection measures for the city’s industrial district, the City Council … more
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Gov. Cuomo, pictured on National Boulevard days after Hurricane Sandy,on Wednesday that the state will provide funding to cover local governments’ costs to repair and rebuild infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
Cuomo: State to cover city’s share of Sandy rebuilding
Gov. Cuomo announced on Wednesday that the state will provide funding to cover local governments’ costs to repair and rebuild infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Sandy. As part of the Federal … more
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Albany's unfinished business, Part II
Last week we highlighted some of the work we think the New York Senate and Assembly have left incomplete as they head toward the end of this legislative session on June 19. We said that … more
Albany's unfinished business, Part I
The State Assembly and Senate end their legislative sessions on June 19, and while there have been significant accomplishments, there are also important matters that were either left unaddressed or, … more
Matt Kearns, a Sierra Club volunteer, will run from Montauk to Long Beach on Saturday to raise awareness about the potential for wind energy on Long Island.
Run like the wind
The drive out to “the end” of Long Island is infamous for being a long one. But one environmental volunteer will be making the trip from Montauk to Long Beach this weekend — on foot. On … more
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