At the east end of Frederick Avenue in Roosevelt, on a leafy residential block with a Baptist church, Nassau County police set up a command post Wednesday afternoon. In the dense woodland to the …
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By Scott Brinton
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5/30/18
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The promise inscribed on the Statue of Liberty — “send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me” — is the promise of hope that America makes . . .
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5/17/18
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If you’re a student of the Revolutionary War, you know that some of the greatest military battles took place on Long Island. There haven’t been any such conflicts here since that time, but . . .
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5/3/18
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Part six in an ongoing series. Read parts [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7] here.
When temporary protected status for Haitians was revoked last November, TPS recipients from other countries …
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By Nadya Nataly, Alyssa Seidman and Brian Stieglitz
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4/26/18
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On March 15, in a five-page letter to Nassau County Interim Finance Authority Chairman Adam Barsky, Curran outlined a new spending plan for the county that includes $54.7 million in cuts and new revenues.
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By Erik Hawkins
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3/22/18
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When acclaimed poet and memoirist Maya Angelou described the makings of a great woman in her 1995 poem “Phenomenal Woman,” she wrote of a female spirit that . . .
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3/2/18
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New York City wants Long Island’s water. We shouldn’t give it to the city, period. Here’s the thing: If granted state approval, the city could just take it.
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2/8/18
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Residents will have an extra month in which to challenge their property assessments and hopefully lower their tax bill, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced on Thursday.
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2/8/18
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At a Feb. 1 news conference, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran called on New York state not to renew the permits for 68 wells in Jamaica, Queens, until the United States Geological Survey …
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By Melissa Koenig
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2/3/18
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New County Executive Laura Curran took aim at Nassau’s previous administration, headed by Ed Mangano, and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellmore set his sights on the Trump administration in their …
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By Scott Brinton
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1/14/18
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