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Local college students joined with community groups to encourage Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano to provide more information about a new contract with Veolia Transportation Inc., which is set to take over Long Island Bus.
Students rally for more disclosure on bus contract
Veolia Transportation Inc. recently signed a contract to take over operation of Long Island Bus, run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Nassau County Attorney’s Office is reviewing the agreement before it is submitted to the county Legislature for a vote, but members of New York Public Interest Research Group Fund want the details now more
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MTA Long Island Bus union representative Grover Howell railed against a plan by County Executive Ed Mangano to privatize the municipal bus system during a legislative budget hearing on Friday.
County hearing gets heated over L.I. Bus
A Nassau legislative hearing to review the county’s $2.6 billion 2012 budget turned chaotic early Friday afternoon when residents and MTA Long Island Bus drivers refused to cede the floor, demanding more time to be heard during a 30-minute public comment session. more
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David Denenberg
Denenberg, Jones vie for 19th District — again
Nassau County Legislator David Denenbeg, a Democrat from Merrick, and Dr. Fred Jones, a Merrick chiropractor running on the Republican ticket, first battled for the 19th Legislative District … more
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Local elections are all about you
It’s just over three weeks until Election Day, Nov. 8. Candidates are running for all 19 seats on the Nassau County Legislature, three Hempstead Town Council district positions, the townwide offices of supervisor, clerk and receiver of taxes, and judgeships in the county and state courts. more
Nassau County Legislator Joseph Scannell
Court OKs GOP’s redistricting map
In a 3-2 decision last Thursday, New York State Appellate Division judges upheld new boundaries drawn by Nassau Republican lawmakers for the county’s 19 legislative districts. If the state Court of Appeals rules in favor of the Republican plan on Aug. 24, the GOP’s legislative map will reshape a number of districts, including those covering the Five Towns, Elmont, Baldwin and Merrick-Bellmore. more
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A judge has ruled the the proposed redistricting plan will not affect the 2011 election.
No redistricting for 2011 election
Nassau County’s district lines will remain as they have been for the past eight years for the 2011 election, according to state Supreme Court Justice Steven Jaeger, who ruled last week that … more
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County Democrats, Republicans kick off campaigns
RepublicansNassau County Republicans kicked off their fight against the Democrats on May 24 at Wisdom Lane Middle School in Levittown. With the exception of one, all Democrat-filled seats on the … more
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The Nassau County Legislature passed a measure to redraw the current legislative map in a vote on Tuesday. Ten Republicans voted for the plan, while seven Democrats voted against it. Legislator Denise Ford, a Republican from Long Beach, was the lone dissenting voice in her party.
GOP redistricting plan passes, 10-8
With a single vote on May 24, the Nassau County Legislature shifted 576,000 voters out of their current legislative districts and into new ones, while also moving certain districts, such as the 19th, across the county. more
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Under a Republican plan to redraw the Nassau County Legislature’s district lines, Democratic Legislator David Denenberg, of Merrick, would see his district –– the 19th –– merged with Legislator Joseph Scannell’s district –– the 5th. In effect, Democrats would lose a seat. A State Supreme Court justice, however, placed a temporary restraining order on the plan on Thursday, effectively preventing it from taking effect until the matter is decided in court. Above, Denenberg at Monday's redistricting hearing.
Democrats cheer judge’s redistricting decision
Democrats welcomed news last Thursday that a State Supreme Court justice had issued a temporary restraining order barring the Republican-controlled Nassau County Legislature from moving ahead with a plan to redraw the Legislature’s lines. more
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More than 250 people turned out for a public hearing on Monday to voice their opinions on a Republican plan to redraw the Nassau County Legislature’s district lines. Among the attendees was Golena White of Hempstead.
Legislature’s redistricting hearing gets heated
 In a public hearing that turned raucous at times on Monday, the Nassau County Legislature heard testimony from a long line of speakers who charged that a Republican plan to redraw the lines of the county’s 19 legislative districts would, if passed, dilute the minority vote while shifting roughly half of the county’s population –– 576,000 people in all –– into new districts. more
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