Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen last week submitted her 2019 budget for the town. The roughly $443-million spending plan — Gillen’s first — should make for a small tax reduction for 80 percent of residents, the supervisor said.
Gillen, a Democrat, said that her budget would “right the town’s fiscal ship,” after prior fiscal management.
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By Erik Hawkins
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10/11/18
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One Republican Town Board member endorsed and another offered support for Laura Gillen, a Democrat, when she was elected Hempstead supervisor last November, so she — and most voters — were hoping for . . .
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8/16/18
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For the third time in recent months, Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen tried to open discussion on Tuesday on how the Town Board should fill vacancies when seats open up outside the election season, and for a third — and possibly final — time, Republican members blocked discussion on the subject.
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By Erik Hawkins
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8/8/18
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Members of the Hempstead Town Board on Tuesday stalled a proposal by Supervisor Laura Gillen calling for special elections to appoint elected officials when vacancies occur.
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By Erik Hawkins
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5/8/18
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During Tony Santino’s final meeting as Town of Hempstead supervisor in December, he couldn’t have looked more bored . . .
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5/3/18
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen is looking to upend the way most people make it onto the Republican-majority Town Board.
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By Erik Hawkins
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5/2/18
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The Hempstead Town Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to hire a private investigative firm to look into potential conflicts of interest within the town attorney’s office.
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By Erik Hawkins
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3/8/18
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The Hempstead Town Board voted unanimously on Tuesday to rescind a controversial cap on council members’ outside income that passed last year as part of former Supervisor Anthony Santino’s ethics reform package.
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By Erik Hawkins
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2/6/18
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The Hempstead town board is to call for a public hearing on Tuesday on rescinding a controversial cap on council members’ outside income that passed last year. If called, the hearing would take place on Feb. 6.
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By Erik Hawkins
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1/22/18
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The Hempstead Town Board, in outgoing Republican Supervisor Anthony Santino’s final meeting, passed a number of controversial resolutions over the objections of incoming Democratic Supervisor Laura Gillen and dozens of residents.
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By Daine Taylor and Erik Hawkins
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12/15/17
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