On April 5, New York state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli released a report showing that the state has, for decades, masked budget deficits by “shifting funds dedicated to a specific cause or …
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Hal Peterson
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2/2/11
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A 23-year-old building in Rockville Centre is showing signs of age.
On the afternoon of Nov. 23, the white office building at 2 Lincoln Ave. was evacuated when Building Department officials determined that it could potentially fall down after a major column broke in its parking garage, directly under the building.
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Tom Steinert
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12/1/10
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Back in early August, I began to consider writing a series of columns on reforming New York’s dysfunctional state government. Friends and neighbors were not aware of my interest in this subject; others suggested that no amount of disclosure and transparency could possibly make a difference.
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11/17/10
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Back in early August, I began to consider writing a series of columns on reforming New York’s dysfunctional state government. Friends and neighbors were not aware of my interest in this subject; others suggested that no amount of disclosure and transparency could possibly make a difference.
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Hal Peterson
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11/10/10
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To the Editor:
As a Muslim American, I particularly enjoyed Scott Brinton’s column on American perceptions of Muslims, “When perception is reality in the Muslim world” (Sept. 16-22).
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Zachary Ibrahim
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10/4/10
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It was a most impressive event. Perhaps 800 people filled St. Agnes Cathedral on Aug. 19 to pray and say goodbye to the man who had the courage to stick to his convictions, even at the cost of a job he had held for over three decades with honor.
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Harriet Epstein
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8/25/10
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Several weeks ago, I featured a survey of students who had dropped out of school in Baltimore, which asked them why they had left. For this column and next, I would like to share with you the results …
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Steve Kussin
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7/2/10
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Four hundred years ago, the Catholic Church — then the arbiter of what ideas could be expressed and promulgated — banned books by scientists who claimed the Earth revolved around the sun . . .
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By John O'Connell
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2/4/02
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