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Congress must get tax reform right
When the House Ways and Means Committee met to consider its bill to revamp the U.S. tax code . . . more
Freeporter Sherri Wolf, vice president of Friends of Freeport, talked about her post-Superstorm Sandy experience.
Short-term flood insurance expansion is expiring
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand visited Freeport on Monday to announce the reintroduction of bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program for 10 years. Gillibrand’s … more
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Nassau County housing experts took part in a housing rights and advocacy seminar at the Freeport Recreation Center on Monday and addressed a wide range of housing issues, including zombie homes.
Zombie homes cause a fright in Freeport
Long Island has faced a housing crisis for years, if not decades. Rapidly accelerating prices in the early 2000s caused a housing bubble, which led to a market crash in 2008 and 2009. As a result, … more
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Former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, left, and his son, Adam, had their convictions for bribery and extortion overturned on Tuesday. Above, they were seen leaving court in 2015, when they were convicted.
After Supreme Court ruling, Senator Skelos, son have bribery/extortion convictions reversed
Roughly two months after the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan reversed New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s corruption conviction, a federal appeals panel overturned those of former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, on Tuesday. more
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Patrick Gallagher moved to Lynbrook when he was 18 and fought in Vietnam, where he earned the Navy Cross and was killed in battle when he was 23.
Sen. Charles Schumer joins mission to have Naval ship named after Irish immigrant, former Lynbrook resident killed in Vietnam
Momentum to get a U.S. Naval ship named in honor of an Irish immigrant and former Lynbrook resident who was killed in Vietnam has gained momentum. more
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Molloy College senior and Freeport native, Gardenia Molina, spent her summer break interning at Senator John Brooks’ office and working alongside his staff to serve New York’s Eighth Senate District.
Freeporter gearing up for senior year in college
She sat quietly scrolling through her phone. With the close of summer, Freeporter and Sacred Heart Academy alumnae, Gardenia Molina has been anxiously preparing to start her senior year at Molloy … more
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Congress: Stop fiddling while American taxpayers get burned
Let’s imagine our house on fire. What’s the first thing we’d want to do? Put it out! Try to save it to be repaired and reoccupied. But too often these days . . . more
Hundreds of protesters chanted at Vice President Mike Pence and Republican senators at the People’s Filibuster, a protest against the Senate’s health care bill on June 27.
Long Islanders protest health care bill in Washington
Anita Faulding hunched her shoulders as the sky turned gray above Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of June 27. The 67-year-old Baldwinite let the rain soak into the back of her bright-pink Planned … more
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Village of Freeport Trustee Debra Mule, left, represented the village during a news conference last week on illegal dumping and Superfund cuts with State Sen. John Brooks and Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins.
Cracking down on illegal dumping
New York state lawmakers are growing increasingly concerned about President Donald Trump’s plans to cut funding for the federal Superfund Program, which provides billions of dollars in funding to … more
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New York Senator John Brooks
Brooks introduces transparency bill regarding rate hikes
Senator John Brooks announced on May 4th his plans to increase transparency between utility companies and their costumers regarding rate changes. more
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