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The Wantagh School District will hold a special public hearing to present a plan for the use of Smart Schools funds that have been allocated to the district for technology and security on Thursday, June 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. more

6/5/15

Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray, right, helped Margaret Tardibuono, of Levittown, affix a new “Do Not Knock” decal to her front door last week following the announcement of a new law targeting solicitors.

Town weighs 'Do Not Knock' law

The Town of Hempstead next week will consider a law that would implement a “Do Not Knock” policy to protect homeowners, while raising fines for solicitors who don’t register with the town. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 3/17/15

The U.S. Maritime Administration and Coast Guard held a public hearing about Port Ambrose, a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 18.5 miles southeast of Jones Beach, last Wednesday night in a ballroom at the Hilton New York JFK Airport in Jamaica, Queens. Port Ambrose opponents, who have assembled into a “No LNG Coalition,” conducted a press conference immediately before the hearing, drawing a few dozen people into a small hotel meeting room feet away from the ballroom.

Most at Port Ambrose hearing slam plan

One after another, for four hours, speakers at a hearing last Wednesday in Jamaica, Queens lined up to decry a proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 18.5 miles southeast of Jones Beach. more

By Brian Racow | 1/14/15

The Valley Stream village board will hold a public hearing on March 24 regarding the proposed use of eminent domain to take over vacant buildings in Gibson.

Valley Stream postpones hearing on Gibson buildings

The Valley Stream village board will hold a public hearing on Monday night regarding its planned use of eminent domain to take blight property in Gibson. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 3/19/14

Alexandra Gialanze, of Long Beach, with her parents, Debbie, left, and Ron.

NY Rising to hear from public

NY Rising, the state agency tasked with distributing federal aid funds to storm victims, will be holding a series of public meetings across the state this week to gather public input on the proposed … more

By Alexandra Spychalsky | 2/28/14

New flood maps, which were unveiled to the public in January, will be up for discussion at Valley Stream Village Hall on July 15.

Flood map decision nears in Valley Stream

Valley Stream residents will get their say on July 15 on proposed new flood maps that would remove more than 1,500 homes in the south end of the village from the high-risk flood zone. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 7/11/13

Civic Law

Q. I went to a meeting of my Village Board of Trustees and wanted to speak on a particular item, but they wouldn’t let me. Don’t I have a right to speak at a public meeting?A. The right … more

By A. Thomas Levin | 9/28/12

The Nassau County Legislature will vote on a contract with Veolia Transportation, Inc. that would privatize Nassau’s public bus system on Dec. 19.

Public gets restless at bus hearing

Long Island Bus riders and workers said they got angry when they were forced to wait more than two hours on Monday for a public hearing on a contract with Veolia Transportation, Inc. that would privatize Nassau’s public bus system. The crowd that convened at the county Legislature building catcalled at legislators to get under way and booed at County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican from Bethpage, when he addressed the Legislature. more

Deirdre Krasula | 12/7/11

Village officials are looking to take over the old municipal building on Rockaway Avenue.

Some support, others oppose downtown building purchase

The village moved one step closer to purchasing an office building on Rockaway Avenue after an hour-long public hearing at Village Hall on Monday night. Several residents had questions about the proposed purchase, while others praised officials for making a commitment to the downtown business district. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 9/21/11

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

By Scott Brinton | 5/9/11

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