As part of its Bring Change Campaign, North Wantagh’s TD Bank teamed up with the John Theissen Children’s Foundation to raise funds and collect school supplies for children in need.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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9/6/16
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On Friday, June 10, the Rockville Centre Youth Council held its 5th Annual Substance Abuse Awareness Campaign. The theme this year was, “Follow Your Own Path. Unfollow The Crowd.”
Students …
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6/22/16
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New York’s former Senate majority leader and former Assembly speaker are headed to jail. Political corruption cases are piling up like bags of trash in a dumpster. And four out of five New Yorkers are demanding reform . . .
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6/16/16
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The Herald has called in the past for the state government to close the loophole that allows people to exceed campaign contribution limits by forming limited liability companies, or LLCs . . .
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5/26/16
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On April 22, we will celebrate the 46th annual Earth Day, when, ideally, we should commit to improving the state of our great Mother Ship. Despite our best efforts to discover a second planet where we might lay down roots . . .
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4/21/16
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Nearly a decade after plans for an offshore wind farm several miles off Jones Beach were scuttled, federal officials announced last week that an area off the coast of Long Beach has been identified …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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3/30/16
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Nearly 100 people gathered at Gate 3 of Belmont Park on Saturday to urge state lawmakers to support two bills that would prohibit electronic gaming on Long Island.
The rally, organized by the …
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By Steve Smirti
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3/29/16
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Editor’s note: David Stonehill is an election attorney from Merrick who is active in Democratic politics.
I went to New Hampshire for the nation’s first primary of 2016 to pursue a political dream of mine. Winning a presidential campaign doesn’t happen because of the Internet. You win when you win over people, one voter at a time. It may be at a house, a diner, on the street, outside a train station or over the telephone. You need to have contact, and that is as true today as it has been in the past.
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By David Stonehill
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2/26/16
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We join with good-government groups in calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Legislature to enact three specific reforms to help reduce the ethical violations and criminal behavior . . .
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1/28/16
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Shelly Silver convicted. Dean Skelos convicted. The whole thing is kind of sad. These men and their families are ruined. The haters will have their pound of flesh . . .
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12/17/15
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