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A year ago, Long Island legislators dismissed Albany as the home of a government not of the people, but of “three men in a room.” And that wasn’t the first time that criticism was leveled; it’s been a perennial complaint. But now we’re lucky if we can get that many in a room, and even luckier if we know which three they are.
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4/8/10
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Ah, spring! The weather warms. The robins return. People plant pansies. And the whir of lawnmowers can be heard for miles around. Yes, folks, it’s that time of year again to start caring for …
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4/3/10
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Only a year ago, the New York State Legislature was wrangling behind closed doors over a deal to bail out the fiscally troubled Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The agreement, which imposed a commuter payroll tax on counties served by the MTA, including Nassau County, was supposed to put the authority on a sound financial footing.
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3/26/10
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As the holiday of Passover descends upon us, my thoughts are drawn to two sources of wisdom: the Jewish Midrash – which examines biblical text in a far deeper way than the actual stories – and a …
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Arnie Preminger, President & CEO, Friedberg JCC
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3/23/10
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Vincent Grasso is running uncontested for a one-year seat on the Valley Stream Village Board of Trustees. He has served on the board since January, when he was appointed to the seat left vacant by the death of Guido Cirenza last year.
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3/10/10
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The state of New York’s economy is precarious. Battered by a recession that saw Wall Street implode — and tens of thousands of workers in the finance industry laid off — the Empire State has been hurting since mid-2008, if not before.
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3/10/10
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The Valley Stream Central High School District welcomed John Halligan to its schools last week to spread a powerful message about the dangers of bullying. His message wasn’t easy for everyone to hear, but it is a lesson that students need to learn.
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3/3/10
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State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently completed audits of New York’s 733 public school districts and BOCES. The audits were part of a series of legislation following a scandal in the Roslyn School District in which administrators embezzled $11 million.
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2/25/10
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As Charles Wang and the Lighthouse Development Group tried to prove, silence can be deafening. Wang wanted the Town of Hempstead to give him an answer — yes or no. It appeared that the town carried the keys to his development dreams.
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2/18/10
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A resident physician at Stony Brook University Medical School recently got herself into trouble by posting an old photo of a former classmate giving two thumbs up next to a cadaver on Facebook.
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2/11/10
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