A: As retirement approaches, your lifestyle and priorities begin to change. Chances are the days when you wanted more space – the sizeable dream home with the backyard big enough to entertain a …
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Christopher Zarra, CFP®, ChFC®, CFS®
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4/13/17
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A: High school students are only several short years from adulthood – and with it, the financial freedom to take out loans, sign leases and charge to credit cards. Many teenagers don’t …
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Christopher Zarra, CFP®, ChFC®, CFS®
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1/12/17
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A: With graduation season drawing to a close, many recent graduates are making their first major decisions about the future – where to live, which job to take and how to spend their non-working …
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Christopher Zarra, CFP®, ChFC®, CFS®
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12/13/16
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It’s virtually incomprehensible that one of the nation’s 20 wealthiest counties cannot balance its budget. Yes, we’re talking about Nassau, which is 13th on the list of richest counties.
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12/8/16
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Nonprofit social-service agencies like Rockville Centre’s Confide Counseling and Consultation Center were facing steep funding cuts by Nassau County as late as Monday night.
The county had a $36 …
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By Brian Kacharaba, Peter Belfiore and Eric Hawkins
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12/7/16
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I too am thankful that the presidential election has come and gone. As the dust settles, there has never been a better time for our local leaders to get down to business . . .
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11/10/16
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An expo featuring female mentors in the areas of marketing, finance, health and wellness, coaching and entrepreneurship will return to Valley Stream for the third time on Saturday, Oct. 22, as part …
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By Nick Ciccone
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10/12/16
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A: There are a variety of factors that determine the strength of the U.S. economy, including government spending levels, imports versus exports and currency values. Yet, the biggest factor in …
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Christopher Zarra, CFP®, ChFC®, CFS®
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8/12/16
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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 ran an editorial in the March 31-April 6 issue about Nassau County’s contracting process, “Nassau needs an independent watchdog.” While it properly brought attention to this important issue . . .
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4/28/16
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