Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy announced during the Nov. 25 Board of Trustees’ meeting that the board will host a public hearing on Dec. 16 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss considering “piercing the tax …
more
By Nadya Nataly
|
11/29/19
|
On West End Avenue in Baldwin, it takes a village to get children to school. Resident Yvonne Salerno said she and her neighbors started a carpooling program in which parents drive children to school …
more
By Anthony O'Reilly
|
5/9/19
|
Under an agreement reached as part of the state budget passed by lawmakers over the weekend, plastic bags will be banned in all New York retail stores starting in March 2020. “You drive through …
more
By Anthony O'Reilly
|
4/4/19
|
With a host of Long Island Democratic politicos and two busloads of older adults from Rockville Centre’s Sandel Senior Center seated before him, Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared at SUNY Old Westbury on …
more
By Scott Brinton
|
3/1/19
|
It’s school budget season, and as districts begin laying out their 2019-20 spending plans, it’s a critical time for residents to attend Board of Education meetings.
more
2/7/19
|
The state Senate passed a bill on Jan. 23 to make the property tax levy increase cap permanent. The cap, passed in 2011 and set to expire in 2020, prevents increases in the tax levy from exceeding 2 …
more
By Anthony O'Reilly
|
1/31/19
|
The state Senate passed a bill on Jan. 23 to make the property tax levy increase cap permanent. The cap, passed in 2011 and set to expire in 2020, prevents increases in the tax levy from exceeding 2 …
more
By Anthony O'Reilly and Alyssa Seidman
|
1/31/19
|
How can voter-rich Long Island maintain its political influence in a State Senate chamber that will have an overwhelming number of New York City legislators next year? It will be a challenge that the Senate’s new Democratic leadership will need to master . . .
more
By Kyle Strober
|
12/20/18
|
“Our budget is not balanced, and we still have a lot of work to do,” said Robert Bartels, assistant superintendent of business and personnel, at Rockville Centre’s Board of Education meeting on March 14.
more
By Ben Strack
|
3/22/18
|
A panel of politicians lined the stage at Glenwood Landing School’s theatre last Thursday to participate in the Legislative Action Committee’s second Legislative Night.
The panel featured …
more
By Alyssa Seidman
|
1/25/18
|