Recently I joined the Nassau County Legislature’s majority caucus, veterans groups and County Executive Bruce Blakeman to announce the creation of a program to provide grants of up to $10,000 to every eligible veterans hall in the county.
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By Bill Gaylor
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4/14/22
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Amid new reports of almost half a million New Yorkers struggling to catch up with their electricity bills, Con Edison’s decision to request further increases of up to 20 percent from state regulators is a slap in the face.
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By Melanie D'Arrigo and Jonathan Soto
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4/7/22
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We live in a world where sports matchups of almost any kind are totally unpredictable. Whether it’s football, baseball, basketball or hockey . . .
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3/10/22
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Journalists celebrate James Madison’s birthday — March 16 — as part of “Sunshine Week,” a national initiative created by the American Society of News Editors to educate all of us about the importance of open government.
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3/10/22
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Speaking last Friday in Woodbury before the Long Island Association, Gov. Kathy Hochul devoted much of her speech, delivered with characteristically biting humor . . .
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1/27/22
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The Herald has editorialized a half-dozen times on Long Island’s desperate need to restore the federal income-tax deduction for state and local taxes . . .
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12/9/21
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After watching a boring sci-fi movie, I stared at the blinking orange hand signal outside the Lynbrook movie theater, waiting to cross heavily trafficked, four-lane Peninsula Boulevard.
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By Cristina Arroyo Rodriguez
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11/25/21
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New York is headed in the wrong direction on solar power.
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11/18/21
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It’s rare that you get the chance to meet your professional heroes, so when one of mine recently came to Hofstra . . .
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11/11/21
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Bravo to New York state voters for overwhelmingly passing a ballot referendum last week adding wording to the New York Constitution’s Bill of Rights guaranteeing the right to clean water, air and a healthful environment.
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11/11/21
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