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Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said two Nassau County residents including one from Valley Stream abused the Social Security Administration system to pocket thousands of dollars.

Two charged in alleged Social Security fraud

Two individuals have been charged in separate incidents where they allegedly schemed the Social Security Administration out of thousands of dollars in disability and retirement benefits. Nassau … more

By Juan Lasso | 10/13/23

The Republicans have sent in the clowns

One of my all-time favorite comedians was Groucho Marx. He always had the right response to the question of the moment. more

1/19/23

The Internal Revenue Service said that there is stimulus money available for seniors and disabled beneficiaries, the deadine is April 22.

Stimulus money for seniors and disabled beneficiaries with dependents

If you are receiving Social Security retirement or disability benefits, Supplemental Security Income. Railroad Retirement benefits, or Veterans Administration benefits, the Internal Revenue Service announced that people in those groups who do not file a tax return would automatically receive a $1,200 stimulus check. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/21/20

Let undocumented immigrants drive legally

Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently signed the aptly named Green Light Law, which will allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. This isn’t a new law. If anything, it takes New York back to the more trusting years before Sept. 11, 2001. more

7/10/19

Is fixing Medicare and Social Security impossible?

The economic news coming out of Washington has been very good lately. The economy is growing at a brisk pace, and unemployment is the lowest in decades. Some of the best news is . . . more

6/15/18

A good job is the best medicine

When Medicare and Medicaid were created in the 1960s, they received strong support in Congress from both parties. Then, in the 1990s, a bipartisan coalition added the Children’s Health Insurance Program . . . more

1/25/18

Washington must face hard realities

It’s easy to look at the nation’s capital these days and conclude that the place has deserted reality, to put it mildly. While everyone obsesses about tax reform and whether that will be a net gain or loss for taxpayers . . . more

11/30/17

The eight-decade-long effort to cut the social safety net

Even though I’ve always been involved in politics, I don’t come from a family where politics dominated the nightly dinner-table discussions. more

3/23/17

Bellmorite charged in multi-million-dollar scheme

A Bellmore man was recently indicted for his alleged role in what officials described as a massive fraud against the federal Social Security Disability Insurance benefits program, which resulted in the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money. more

By Julie Mansmann | 1/20/14

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. spoke to reporters at the news conference announcing the arrest of the scammers.

Fraud scheme nets 106 arrests

A Valley Stream man who is a retired New York City police officer has been charged with joining three others in organizing a Social Security disability scheme that prompted 80 retired city firefighters and police officers to lie about their mental conditions and fake symptoms to obtain benefits to which they were not entitled, Manhattan prosecutors said on Jan 7. more

By Howard Schwach | 1/15/14

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