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Local activists called for the passage of the Child Victims Act at an event hosted by State Sen. John Brooks on March 8 at Farmingdale State College. Above were Ana Wagner, left, Bridie Farrell, Harold Siering, Brooks, Sen. Christine Pellegrino, James Leander, Naomi Barasch, Lasheca Lewis, Jackie Gordon and Kim Bryson.
Senator Brooks: ‘New York fails child victims’
Ana Wagner, 37, of Lynbrook, paints a portrait of her childhood that she shares with her three children. She tells them about her life growing up in Brooklyn, that she was the smallest girl in her classes and that she maintained straight “A’s” throughout elementary school. The picture she paints, however, skips over a three-year segment of her story during which she was sexually abused by a friend of her father. more
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Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) held up the White House’s “An American Budget” proposal for the 2019 federal budget while he explained his concerns for moving the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program to the Department of Justice’s Drug Enforcement Administration.
Schumer: White House budget will jeopardize opioid fight
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, the Democratic minority leader, denounced the White House’s 2019 federal budget proposal on Feb. 26. more
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State Sen. John Brooks introduced legislation last week that would mandate insurance coverage for medical devices approved to treat debilitating withdrawal symptoms caused by addiction to heroin and other opioids.
Proposed bill would order insurers to cover opioid withdrawal devices
In the past two years, Nassau County has seen an uptick in fatal heroin and opioid overdoses. According to the district attorney’s office, there were 146 opioid-related deaths in the county … more
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Congress must get tax reform right
When the House Ways and Means Committee met to consider its bill to revamp the U.S. tax code . . . more
Former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, left, and his son, Adam, had their convictions for bribery and extortion overturned on Tuesday. Above, they were seen leaving court in 2015, when they were convicted.
After Supreme Court ruling, Senator Skelos, son have bribery/extortion convictions reversed
Roughly two months after the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan reversed New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s corruption conviction, a federal appeals panel overturned those of former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, on Tuesday. more
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Congress: Stop fiddling while American taxpayers get burned
Let’s imagine our house on fire. What’s the first thing we’d want to do? Put it out! Try to save it to be repaired and reoccupied. But too often these days . . . more
Hundreds of protesters chanted at Vice President Mike Pence and Republican senators at the People’s Filibuster, a protest against the Senate’s health care bill on June 27.
Long Islanders protest health care bill in Washington
Anita Faulding hunched her shoulders as the sky turned gray above Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of June 27. The 67-year-old Baldwinite let the rain soak into the back of her bright-pink Planned … more
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Brooks, Venditto knotted in 8th Senate District
The race in the 8th Senatorial District has come down to a mere 33 votes, according to the latest numbers from the Nassau and Suffolk County boards of elections. Incumbent Republican Sen. Michael … more
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T-minus one month, and anything can happen
After Donald Trump failed to capitalize at the first presidential debate and showed signs of weakness, his support dropped across the swing-state map. This has the Republican Party leadership . . . more
Now the politics really begin
With the national conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia over, the real competition for citizens’ votes begins. It will be Clinton vs. Trump on Nov. 8 (along with . . . more
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