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The 1st Precinct lease deal may not be a win-win for taxpayers after all.
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Mike Russo
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10/22/09
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When Gina Capone of Valley Stream was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 2000, she began scouring the Internet to find someone with diabetes whom she could talk with; someone who knew what she was going through. Capone’s aunt was the only person she knew with diabetes, and her aunt’s case was filled with complications.
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Anthony Bottan
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10/22/09
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The race for Nassau County district attorney pits one-term Democratic incumbent Kathleen Rice, a former federal prosecutor and Brooklyn assistant district attorney, against Republican Joy Watson, a former assistant Nassau County district attorney who is now a law clerk for a county Supreme Court justice.
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Scott Brinton
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10/22/09
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Essential services and property taxes are often in the forefront of the issues in the Town of Hempstead, but in this year’s race for supervisor, the rhetoric has shifted toward the proposed …
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Mike Caputo
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10/22/09
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In what is becoming an increasingly bitter, partisan battle, Nassau County Legislator Ed Mangano, a Republican, is challenging incumbent Democrat Thomas Suozzi for the county executive’s seat.
The race appears to boil down to three key issues: property taxes, a recently imposed 2.5 percent energy tax and the county’s troubled property-tax assessment system.
Mangano is challenging Suozzi’s handling of all three issues, while Suozzi fires back that the county has consistently balanced its budget while improving its bond rating, which reduces the interest the county must pay when it bonds money for any number of projects.
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Scott Brinton
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10/22/09
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Soon, there will be a playground, one where all the children can play. Supporters recently celebrated the groundbreaking for construction of a universally accessible park at Eisenhower Park, in East …
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Mike Caputo
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10/22/09
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A major switch upgrade project near the Valley Stream train station will affect Long Island Rail Road service across the south shore this coming weekend.
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Andrew Hackmack
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10/21/09
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The race in the 5th Legislative District pits incumbent Legislator Joe Scannell (D-Baldwin) against Republican and Conservative party candidate Chris Browne.
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Mike Russo and Judy Rattner
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10/15/09
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Elton McCabe, a civic-minded Republican from Uniondale, is seeking to unseat three-term incumbent Kevan Abrahams (D-Hempstead) in the 1st Legislative District next month. And while both candidates are promising to fight high property taxes, support community outreach programs and crack down on gang-related violence, they are also focusing on the potential for major change in areas like Uniondale and Hempstead if the highly anticipated Lighthouse project moves forward.
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Mike Russo
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10/15/09
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Last week, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration slammed a probe deep into the dark side of the moon to kick up tons of dust high into the sky — oh, sorry, there’s no sky on the moon. Um, high into the air. No, wait, there’s no air on the moon. Well, high into the something.
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Scott Brinton
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10/15/09
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