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A federal judge on July 24 ordered that the Capitol police, which protects congress, turn over six years of data on the gender make-up of the force, as a Bellmore woman’s sex discrimination lawsuit against the force continues.
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By Erik Hawkins
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8/3/17
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A Bellmore woman suing the U.S. Capitol police for sex discrimination was set to be deposed for a second time on Monday, after she produced new evidence that the force may have fired her improperly last year, according to court documents.
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By Erik Hawkins
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7/13/17
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Over the past several decades, women have made tremendous strides in the workforce. Working mothers are now the single or primary source of income in 40 percent of . . .
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4/20/17
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Imagine you’re the parent of a transgender child attending public school. You and your child have already had more than your share of grief, knowing that you live in a culture that doesn’t always understand or welcome difference . . .
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3/10/17
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Chris Sourgoutsis said she threw “all her chips in” when she left New York to join the U.S. Capitol police, which protects Congress. Today, however, she is back living with her parents in Bellmore and working at her family's restaurant while she prepares a discrimination case against the force that she said she gave all of herself to join.
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By Erik Hawkins
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12/2/16
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Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas is calling on the State Board of Regents to revamp New York’s school violence tracking system so gang attacks, discrimination and bullying are reported faster.
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By Brian Stieglitz and Scott Brinton
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11/25/16
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In 1969, the Stonewall Inn was a hole-in-the-wall gay bar, a plain, two-story structure operated by the Mafia. No one would have suspected . . .
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10/20/16
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Sixteen-year-old Sean Flynn, of Bellmore, called all 263 contacts on his cell phone on the afternoon of June 26, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution guarantees the right to gay marriage.
He made the calls in rapid-fire succession. “Marriage equality is legal!” Flynn yelled into the phone. “Woohoo!” Then he moved to the next number, again and again, for two and a half hours.
He was ecstatic, he said.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/15/15
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"You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!” That’s what Andrew Cuomo said in his victory speech last Tuesday, after he defeated his closest challenger, Republican Rob Astorino, by nearly 500,000 votes.
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11/13/14
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There has been a recent spate of hateful incidents in Nassau County and elsewhere that make it clear that we still have a long way to go to teach ignorant adults and youths that racism, homophobia, sexism, bullying and all other forms of intolerance are offensive and unacceptable, and definitely not funny.
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4/24/14
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