On Dec. 20, Gov. Andrew Cuomo arrived to much fanfare at Belmont Park to make a major announcement: The Islanders would return to Long Island — in a new $1 billion arena at the park . . .
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2/23/18
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Raising his voice against the sounds of drills and other tools reverberating through the unfinished lobby of the Regal movie theater as dozens of workers scrambled about, Project Superintendent Marc Losquadro discussed the strategy of completing such an undertaking.
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By Mike Smollins
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1/17/18
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People like to think the best of others, including elected and appointed officials at all levels, from your local village to the high hills of Albany or D.C. Our confidence is almost always affirmed, because most local public servants are . . .
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9/22/17
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Just 10 days after making a presentation to the Lynbrook village board about building luxury rental apartments on Rocklyn Avenue, Mill Creek Residential terminated contracts with the businesses that occupy the land it hoped to develop.
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By Mike Smollins
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8/31/17
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Since 2012, when New York state adopted the Common Core State Standards, many students with special needs have received certificates rather than diplomas when they completed high school.
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8/3/17
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The Lynbrook Village board of trustees voted in favor of applying for a $10 million downtown revitalization initiative grant that will be awarded to one community on Long Island by the New York State Office of Economic Development. The application was due on June 14.
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By Melissa Koenig
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6/22/17
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If there was ever a company that demonstrated greed, it would be iStar. If there was ever a city government that demonstrated a lack of openness and morality, it is the officials of the City of Long Beach.
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5/4/17
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People have gathered on the Long Beach boardwalk in recent weeks to watch crews operating towering cranes hauling stones along the beach to rebuild the city’s jetties, part of an Army Corps of Engineers coastal protection plan . . .
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4/13/17
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Everybody is against everything everywhere. That seems to be a common theme in Nassau County. Where else can you find people so opposed to . . .
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4/7/17
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Long Island was supposed to have 40 or more wind turbines in the Atlantic Ocean by now, generating electricity 3½ to 4½ miles south of Jones Beach, which would have . . .
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1/5/17
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