The County Legislature on Monday took steps to close a $70 million-plus budget deficit that will all but ensure that the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, the state-appointed board that controls the county’s finances, will reject the spending plan and may step in with its own sweeping cuts.
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By Erik Hawkins
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11/21/16
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Gary Johnson? Who is this guy, you ask? He is the most prominent of the alternative candidates who will be joining Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton . . .
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6/9/16
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The Island Park School and Library budget passed, Kathleen Clancy McDonough was elected to the school board and Tom McCreight was elected to the library board.
The school budget passed by a 300 to …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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5/17/16
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The proposed Island Park $38.78 million spending plan is actually $120,198 smaller than this year’s — a .31 percent decrease. The proposed $31.82 million tax levy, as well, is .18 percent smaller …
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5/11/16
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Both the Oceanside and Island Park Libraries have record low tax increases in their budgets for the 16-17 year due to the state tax levy.
In Oceanside, the tax levy is going to be $4.65 million. …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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5/11/16
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The Island Park Village Board adopted its budget for 2016-17, which Mayor Michael McGinty said would result in a tax savings of approximately $10 per household. The Mayor said the savings comes even …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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5/4/16
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The Herald ran an editorial in the March 31-April 6 issue about Nassau County’s contracting process, “Nassau needs an independent watchdog.” While it properly brought attention to this important issue . . .
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4/28/16
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Island Park schools will use fewer reserve funds in next year’s budget thanks to extra money from the state. The district announced the change to its budget at a board of education meeting on …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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4/27/16
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As budget talks wrapped in Albany last week, Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, who’s running to fill Dean Skelos’s vacant seat, criticized Senate Republicans for not supporting ethics reform in the …
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By Alex Costello
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4/6/16
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A deal has been struck leasing Nassau OTB’s 1,000 video lottery terminals to Resorts World Casino at Aqueduct racetrack in exchange for annual payments totally $43 million over the first three …
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By Steve Smirti
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3/31/16
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