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There is a terrible cynicism to Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan’s master Medicare plan. What the pair are banking on is the notion that anyone age 55 and older, who would be unaffected by it, doesn’t give a hoot about anyone 54 and younger.
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8/30/12
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The City Council appointed eight members to the city’s Board of Ethics last week, but not before Councilman Mike Fagen and Council Vice President Scott Mandel got into a heated discussion when …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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8/29/12
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Paul Ryan is Tim Tebow. Ryan is who you want on the field as a strong second to the president. He’ll make all the big plays when called upon.
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8/16/12
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City Council President Fran Adelson was set to step down at Thursday’s council meeting after just six months, and hand the position over to Vice President Len Torres.
Adelson, Torres and …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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7/3/12
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State legislation that would have allowed Long Beach to issue millions of dollars in serial bonds to pay down a $10.25 million deficit over 10 years — and avoid hitting residents with a 16 percent …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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6/22/12
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Following a recently released National Transportation Safety Board report that calls for more comprehensive driver history checks of bus drivers, New York State Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Charles Fuschillo Jr., a Republican from Merrick, called on the state Assembly to pass legislation that would require criminal background checks for bus drivers. The legislation, sponsored by Fuschillo, was approved by the Senate in January.
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6/18/12
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The City of Long Beach dodged a junk-bond credit rating on Tuesday, after Moody’s Investors Service announced that the city was no longer in jeopardy of a further downgrade.
In December, …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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6/15/12
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Every day, nearly 50,000 vehicles illegally pass stopped school buses in New York state. According to the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee 2009 report, 69 students were injured between 2002 and 2004 by motorists illegally passing buses. One student was killed.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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5/24/12
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The message was clear on Feb. 14 at a Nassau County Legislature Economic and Community Development and Labor meeting — the clock is ticking on building a new Coliseum for the New York …
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By Chris Engelhardt
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3/7/12
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The owner of a local cab company is claiming that the city reneged on an unwritten agreement that gave his taxis exclusive access to the west side of the Long Island Rail Road station on Park …
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Anthony Rifilato
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2/29/12
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