We don’t have to look very far back in the history books to learn about the damage State Senate Democrats inflicted on Long Island taxpayers during their disastrous two years in the majority in 2009 and 2010.
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7/30/14
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Long Beach City Councilman Anthony Eramo, who announced his campaign for State Assembly in May, said on Thursday that he has backed out of the race, effectively clearing the way for former Assistant …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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7/10/14
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Long Beach attorney Robert Solomon announced this week that he was no longer seeking State Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg’s seat, narrowing the field of Democratic candidates for the Sept. 9 …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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6/18/14
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Todd Kaminsky, a former Assistant U.S. District Attorney who is running for State Assembly, was endorsed by the Nassau County Democratic Committee at its convention in Mineola last week, setting the …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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6/4/14
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Given that I’m a registered Democrat, it takes a lot of nerve for me to tell a politician in the Republican Party what he or she should do. But, having the luxury of this column . . .
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5/29/14
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City Councilman Anthony Eramo, who was elected as part of a Democratic sweep last November that strengthened the Democratic majority on the council, announced Tuesday that he would run for State …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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5/20/14
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Long Island Democrats came out in force Monday night for a dinner fundraiser at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury that paid tribute to Carolyn McCarthy, of Mineola, for her 17 years representing Nassau County in Congress. The gala’s guest list included Democratic notables from the region and beyond, like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, and it likely netted hundreds of thousands of dollars for the party.
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By Brian Racow
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4/3/14
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Get your A-list together and roll out the red carpet for an evening of star-gazing. Everyone’s favorite awards show, otherwise known as the 86th Academy Awards, held on Sunday, March 2, this …
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By Karen Bloom
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2/26/14
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The Working Families Party is working overtime to bring “socialized medicine” to New York, arguing that we need a single-payer insurance system in which the government pays medical claims through “progressive taxes.”
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2/20/14
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I recently appeared on Fox News, where the topic was supposed to be the decision by drugstore superpower CVS to no longer sell cigarettes or tobacco products to customers. However, a House Ways and Means Committee hearing quickly diverted our attention.
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2/14/14
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