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During his campaign, Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo’s transition team released a detailed and well-annotated report outlining plans for “Rightsizing Government.”
The report’s findings and recommendations reiterate much of what the previous columns in this series have suggested: that New York state’s Public Authorities and agencies have “become too big, too expensive, and too ineffective — an ever proliferating tangle of boards, commissions, councils, departments, divisions, offices, task forces and public authorities, [that] the taxpaying public can no longer afford.“
Amen.
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Hal Peterson
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12/1/10
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In a last-ditch effort to draw voters to the polls before the midterm elections, President Obama stood before Democrats at a rally in Southern California and said, “If Latinos sit out the election …
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Al D'Amato
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11/12/10
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The elections are now history. There were surprise winners and a few surprise losers on Long Island. Most voters don’t think that far ahead, but because of the climate we live in, 2011 won’t be a …
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Jerry Kremer
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11/12/10
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It took longer than usual for Nassau County election results to come in this year than it has in previous years, due apparently to the new electronic voting machine system that was implemented this …
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Alex Costello
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11/10/10
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The anticipated nationwide wave to oust incumbents didn’t make it all the way to the South Shore this Election Day, as most current office holders — both Democrats and Republicans — …
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Lee Landor
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11/10/10
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Republicans won four of the five state Legislature seats in the districts encompassing Lakeview, Malverne and West Hempstead on Tuesday night. Two of those seats were taken by newcomers running in …
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Lee Landor
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11/3/10
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Rage is all the rage this political season, but fear seems more apt — their rage, my fear.
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Randi Kreiss
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10/28/10
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We endorse State Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos for another term in the Senate.
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10/27/10
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With longtime Assemblyman Thomas Alfano (R-North Valley Stream) deciding not to run for re-election, two newcomers are looking to represent New York’s 21st Assembly District.
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Andrew Hackmack and Lee Landor
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10/20/10
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It has been 21 years in the state Senate for Sen. Kemp Hannon (R-Garden City), and his challenger, Francesca Carlow (D-Plainview), aims to be the first to unseat the longtime incumbent.
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Mike Caputo
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10/13/10
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