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One hundred years have now passed since the original Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced on the federal level. On Nov. 5, we New Yorkers will decide whether to modernize our own state Constitution. Currently, that Constitution protects only against racial and religious discrimination. It does not prohibit discrimination against groups that have been historically targeted, including those with disabilities, LGBTQ people, women and immigrants. This measure lands on the ballot after legislation to push it forward passed both houses of the State Legislature in two successive terms.
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By Charles Lavine
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5/17/24
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Locust Valley High School’s football team have lost their biggest and most boisterous fan, Louis Philip Savinetti. The lifelong Locust Valley resident, who was 95, died of natural causes on June 6.
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By Laura Lane
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6/18/23
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When a Farmingdale school bus crashed on Interstate 84 in Wawayanda, New York, on Sept. 21, it wasn’t just the families of the students and teachers that were affected. People across Long Island …
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By Nicole Wagner
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11/10/23
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Their absence has been sorely missed by Nassau Pops fans, CP Nassau, the concert’s beneficiary, and orchestra members. Now, after a three-year pandemic-imposed absence, Maestro Louis Panacciuilli and his orchestra are back on the Tilles Center stage with their popular gala concert in support of the Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County, next Sunday, Oct. 15. This year the orchestra welcomes Tony Danza and his band as their special guests.
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By Karen Bloom
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10/4/23
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George Santos, the freshman Republican Congressman infamous for his lies about his background and the numerous legal charges against him, survived a vote of expulsion, brought by fellow New York …
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By Will Sheeline
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11/3/23
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Nearly three weeks late, the $237 billion state budget presents a mix of positives and negatives. While it’s easy to find initiatives to support in such a large spending plan, inexplicably, there are areas where it falls short.
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By Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
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5/3/24
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In a quiet corner of the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Public Library, the artwork of Kathleen Deyo, a Setauket-based artist, has found its place. The exhibit, which will grace the library’s walls …
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By Will Sheeline
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11/10/23
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Christine Suter has a substantial seashell collection and is an ardent defender of horseshoe crabs, but this enthusiasm serves merely as a precursor for her lifelong passion as an advocate for marine …
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By Laura Lane
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3/8/24
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In May, I took part in a special hearing convened by the Nassau County Legislature’s Special Legislative Task Force to Combat Antisemitism in Nassau County. The hearing gave students, parents, rabbis and other interested members of the community the opportunity . . .
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By Avi Posnick
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10/26/23
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After a contentious special election, Tom Suozzi has won back his old seat in Congress with 5.8. Despite a vigorous campaign by his Republican opponent Mazi Melesa Pilip, Suozzi’s election …
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By Will Sheeline
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2/13/24
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