Patrons of the Levittown Public Library will head to the polls on May 17 to vote on a $7.5 million budget that would maintain all programs and services.
more
By Rebecca Anderson
|
5/10/16
|
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 . . .
more
4/28/16
|
Voters in the Wantagh and Seaford library districts approved their respective budgets last week.
more
By Andrew Hackmack
|
4/26/16
|
A year after adding staff, academic programs and sports, the Seaford School District is mostly in a holding pattern. The $65.3 million budget adopted by the Board of Education on April 14 maintains everything for the 2016-17 school year, with some minor enhancements.
more
By Andrew Hackmack
|
4/19/16
|
Anyone who has paid attention to Nassau County politics over the past few years knows that elected officials have tried just about everything to save money and raise revenue. From the closing of police precincts . . .
more
4/13/16
|
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 …
more
By Alex Costello
|
4/6/16
|
The Levittown School District will expand academic programs and add more technology if its $205.4 million budget is approved in May.
more
By Andrew Hackmack
|
4/6/16
|
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 …
more
By Steve Smirti
|
3/31/16
|
Nearly 100 people gathered at Gate 3 of Belmont Park on Saturday to urge state lawmakers to support two bills that would prohibit electronic gaming on Long Island.
The rally, organized by the …
more
By Steve Smirti
|
3/29/16
|
A bill intended to prevent the installation of electronic gaming machines on Long Island was introduced in the State Senate on March 17.
The legislation, offered by Sen. Tony Avella, a Democrat …
more
By Steve Smirti
|
3/23/16
|