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The Village of Island Park recently unveiled its proposed 2010-11 budget — a 1.5 percent increase from the current fiscal year — which, if adopted, will raise villagers’ taxes by 6.5 …
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by Alex Costello
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4/13/10
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A year ago, Long Island legislators dismissed Albany as the home of a government not of the people, but of “three men in a room.” And that wasn’t the first time that criticism was leveled; it’s been a perennial complaint. But now we’re lucky if we can get that many in a room, and even luckier if we know which three they are.
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4/8/10
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I never imagined that there would come a time in our nation’s history when Americans would be prohibited from free speech.
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Al D'Amato
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4/8/10
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I trust you haven’t forgotten the famous slogan Gov. Hugh Carey used during New York’s fiscal crisis in the 1970s: “The days of wine and roses are over.”
Unfortunately, the …
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Al D'Amato
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4/3/10
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Village homeowners may see their tax rate rise by over 10 percent next year, mainly due to employee benefits and road repairs, according to RVC officials. If adopted by the board, this would mean a 16 percent increase in two years, bringing the average homeowner’s tax bill to $3,005 on a house assessed at $7,800.
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Alex Costello
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3/31/10
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On March 25, a year since the first hearings on the subject, the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency accepted the application of developer AvalonBay Communities for a tax abatement for its proposed 349-unit apartment complex in Rockville Centre.
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Alex Costello
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3/31/10
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Taxes for the Franklin Square Library will stay the same with the introduction of the next fiscal year’s budget, members of the library board said earlier this week.
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by Matthew Hampton
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3/31/10
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Only a year ago, the New York State Legislature was wrangling behind closed doors over a deal to bail out the fiscally troubled Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The agreement, which imposed a commuter payroll tax on counties served by the MTA, including Nassau County, was supposed to put the authority on a sound financial footing.
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3/26/10
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The sound started as a slow creaking, which quickly became a wrenching noise, as if sheet metal were being folded back and forth violently.
Then, snap!
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Scott Brinton
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3/26/10
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In advance of its March 25 budget meeting, the Village of Rockville Centre posted its tentative 2010-11 budget on its Web site over the weekend. The proposal contains a 10.53 percent tax rate increase.
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Alex Costello
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3/24/10
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