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After the Nassau County Planning Commission rejected a proposal to build a three-story, 18-unit apartment complex at the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and Cochran Place, the Valley Stream Board of Zoning Appeals held a public hearing on July 2 to determine if it should override that decision, which would have required a supermajority, or four out of the five members, to vote in favor of the proposal.
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By Melissa Koenig
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7/11/19
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With passage in both houses of the State Legislature, and a promise last week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act into law, New York state is poised to …
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By Peter Belfiore
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7/4/19
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On June 20, the Nassau County Planning Commission rejected a three-story, 18-unit apartment complex proposed for the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and Cochran Place. The decision means the Valley Stream …
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By Peter Belfiore
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6/27/19
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In just the first five months of this year, 15 states have passed legislation restricting access to abortions in what can only be described as the most egregious attack on women’s rights in 50 years.
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By Kathleen Rice and JoAnn Smith
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6/21/19
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In 1996, Hewlett House was a dilapidated farmhouse, long empty and fast rotting. The Hewlett-Woodmere School District, which owned it, planned to demolish the 300-year-old structure to make way for a parking lot. Then the Nassau Herald started reporting on the historic home’s plight.
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6/21/19
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Long Islanders, like all New Yorkers, have many different views about our criminal justice system, but everybody believes in the importance of safety and fairness. There is also a growing bipartisan consensus that mass incarceration does not achieve those objectives . . .
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By Kevin Thomas
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5/23/19
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I didn’t attend many funerals in my childhood. One that I recall was for the father of a close childhood friend.
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By Andrew Malekoff
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5/3/19
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The newly barren banks of Glen Cove Creek lie just down shore from RXR’s Garvies Point project, on what was once a lush stretch of marsh grass and green trees. Now these wetlands have all but disappeared.
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5/2/19
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I’m a big believer in bipartisanship. I come from an era when Democrats and Republicans worked together successfully on a variety of important issues. As a Democrat, I remember the Republican Party as the party of Lincoln, the party of Ronald Reagan . . .
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4/26/19
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For far too long, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been a faceless organization, with Long Island Rail Road riders paying for overpriced tickets while receiving subpar service. For years, over 300,000 daily LIRR riders . . .
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By James Gaughran
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4/11/19
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