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Anyone can have a change of heart and mind. Just after the health care reform bill passed last week, I realized the critics were right: Why should we provide insurance for 30 million uninsured …
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Randi Kreiss
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4/3/10
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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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With a team full of newcomers, the Valley Stream Central High School District’s rifle team won its fourth consecutive state championship earlier this month.
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Andrew Hackmack
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3/24/10
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If Gov. David Paterson’s 2010-11 budget is approved by the State Legislature on April 1, Valley Stream State Park will be one of 10 Long Island parks closed due to $29 million in service cuts to the state’s parks department.
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Anthony Bottan
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2/24/10
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Valley Stream State Park is among 10 state parks on Long Island that could be closed this summer as a result of a proposed $29 million budget cut facing the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
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Andrew Hackmack and Anthony Bottan
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2/17/10
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Coming By Force/Overcoming By ChoiceA multi-media visual celebration of Black History through the eyes of contemporary black artists, in collaboration with the African …
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2/17/10
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Music director Alexei Kornienko conducts the Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra in an all-Tchaikovsky program at Tilles Center, Saturday, Feb. 20, at 8 p.m. Pianist Alexander Sinchuk is the guest …
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2/10/10
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Even in tough economic times, Chris Brown, owner of Mid-Island Medical Supply in Wantagh, has managed to expand his business from one storefront to three on Wantagh Avenue. With the MTA payroll tax, however, even successful Long Island businesses like Brown's have been hit hard.
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Deirdre Krasula
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2/4/10
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Valley Stream’s four school districts stand to lose about $4 million in state aid if Gov. David Paterson’s proposed cuts for next year become reality.
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Andrew Hackmack
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2/3/10
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Last week, the biggest loser wasn’t Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley or the Democratic Party or President Obama. The biggest losers were New York schoolchildren, who were sold out by the state Legislature in favor of the tremendously powerful teachers unions.
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Al D'Amato
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1/29/10
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