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One more shameless appointment by town GOP
Town of Hempstead Republicans practically swelled with pride on April 16, after the Town Board unanimously passed a revamped ethics code. more
Is Nassau learning from the guilty verdicts?
The conviction last Friday of former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano was yet another domino falling in the county’s GOP political machine, with possibly more to come. more
Melissa "Missy" Miller
Vote for Melissa Miller in 20th Assembly District
In the nearly two years that Atlantic Beach resident Melissa Miller has been a state assemblywoman, she has learned that government moves at a glacial pace — which Miller, the mother of a special-needs child, finds frustrating. more
Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, pictured in her office last week, said that Republican town officials, including council members and the receiver of taxes, amounted to “a corrupt machine trying to take power from the people,” following a series of heated meetings in which her proposals were blocked from debate.
Is bipartisanship dead in the Town of Hempstead?
When Laura Gillen took the reins in January as the first Democratic supervisor in the Town of Hempstead in more than 100 years, residents, and even some members of the Republican-majority Town Board, expressed hope for a new era of cooperation and transparency. more
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On Tuesday, Republican members of the Hempstead Town Board blocked — for the third time — debate on a proposal to fill vacancies on the board with special elections rather than by appointment. They also passed a rule change that could prevent the issue from being brought up again.
Special elections debate blocked for third time
For the third time in recent months, Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen tried to open discussion on Tuesday on how the Town Board should fill vacancies when seats open up outside the election season, and for a third — and possibly final — time, Republican members blocked discussion on the subject. more
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Facing a November trainwreck
I’m positive that not one reader knows the name Lou Wolfe, an obscure state legislator from Plattsburgh. Lou was a great roommate for our group of freshman legislators from Long Island back in the 1960s. more
Town of Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen
Gillen looks to do away with appointments for town officials
Town of Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen is looking to upend the way most people make it onto the Republican-majority Town Board. more
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State Assemblyman Charles Lavine, a Democrat from Glen Cove, reviewed a list of legislative proposals that address the termination of temporary protected status on a national scale.
Pushing back against TPS termination
Part six in an ongoing series. Read parts [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7] here. When temporary protected status for Haitians was revoked last November, TPS recipients from other countries … more
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Baldwinite Laura Curran declared victory in the race for Nassau County executive on Tuesday night.
Curran declares victory as Nassau's first female county executive
Baldwin Democrat Laura Curran pulled out a victory over Republican Jack Martins in the race for Nassau County’s highest seat on Tuesday night, withall precincts reporting, … more
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This mailer was sent out on Monday by the New York State Republican Committee, in support of Republican Jack Martins’s bid for Nassau County executive.
Editorial Comment: Jack Martins stoops to a new low with campaign mailer
On Monday, Nassau County voters began receiving a campaign mailer, sent by the State Republican Committee, linking Nassau County executive candidate Laura Curran with the notorious El Salvadoran … more
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