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Merrick superintendent Melucci sets the record straight
Recently, Nassau County superintendents of schools received literature from County Executive Ed Mangano regarding his 2011 “No Property Tax Increase Budget.” As part of this proposed budget, county legislators voted, strictly along party lines, to shift the financial expense of paying county assessment errors from Nassau County to the local school districts. We certainly agree that the assessment system is broken; however, shifting the responsibility to the school districts will not help fix it. more
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Comptroller's study recommends negotiations between the MTA and the county to save Long Island Bus.
Comptroller says: Compromise before privatizing
Just work it out. That’s the advice Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos has offered County Executive Ed Mangano and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which are at a standstill … more
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Nassau County Legislators Denise Ford and Richard Nicollelo, both Republicans, voted for County Executive Ed Mangano’s $2.6 billion budget, as well as a separate budget resolution to do away with the county’s ‘guarantee’ to pay tax-certiorari refunds to property owners who successfully challenge their assessments.
County OK’s $2.6B budget
The Nassau County Legislature voted 11-8 to approve County Executive Ed Mangano’s $2.6 billion budget on Saturday night, following a contentious, two-day public hearing in Mineola that turned bitterly partisan as legislators argued over details of the spending plan. more
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Teachers from the Hicksville School District turned out in force to protest the proposed elimination of the county guarantee that it will pay for property-tax challenges, saying the plan would mean higher property taxes and reduced services for the schools.
Vote on county property-tax plan to take place by Oct. 29
The Nassau Legislature's hearing on its 2011 budget became heated on Monday over a proposal to nix the county's longstanding guarantee to pay for property owners' challenges to its tax assessments. If passed, the plan would effectively shift that burden to school districts and towns. more
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Teachers from the Hicksville School District turned out in force to protest the proposed elimination of the county guarantee that it will pay for property-tax challenges, saying the plan would mean higher property taxes and reduced services for the schools.
Protesters lobby against property-tax plan
Dozens of protesters from throughout Nassau County converged on the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola on Monday morning to see whether the county Legislature would vote on a proposal to nix the county’s guarantee that it will pay for challenges to property owners’ assessments. more
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At the North Merrick firehouse, Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg denounced a proposal by County Executive Ed Mangano to impose a water fee on previously exempt organizations such as fire departments and school districts.
Legislator: ‘Toilet tax’ could cost taxpayers
When firefighters wash down their trucks after making on a run, they may have to pay a fee on that water. Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, a Republican from Bethpage, has proposed a water use fee in the county’s 2011 budget. At a news conference in front of the North Merrick firehouse on Friday, Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg said the fee is really a tax. more
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Merrick School District PTAs are planning to attend a rally in Mineola on Monday to protest County Executive Ed Mangano’s plan to eliminate the county’s guarantee that it will pay refunds on property-tax challenges. The county executive would instead like school districts and towns to pay the refunds.
School districts plan rally against Mangano tax plan
To help close the more than $300 million budget deficit that Nassau now faces, County Executive Ed Mangano’s recently proposed budget includes a proposal to end the county’s “guarantee” that it will pay refunds owed when homeowners successfully challenge their tax assessments. more
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Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg of Bellmore-Merrick, center, stands at the lectern with Legislator Wayne Wink of Roslyn, left, and Bruce Piel, the chairman of PARCnassau, a Nassau County Park Advocacy Group.
Denenberg questions Mangano's park fee hikes
Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg, a Democrat who represents Bellmore-Merrick, held a press conference on Monday at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow to question County Executive Ed Mangano's … more
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Kenneth Maithya, 6, positioned his boat before setting sail at Eisenhower Park’s Salisbury Lake on July 22.
Captains for a day at Eisenhower Park
Children with autism and their families took the helm last week at Eisenhower Park's Salisbury Lake. After a short lesson from "Captain Ron," Ron McKechnie, the children … more
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Gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo, with his daughter Michaela, proposed a 2 percent property-tax cap during a news conference at the Jewel Quinn Senior Center in North Merrick on Tuesday.
At N. Merrick senior center, Cuomo calls for tax cap
New York State Attorney General and gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, stopped off at the Jewel Quinn Senior Center in North Merrick on July 27 with Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican, to tout a statewide property-tax cap. more
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