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I guess we all expected Pope Francis to touch on issues of income inequality. And it’s no surprise that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio focuses on the same issues, as does . . .
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9/24/15
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While I was in the Senate, I voted, in support of President Reagan, for the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 . . .
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8/26/15
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Henry Boitel wasn’t asking for anything complicated. He just wanted to know what’s going on at the Town of Hempstead board meetings when he wasn’t able to attend. “The public doesn’t have any idea of what’s going on at those meetings,” said Boitel, “unless they read something in the newspaper.”
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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8/12/15
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Q: I was attending a meeting of my local Zoning Board, and the Board members left the room to have a private discussion about the case they were hearing. Aren’t Zoning Board …
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By A. Thomas Levin
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7/28/15
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Q: Are my child's private Facebook postings truly confidential?
A: Maybe not. It has long been the law that schools can look at and use social media postings done outside …
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By Lynn M. Brown
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7/22/15
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Q: While working at a construction site, a slab of granite fell from a forklift onto my foot. Currently, I am receiving workers’ compensation benefits for my injuries but do I also …
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By Michael Serpico
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7/22/15
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Local elementary school students Shawn Balgobind and Eliana Bouet recently won the top prize in State Sen. Kemp Hannon’s 2015 “There Ought To Be A Law” competition. The contest honors ideas for new laws, as conceived by local fifth and sixth grade students from schools in Hannon’s district.
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By David Weingrad
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6/10/15
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A federal judge last Friday sentenced Dave Denenberg, the former Nassau County legislator who pleaded guilty to cheating a law client out of $2.3 million and resigned from office earlier this year, to three months in jail and three months of house arrest.
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By Brian Racow
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6/5/15
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Madeline Singas, Nassau County’s acting district attorney, continued her push for greater restrictions for registered sex offenders last week at a North Merrick civic group meeting. The setting was significant. Weeks earlier, police arrested a North Merrick man ...
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By Brian Racow
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6/3/15
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Q: My school district in Nassau County, where my special needs child attends school, wants to move him to a different type of classroom situation that I think is inappropriate. Can I keep him …
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By: Lynn M. Brown
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5/28/15
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