Bruce Blakeman, a former presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature, on Thursday became the first prominent Long Island Republican to throw his hat into the ring in this year’s election contest to succeed Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) in Congress. more

A coalition of nonpartisan groups last week called on the Nassau County Legislature to overhaul its redistricting process, which occurs every decade following the release of census data to account for population shifts. more

Following Kathleen Rice’s announcement last Wednesday that she will run for the 4th Congressional District seat now held by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, the Nassau County district attorney took time out of her schedule to field questions from the Herald about her candidacy. more

Ending weeks of speculation, Kate Murray, the Town of Hempstead supervisor and a Levittown Republican, announced Friday that she will not run for Congress this year. Murray’s name had been discussed recently in local and national political circles about who will be the Republican Party’s candidate in New York’s 4th Congressional District. more

Kathleen Rice, the Nassau County district attorney and a Garden City Democrat, announced Wednesday night that she will run for the congressional seat that Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) currently holds. more

The race for New York’s 4th Congressional District seat will be unlike races this year in most congressional districts around the country. That is, there is no surefire winner, and as things stand currently, the field is wide open to candidates from both major parities. more

When the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority imposed a wage freeze for Nassau County employees in March 2011, and renewed it in March 2012 and 2013, it explicitly applied the freeze to the wages of union workers subject to collective bargaining agreements. But NIFA meant the wage freeze to apply to all county employees, its current chairman, Jon Kaiman, recently contended. more

From his days as a cub reporter in Long Beach to the pinnacle of New York State politics as the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Jerry Kremer tells all. The sponsor of more than 250 … more

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, 70, recently announced that she would not seek re-election to a 10th term in November. Citing her health as one of the main reasons for her departure from politics, … more

Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy announced Wednesday that she will not seek re-election to a 10th term in 2014. McCarthy, a lifelong resident of Mineola, was first elected to represent the 4th Congressional … more