Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman announced Wednesday that his office is conducting a thorough audit of the Assessment Review Commission — the agency responsible for deciding tax-grievance …
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By Timothy Denton
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2/22/18
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The average refund for individual income taxpayers who received one for the fiscal year ending in September 2016 topped $3,000, according to the IRS.1 If you expect to receive a refund on your 2017 …
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Christopher Zarra, CFP®, ChFC®, CFS®
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2/19/18
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In my last column, “Buckle up, L.I., the GOP tax plan is headed our way” (Jan. 25-31), I promised to offer my suggestions this week on …
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2/18/18
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School budget season has been under way for some time, but now districts are getting down to business as the Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education met at the Woodmere Education Center in Woodmere to discuss preliminary plans for the 2018-2019 budget on Jan. 25.
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By Tyler Marko
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2/1/18
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As I wrote this column Saturday — the first anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration — the federal government was shut down. By Monday, it appeared poised to get back to work, as a compromise deal to end the legislative stalemate was in the works . . .
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1/25/18
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When Medicare and Medicaid were created in the 1960s, they received strong support in Congress from both parties. Then, in the 1990s, a bipartisan coalition added the Children’s Health Insurance Program . . .
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1/25/18
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Since the beginning of the school year, and for the uninitiated that is actually July 1, not a day in September, districts have been reviewing, turning over and working on their next operating budget.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/25/18
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Business networking is booming in the Five Towns, and the Chabad of Hewlett hosted the first meeting of the Jewish Business Network of Hewlett on Jan. 18 — eight days after the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce, a Manhattan-based organization, launched a Five Towns chapter of its Small Business Alliance in Lawrence.
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By Tyler Marko
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1/25/18
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Despite all the hand-wringing in the media — which thrives on conflict and disasters — there are many good signs for the U.S. in 2018 that bode well for the country, if we’ll just . . .
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1/18/18
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As the new year begins, it’s a good time to take stock of the tumultuous year in Washington that’s just ended, and to express the hope of a more congenial 2018.
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1/4/18
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