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With NYRA’s budget seemingly coming up lame this year, residents and local leaders are hopeful that a state-granted advance could help stop job losses, and race cancellations, at Belmont Park.
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Matthew Hampton
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4/21/10
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Little more than a month after a storm that ranked among the largest in Long Island’s history, some local legislators gathered at Adelphi University on April 15 to ask, Are we prepared for the next big storm?
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Matthew Hampton
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4/21/10
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U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy is saying that the federal government will be right on Cuomo’s heels when it comes to curbing dangerous behavior on the part of companies that work in the mortgage and foreclosure markets.
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Matthew Hampton
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4/7/10
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Though the state’s struggle to close its huge budget gap is dominating the headlines, another economy-related issue is likely to loom large in the near future: foreclosures.
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Matthew Hampton
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3/31/10
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Elmont leaders, along with breeders and trainers from New York State's racing industry gathered at Belmont Park on Sunday, March 21 to fight for video lottery terminals at Aqueduct and Belmont racetracks.
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Matthew Hampton
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3/23/10
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The deal to install video lottery terminals at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens fell apart last week, and some Elmont leaders are hopeful that the cancellation of that deal could open the door for VLTs at Belmont Park.
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Matthew Hampton
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3/17/10
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The revitalization of the Argo Theatre site took its next small steps last week, as Hempstead town officials announced they had selected an Urban Renewal plan for Elmont’s downtown. Details of the plan are scarce, with town officials saying that they still have not selected a developer.
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Matthew Hampton
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3/17/10
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Jack Martins, 42, the mayor of Mineola, will challenge state Sen. Craig Johnson in November for New York’s seventh district seat.
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Matthew Hampton
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3/17/10
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Civic leaders and legislators came out Tuesday, March 3 to talk about Elmont's future, and plot a course for the hamlet in the coming year. In an event billed as the "State of Elmont," residents also took time to look back on the accomplishments of the last 12 months.
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Matthew Hampton
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3/10/10
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Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray declared a snow emergency. "Our town is continuing its proactive practice of having deployed salt spreaders on the road at the first …
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2/26/10
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