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Rita Kestenbaum, 56, of Bellmore, a Democrat running for Nassau County Legislature, spoke at a Feb. 19 candidates forum at the North Merrick Public Library.
Legislative candidates address voters
Democrat Rita Kestenbaum and Republican Steve Rhoads, the two candidates in the Nassau County Legislature’s 19th District, squared off last Thursday not so much against each other as against a roomful of likely voters given free rein to ask or say what they pleased. more
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So much for sunlight
"People all across the state, when you mention state government, [are] literally shaking their heads . . ." more
Rita Kestenbaum and Steve Rhoads are vying to represent the 19th Legislative District, which includes Wantagh and Seaford.
Legislative candidates make their cases
The vote to seat a new legislator in the 19th District is less than three weeks away, and candidates Rita Kestenbaum and Steve Rhoads have been out making their cases to voters. more
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19th District needed for GOP supermajority
The outcome of the race in the Nassau County Legislature's 19th District could prove key to whether the Legislature’s Republican majority is able to secure a supermajority, which is needed to borrow money or override a county executive’s veto. more
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Norma Gonsalves, at left following her 2013 re-election, has been the presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature since 2012.
State confirms Gonsalves missed campaign filings
The New York State Board of Elections acknowledged on Feb. 6 that Norma Gonsalves, the Nassau County Legislature’s presiding officer, repeatedly failed to make required campaign finance filings dating back to 2006. more
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Rita Kestenbaum (D-Bellmore), left, and Steve Rhoads (R-Bellmore), right, are running for the Nassau County Legislature seat that Dave Denenberg vacated in January.
19th District battle gets under way
Dave Denenberg’s resignation from the Nassau County Legislature on Jan. 21, the day that he pleaded guilty to mail fraud in federal court, set off a scramble to fill the seat he held for 15 years. more
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The U.S. Maritime Administration and Coast Guard held a public hearing about Port Ambrose, a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 18.5 miles southeast of Jones Beach, last Wednesday night in a ballroom at the Hilton New York JFK Airport in Jamaica, Queens. Port Ambrose opponents, who have assembled into a “No LNG Coalition,” conducted a press conference immediately before the hearing, drawing a few dozen people into a small hotel meeting room feet away from the ballroom.
Most at Port Ambrose hearing slam plan
One after another, for four hours, speakers at a hearing last Wednesday in Jamaica, Queens lined up to decry a proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 18.5 miles southeast of Jones Beach. more
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When Democrats scatter, the party loses
So, the midterm election came and went. Republicans control Congress. Now what? more
KATHLEEN RICE
D.A. special election set for next fall
Nassau County voters will choose their next district attorney in November 2015, ten months after current D.A. Kathleen Rice leaves the post for a seat in Congress. Meanwhile, Rice’s top deputy or an appointee of Gov. Andrew Cuomo will take the reins as the county’s head prosecutor. more
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Note to millennials: Didn't vote? Not cool.
Mitch McConnell isn’t going to change the world. Apparently, neither is Barack Obama. But the folks who will change the world stayed home on Election Day. more
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