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Residents Phyllis Libutti, left, Barbara Bernardino and Linda Giles wore red in a show of solidarity on Tuesday.

The City Council sent a letter to South Nassau’s Chief Executive Officer Richard Murphy on Monday, calling for a meeting to discuss the future of the shuttered Long Beach Medical Center and … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 6/4/14

Sen. Charles Schumer, with LBMC CEO Doug Meltzer in February, had urged FEMA to release funds to SNCH.

FEMA to release funds to South Nassau

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced last week that the Federal Emergency Management Agency would release $138 million to South Nassau Communities Hospital following its acquisition of the shuttered … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 5/28/14

Let's give graduates some debt relief

As students throughout our nation and here on Long Island graduate from college, they hope to start the next phase of their lives gainfully employed. more

5/22/14

Judge approves sale of LBMC to South Nassau

A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge on Monday approved the sale of the shuttered Long Beach Medical Center to South Nassau Communities Hospital, a move that is expected to pave the way for the opening of … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 5/12/14

Senator Charles Schumer held a press conference at the vacant East Hudson Street property of Rena Bonne last October, where he urged FEMA to extend its statute of limitations for homeowners to file lawsuits against their flood insurance companies

Proof of loss deadline extended for Sandy victims

By Alexandra Spychalsky aspychalsky@liherald.com Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced this week that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended its deadline to … more

By Alexandra Spychalsky | 5/1/14

This month, thank a volunteer — and become one

No community would be what it is without volunteers. April is National Volunteer Month . . . more

4/10/14

Congress passes flood insurance relief bill

Congress passed a bill last week that will protect thousands of New York homeowners from huge flood insurance premium rate hikes — or having their property values decimated when they try to … more

By Alexandra Spychalsky and Anthony Rifilato | 3/19/14

Kyle Strober, pictured at left during a recent news conference about the Covanta Energy waste-to-energy incinerator in Westbury, is Sen. Charles Schumer’s Long Island director. Strober grew up in Merrick and graduated from Kennedy High School in Bellmore.

Senator Schumer’s right-hand man

Most pundits agreed: Mitt Romney won the first of three presidential debates in 2012, held at the University of Denver on Oct. 3. President Obama, whose rhetorical skills were the stuff of political legend, appeared tired, and in the weeks after the debate, his poll numbers plummeted. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/5/14

Moody’s Investors Service said that because the Army Corps of Engineers coastal protection project for the barrier island received full federal funding, it would help the city’s fiscal recovery.

Funding for Army Corps project a ‘credit positive’

Moody’s Investors Service is calling a federally funded coastal protection project for the barrier island a “credit positive” for Long Beach that will help the city continue its trend of … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 2/26/14

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could begin work on a coastal protection project for the barrier island later this year, according to Sen. Charles Schumer, if all parties agree on the scope of the plan.

Army Corps project could begin this fall

Sen. Charles Schumer announced last Friday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could begin work on a $180 million coastal protection project for the barrier island this fall, after he received … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 2/14/14

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