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Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg, of Merrick, is accused of systematic fraud by his former law firm in State Supreme Court filings.

Denenberg accused in elaborate fraud scheme; drops out of Senate race

The former law firm of Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg is suing him in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, seeking $3.6 million in damages. The firm alleges that Denenberg systemically and fraudulently overbilled a client to the tune of $2.3 million over eight years, and sought a 25 percent annual bonus from the firm based, at least in part, on those billings. more

By Scott Brinton | 9/23/14

Mr. Suozzi, the State Senate's in good hands, thanks

We don’t have to look very far back in the history books to learn about the damage State Senate Democrats inflicted on Long Island taxpayers during their disastrous two years in the majority in 2009 and 2010. more

7/30/14

We'll say it again — fund the Bay Park pipe

The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently rejected the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s request to fund a $690 million outflow pipe that would stretch from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant three miles into the Atlantic Ocean. more

6/19/14

The Bellmore-Merrick Heroin Task Force has met since early March. Above, at the May meeting were, from left, Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central http://liherald.cms.communityq.com/images/icon-move.pngDistrict director of health, physical education and athletics; Wendy Tepfer, executive director of the Community Parent Center; County Legislator David Denenberg; David Seinfeld, Calhoun High School principal; and Neil Brown, the North Merrick Board of Education president.

Bellmore-Merrick task force takes on heroin

Larry Glenz, a retired Lynbrook High School history teacher, remembers the good times, when his son Kevin was healthy, before he became a heroin addict whose only thought, awake and asleep, was shooting up. more

By Scott Brinton | 5/14/14

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

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented Mandela with a key to the city in 2005.

Mandela mourned across L.I.

The death last week of former South African President Nelson Mandela sparked a worldwide outpouring of sorrow, respect and remembrance of a man many considered one of history’s great heroes — a … more

By Brian Racow and Emily Webb | 12/11/13

A computer rendering of what Port Ambrose would look like.

Liquid natural gas hearing turns heated

A private company controlled by a multi-billion-dollar Canadian hedge fund is seeking approval to build a liquefied natural gas station in the Atlantic Ocean 17 nautical miles southeast of Jones Beach. If built, a pipeline extending from the station would have to hook up to an existing pipeline 2.2 miles south of Atlantic Beach. more

By Brian Racow | 7/16/13

Town should seize redistricting opportunity

In so many ways, the Town of Hempstead has set an example of how government ought to operate. more

2/28/13

Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg will remain in the 19th District. A Republican redistricting plan proposed as late as Monday would have removed him from the 19th District, which he has represented for 14 years.

One vote scuttles GOP plan to remove county legislator from 19th District

Republicans in the Nassau County Legislature modified their proposed redistricting map yesterday, backing off a plan to place a sliver of Merrick, including the home of Democratic Legislator Dave Denenberg, into the neighboring district of Legislator Joseph Scannell, a Democrat from Baldwin. The plan would have removed one of the two incumbents from the Legislature. more

By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com | 2/27/13

We're the grass in the redistricting field

There are 10 elephants and nine donkeys in a field. more

2/21/13

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