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New York state, like the rest of the nation, needs money to run the government. The state is very good at collecting taxes, fees, fines and miscellaneous dollars, but when it comes to money from gambling, it’s a dismal failure.
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Jerry Kremer
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5/26/11
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It’s not often that you have a couple of promising newcomers vying for a longtime incumbent’s seat. But that’s the case in the 14th Assembly District, where, after a decade in office, Republican …
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Herald editorial staff
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10/27/10
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Schumer-Townsend
New York’s senior senator, Chuck Schumer, is running for his third six-year term this November. The Democrat from Brooklyn is being challenged by Republican Jay Townsend, …
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10/27/10
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Longtime East Rockaway resident and Village Pride Party President Stanley Lombardo announced that he would join his party’s ticket seeking the second village trustee seat that is up for election in March 2011. Lombardo joins running mates Fran Lenahan and Ed Corrado on the Pride Party ticket next year.
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Mary Malloy
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10/27/10
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George Sava, a Republican who switched to the Democratic Party in 2007, is mounting a vigorous campaign against Republican Minority Leader Dean Skelos in the 9th Senate District.
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Judy Rattner and Jeff Bessen
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10/13/10
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Lynbrook resident Dan McGrath, 27, won last Sunday’s Long Island Marathon, finishing in 2 hours, 29 minutes, 44 seconds.
“It was exciting to win,” McGrath said of the race, in which runners compete at three different distances. “The Long Island Marathon is a great local event for competitive local runners — as well as other recreational runners — to challenge themselves over 10K, the half-marathon and the marathon.”
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Mary Malloy
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5/5/10
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A sunny day greeted the hundreds of runners and walkers for the annual Building Homes for Heroes 5K Run/Walk held at Hewlett Point Beach Park last Sunday.
The overall winner in the men’s division was Dan McGrath, of Lynbrook, with a time of 15:36. The overall women’s winner was Jayne Paskoff, of Lynbrook, with a time of 21:07.
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Mary Malloy
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4/21/10
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In order to put New York on a clear path toward fiscal stability and ease the burden of high property taxes on Long Islanders, Assemblyman Bob Barra suggests freezing school …
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Anthony Bottan
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2/18/10
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Last week, the biggest loser wasn’t Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley or the Democratic Party or President Obama. The biggest losers were New York schoolchildren, who were sold out by the state Legislature in favor of the tremendously powerful teachers unions.
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Al D'Amato
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1/29/10
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Throughout the long, at times agonizing health reform debate, conservatives and insurance-industry lobbyists have argued that we don’t need a public insurance plan to compete with private insurers.
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Scott Brinton
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11/26/09
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