Nassau County recently announced that it finished 2020 with a surplus of $75 million (subject to some adjustment, but it’s a reasonable number to work with). Sounds like good news, right? Not so fast.
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By Howard Kopel
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4/15/21
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There are many benefits to getting older, although I often wish that I were a lot younger. When it comes to Long Island politics, I have pretty good recall going back to the mid-1950s.
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2/18/21
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The Nassau Interim Finance Authority decided to exempt the Nassau University Medical Center and NuHealth, the public-benefit corporation that runs the East Meadow hospital, from oversight in 2011, at a time when the facility was seemingly thriving.
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2/21/20
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On March 15, in a five-page letter to Nassau County Interim Finance Authority Chairman Adam Barsky, Curran outlined a new spending plan for the county that includes $54.7 million in cuts and new revenues.
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By Erik Hawkins
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3/22/18
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The Nassau County Interim Finance Authority last week made good on its threat to impose its own cuts on the county’s $3 billion budget, which legislators have struggled for months to balance to the financial control board’s satisfaction.
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By Erik Hawkins
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12/4/17
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The state board that oversees Nassau County’s finances is likely to impose its own cuts on the $3 billion budget when they meet next week, after lawmakers failed to adequately make up a $31.5 million revenue shortfall, a spokesman said.
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By Erik Hawkins
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11/28/17
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To say that Nassau County experienced a seismic shift in its often conservative political landscape on Nov. 7 would be an understatement.
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11/16/17
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The state board that oversees Nassau County's finances on Thursday night rejected the proposed $3 billion budget for 2018, deeming it unbalanced after the legislature axed $59 million in revenue-producing fee increases proposed by outgoing County Executive Ed Mangano.
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By Erik Hawkins
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11/10/17
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The Nassau County Legislature voted along party lines for a number of Republican amendments to County Executive Ed Mangano’s budget on Monday, scrapping $59 million in controversial real estate and public safety fee increases. Majority lawmakers also rejected the Democrats’ call for an independent inspector general to be part of a budget compromise.
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By Erik Hawkins
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11/1/17
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This week, Republican and Democratic legislators both offered up their parties’ amendments to outgoing County Executive Ed Mangano’s $3 billion budget — with both sides looking to scrap a controversial $59 million in fee increases meant to balance the budget.
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By Erik Hawkins
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10/25/17
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