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Is Nassau learning from the guilty verdicts?

The conviction last Friday of former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano was yet another domino falling in the county’s GOP political machine, with possibly more to come. more

3/14/19

Hempstead Town Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney, second from right on dais, told resident Rori Gordon that she has seen passions on both sides of the debate over recreational marijuana. “We really need to have a data-driven conversation on this,” she said.

Town officials enact pre-emptive pot ban

Members of the Hempstead Town Board unanimously decided to get out in front of impending recreational marijuana legalization at the state level. With a vote of 7-0, the Town Board enacted a moratorium of one year on the sale of pot within the town, and a ban on smoking it in town parks and facilities. more

By Erik Hawkins | 3/7/19

The Merrick Fire Department’s 6411 ladder truck is set to be replaced.

Merrick Fire Department to get three new trucks

The Merrick Fire Department’s equipment is set for an update. On Feb. 26, the Town of Hempstead Board approved the purchase of three new trucks for the department, for a total of $3.76 million. The purchase includes one fire engine and two ladder trucks. more

By Andrew Garcia | 3/7/19

In 2012, Bellmore's Shore Road had severe flooding after Hurricane Sandy ravaged Long Island. It still has "chronic" flooding today, Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney said.

Flood relief on the way in Bellmore and Merrick

Flooding diversion projects — in the offing since Hurricane Sandy slammed Long Island in 2012 — are beginning construction this year. more

By Andrew Garcia | 3/7/19

Let’s slow down and get legal marijuana right

While state leaders have been slow to provide specifics or act on the likely legalization of recreational marijuana, officials in the Town of Hempstead and Nassau County are addressing the matter promptly and properly. On Feb. 26 . . . more

2/14/19

The Hempstead Town Board tabled Supervisor Laura Gillen’s proposal to audit its Building Department.

Hempstead Town Board tables audit of Building Department

The Hempstead Town Board voted on Feb. 5 to table the hiring of an outside consultant to audit the Town Building Department. The roughly $155,000 measure was intended to offer recommendations on how … more

By Peter Belfiore | 2/13/19

Town Supervisor Laura Gillen with Oceanside homeowner Michael Cascio, who was told five years after Hurricane Sandy that he needed to elevate his house because of damage it sustained during the storm.

Gillen seeks audit of town Building Department

Town Supervisor Laura Gillen announced on Jan. 16 that she was seeking to hire an outside consultant to audit the town Building Department and offer recommendations on how to streamline its building … more

By Peter Belfiore | 1/24/19

The Hempstead Town Board on Tuesday voted 6-1 to only publish town legal notices and requests for bids in the Suffolk-based Long Island Business News.

Hempstead Town will only publish notices in Suffolk-based LIBN

The Hempstead Town Board on Tuesday voted 6-1 to only publish legal and bid notices in the Suffolk County-based Long Island Business News in 2019. more

By Erik Hawkins | 12/13/18

Levittown resident Chris Wright, center, facing podium, asked the Town Board about the practice of banking on employee retirements to fund tax cuts in their 2019 budget at the Town of Hempstead budget hearing last week.

Hempstead Town Board passes $432.5 million budget

The Republican-majority Hempstead Town Board on Oct. 30 passed its $432.5-million budget by a vote of 6-1. Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, a Democrat, did not endorse the spending plan, which, she said, relied on uncertain savings to fund an $11-million tax cut. more

By Erik Hawkins | 11/10/18

Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, pictured in her office last week, said that Republican town officials, including council members and the receiver of taxes, amounted to “a corrupt machine trying to take power from the people,” following a series of heated meetings in which her proposals were blocked from debate.

Is bipartisanship dead in the Town of Hempstead?

When Laura Gillen took the reins in January as the first Democratic supervisor in the Town of Hempstead in more than 100 years, residents, and even some members of the Republican-majority Town Board, expressed hope for a new era of cooperation and transparency. more

By Erik Hawkins | 8/23/18

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