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Two weeks after former New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi was sentenced to prison for his role in a “pay-to-play” scheme, Governor Cuomo proposed “Hevesi’s Law,” aimed at keeping future state employees from collecting pensions if they’re convicted of an abuse of power.
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Al D'Amato
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5/5/11
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Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is inviting local residents to nominate veterans from their community whose service on behalf of our nation is worthy of induction to the New York State Veterans …
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4/13/11
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Nassau County and state Senate Republicans announced an agreement on April 1 to avert proposed cuts to the MTA’s Long Island Bus service. The cuts, which were announced in March, were expected to affect more than half of Nassau County’s bus routes, including the N14 North Rockville Centre Loop Bus.
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Jackie Nash
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4/13/11
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For just the seventh time since 1975 — and for the first time since 2006 — the New York state Legislature adopted a budget before the April 1 deadline.
Lawmakers in the Democratic-led …
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Judy Rattner
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4/6/11
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Long Island’s history books have recorded the fact that our bicounty area has been blessed by many great political names, each of whom exercised great political clout in Washington, Albany and Mineola.
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By Jerry Kremer
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3/31/11
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In honor of Women’s History Month, Senator Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) invites local residents to nominate friends, coworkers and neighborhood leaders whose outstanding work on behalf of our …
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3/23/11
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Marianna Winchester, a Rockville Centre Gold Star mother who lost her son, 1st Lieutenant Ronald Winchester in Operation Iraqi Freedom, joined Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, other Gold Star parents and local veterans last week to denounce the recent 8-1 Supreme Court ruling in the case of Snyder v. Phelps. The ruling found that no matter how hateful their speech, the First Amendment protects Westboro Baptist Church protestors who have been picketing military funerals.
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3/16/11
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State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos says he is optimistic that despite the difficult choices they face, this is the year when Albany lawmakers will finally make the structural changes to the state budget needed to rein in spending.
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Judy Rattner
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3/9/11
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Brownies know their banners Girls from Brownie Troop 2029 and Daisy Troop 2011 were working on their girl sports try-it, and visited Five Stars Gymnastics Academy in East …
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3/9/11
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All 32 Republicans and 13 of 30 Senate Democrats voted to pass tax cap legislation on Monday night, limiting the growth of school property taxes to 2 percent, or the Consumer Price Index (CPI), …
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Judy Rattner
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2/2/11
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