Gov. Andrew Cuomo is moving to reduce taxes for small business owners, and local businessmen and tax experts say they approve of the effort.
Cuomo’s plan, which he announced last week, is a …
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By Adrienne Lyons
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1/13/16
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Tensions rose at the East End Civic Association meeting on Jan. 5 as President Patrick Nicolosi and Floral Park resident Kenneth Reilly argued over the county’s proposal to install video lottery …
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By Steve Smirti
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1/13/16
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With budget cuts and a possible reduction of county services becoming closer to reality for Nassau County residents, there was a palpable feeling of nervousness at the Jan. 5 East End Civic …
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By Steve Smirti
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1/13/16
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On Jan. 17, the Nassau Inter-County Express bus system will end service for Elmont riders who use the N2/8 bus. That route, which stops in Valley Stream as well, is being cut, along with 10 others, …
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By Steve Smirti
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1/13/16
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The Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation has decided, “after exhaustive study,” that Belmont Park is the best place to install 1,000 video lottery terminals. Since that announcement . . .
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1/8/16
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Nassau County Off-Track Betting announced last week its intention to house a 100,000-square-foot video lottery terminal facility on the western portion of the grandstand at the 430-acre Belmont …
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By Steve Smirti
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12/29/15
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In May, President Obama signed an executive order to demilitarize the police, banning the Pentagon from issuing surplus military hardware — including rifles, grenade launchers and armored vehicles — to police departments nationwide. His decision was a response to the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., by a police officer the previous August.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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12/9/15
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County Executive Ed Mangano recently announced that a network of Santa Claus’s mailboxes has been installed in various Nassau parks. Several of them are located in Eisenhower Park in East …
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12/3/15
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A budget conflict in Nassau County has left some organizations in Long Beach worried that their funding could be in jeopardy as the fate of the county Youth Board hangs in the balance.
The …
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By Matthew Ern
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12/2/15
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From Nassau County leaders to East Meadow residents, community members have expressed concerns about safety and hopes for global peace in the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut last …
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By Adrienne Lyons and Julie Mansmann
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11/27/15
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