U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday to allow the Town of North Hempstead and the Long Beach School District to keep millions of dollars in Hurricane Sandy relief funds, following the release of federal reports recommending that the funds be disallowed.
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By Ben Strack
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10/26/16
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An overtime victory by the MacArthur High School varsity football team served as the perfect ending for the annual homecoming celebration on Saturday, Levittown District officials said.
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/20/16
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About 60 people attended a forum at the Elmont Public Library on Aug. 25 to meet New York’s newly-appointed Consulate-General of Haiti Peter Helder Bernard and discuss issues Haitian-Americans face …
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By Mike Smollins
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9/7/16
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Members of the South Merrick Community Civic Association recently welcomed U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice to a meeting, at which gun control became a heated point of discussion, among other issues.
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By Stephany Reyes
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9/1/16
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On Feb. 18, 2014, officers from state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s office raided the Uniondale offices of HiRise Engineering P.C., responding to allegations of fraud involving flood insurance reports prepared after Hurricane Sandy. On Monday, Schneiderman’s office unsealed a 50-count indictment charging Matthew Pappalardo, 38, of Whitestone, Queens, and HiRise with altering engineering reports that assessed the structural damage of residential properties resulting from the storm.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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8/3/16
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Seniors from MacArthur High School — 329 of them — were draped in regal blue and walked across the Hofstra University stage on June 18 to receive their high school diplomas. Crowds of parents, siblings, teachers, administrators and staff filled the arena while they watched in support.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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6/21/16
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Nassau Community College is something of an oasis in the county’s heavily developed and industrialized hub. Venerable sycamore and maple trees line its narrow roads. In its center is . . .
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6/9/16
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Last week’s power outage gave some of us a rude awakening. How many of us were in the dark for a few hours? Imagine if it was a longer outage. Almost 4 years since Hurricane Sandy, some of us are less prepared now.
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Sam Pinto
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5/12/16
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Nassau County buys a lot of stuff — millions of dollars’ worth of things like police cars and office supplies — and contracts for services from attorneys, consultants and others. The process of procuring all these goods and services . . .
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3/31/16
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After being in the village for less than three years, the Malverne General Store was scheduled to close for good during the week of March 27, according to a store clerk who did not want to be identified.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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3/30/16
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