“Saddened,” “upset” and “disappointed” were among the many dispirited words people used to describe Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to veto a bill that would … more

When the dust settled at the end of Election Day on Nov. 8 and all of the electronic votes were tallied, the control of the Nassau County Legislature still hung in the balance, as the races in the … more

The Hispanic Brotherhood of Rockville Centre received more than 250 items and 70 cases of beverages collected by local Coca-Cola employees in a donation on Nov. 17. It was the first delivery of five planned for the area. more

My last two columns, “As promised: keeping tabs” (June 30 – July 6) and “Is the bloom off the rose?” (July 21-27) provided information to evaluate the session-ending accomplishments of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Two fundamental questions were raised. Has there been a real transformation in addressing the way the “people’s business” is being managed in Albany? Do our political leaders really understand that the state of New York is still headed down a path of fiscal instability and requires levels of real reform hardly evident to date? more

Members of the Rockville Centre Tea Party held a protest outside State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos’s district office on Front Street on July 15, prompting a spontaneous counterprotest by … more

The Long Island Lizards Major League Lacrosse team announced June 16 that two East Meadow residents, Andrew Noorigian, 11 and Matthew Fertitta, 11, have been named the team’s new ball boys for home games and practices for the rest of the 2011 season. more

With a single vote on May 24, the Nassau County Legislature shifted 576,000 voters out of their current legislative districts and into new ones, while also moving certain districts, such as the 19th, across the county. more

 In a public hearing that turned raucous at times on Monday, the Nassau County Legislature heard testimony from a long line of speakers who charged that a Republican plan to redraw the lines of the county’s 19 legislative districts would, if passed, dilute the minority vote while shifting roughly half of the county’s population –– 576,000 people in all –– into new districts. more

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 … more

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. more