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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 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

Franklin Square resident Felix Procacci sparred with members of the Hempstead Town Board at the Nov. 27 meeting, after which the board voted to hire its own financial consultant for $50,000 a year.

Hempstead Town Board hires its own $50K financial consultant

The Republican-controlled Hempstead Town Board on Nov. 27 voted 6-1, with Democratic Supervisor Laura Gillen dissenting, to hire the town’s Republican former comptroller to privately advise board members on budgets and financial issues. more

By Erik Hawkins | 12/6/18

Making the case for Hempstead’s budget

I was elected Town of Hempstead supervisor in 2017 to make our local government more accessible and accountable to residents. Since the first day of my administration . . . more

By Laura Gillen | 10/19/18

Receiver of taxes Don Clavin, a Republican, at lectern, helped the Republican-majority Town Board roll out its own budget countering Supervisor Laura Gillen’s 2019 spending plan at a news conference on Monday. From left were Town Board members Bruce Blakeman, Dorothy Goosby, Ed Ambrosino, Anthony D’Esposito, Dennis Dunne and Erin King Sweeney. Goosby was the lone Democrat among them.

Hempstead Town Board nixes Gillen's proposed budget

On Monday, Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, a Democrat, was expected to present her tentative 2019 budget to the Town Board. However, just before Monday’s special meeting began, the other six members of the Republican-controlled board held a news conference, announcing that they had their own spending plan, which they said would lower taxes by 4.2 percent. more

By Erik Hawkins | 10/18/18

Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, in her office in August.

Hempstead Town budget talks begin, with $443M plan

Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen last week submitted her 2019 budget for the town. The roughly $443-million spending plan — Gillen’s first — should make for a small tax reduction for 80 percent of residents, the supervisor said. Gillen, a Democrat, said that her budget would “right the town’s fiscal ship,” after prior fiscal management. more

By Erik Hawkins | 10/11/18

Kaira Springer, left, 7, with Athan, 8, and Cohen Koutsogiannis, 7, played together at the Hispanic Brotherhood of Rockville Centre’s after-school program.

Hispanic Brotherhood of Rockville Centre receives $30K grant

The Hempstead Town Board recently supported a $30,000 grant for the Hispanic Brotherhood of Rockville Centre, which will help fund the organization’s youth service programs. more

By Ben Strack | 9/13/18

Hempstead board must allow election debate

One Republican Town Board member endorsed and another offered support for Laura Gillen, a Democrat, when she was elected Hempstead supervisor last November, so she — and most voters — were hoping for . . . more

8/16/18

On Tuesday, Republican members of the Hempstead Town Board blocked — for the third time — debate on a proposal to fill vacancies on the board with special elections rather than by appointment. They also passed a rule change that could prevent the issue from being brought up again.

Special elections debate blocked for third time

For the third time in recent months, Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen tried to open discussion on Tuesday on how the Town Board should fill vacancies when seats open up outside the election season, and for a third — and possibly final — time, Republican members blocked discussion on the subject. more

By Erik Hawkins | 8/8/18

At the Hempstead Town Board meeting of May 8, Republican members tabled scheduling a public hearing on Supervisor Laura Gillen's proposal to have special elections to fill board vacancies.

Hempstead board stalls special elections bill

Members of the Hempstead Town Board on Tuesday stalled a proposal by Supervisor Laura Gillen calling for special elections to appoint elected officials when vacancies occur. more

By Erik Hawkins | 5/8/18

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