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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Let the voters bewareTo the Editor:In response to Pride Party President Ed Zangrillo’s refusal to participate in the March 1 debate, I responded directly to him as follows:“As a …
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3/3/11
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It has been a major transitional period for the village board in the last couple of months – former Deputy Mayor Bill Hendrick was appointed to the mayorship following the departure of newly-elected assemblyman Brian Curran, trustee Alan Beach was appointed as the new Deputy Mayor and Tom Atkinson was appointed to fill the last vacant trustee position.
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Clarissa Hamlin
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3/2/11
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After months of stalling, harsh letter writing, name calling and finger pointing, the Freedom Party and Pride Party presidents reached a stalemate, which cost East Rockaway …
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Mary Malloy
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3/2/11
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Assemblyman Brian Curran (Lynbrook – 14th A.D.) co-sponsored Assembly Bill 3093, which allows villages that administer their own elections to use lever voting machines in those elections if they so choose.
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By Mary Malloy
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2/23/11
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Words are just thatTo the Editor: In an effort to be part of the public forum that the Herald seems willing to give to Bill Kienke and the Freedom Party, and as part of the Herald’s …
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2/23/11
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The Herald asked the four East Rockaway trustee candidates questions about why they chose to run for a seat on the village board and what they hope to bring to the village as a sitting official.
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By Mary Malloy
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2/23/11
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For a small village, there’s a lot of mud-slinging going on in East Rockaway, and it isn’t pretty. The tension is palpable. People are afraid to talk to one another, not knowing which political party someone may support — whether they’re “pro-Pride” or “pro-Freedom.”
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2/16/11
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This week, the Herald asked the East Rockaway mayoral candidates Francis Lenahan and Richard Meagher about their plans for the future of East Rockaway, and what they hope to accomplish as its leader.
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By Mary Malloy
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2/9/11
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The Lynbrook New Vision Party has announced its slate of candidates for the March 15 village election.
Mayor Bill Hendrick will seek to keep the seat he was appointed to at the end of 2010, …
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By Mary Malloy and Clarissa Hamlin
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2/9/11
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