Susan Williams, the 44-year-old Garden City mother and former Rockville Centre resident accused of hiring a hit man nine months ago to kill her estranged husband, a Lynbrook businessman, was found guilty by a Nassau County jury after four hours of deliberation on Monday.
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Tom Steinert
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11/17/10
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In 2004, New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice published a report on the performance — or should we say the underperformance — of the New York State Legislature. The report’s first …
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11/12/10
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The Malverne school district lost three new school buses and use of its portable classrooms last Sunday morning after a fire broke out and engulfed the recently purchased buses
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Lee Landor
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11/8/10
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It’s not often that you have a couple of promising newcomers vying for a longtime incumbent’s seat. But that’s the case in the 14th Assembly District, where, after a decade in office, Republican …
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Herald editorial staff
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10/27/10
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We endorse State Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos for another term in the Senate.
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10/27/10
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Lawrence resident Josh Wanderer wants the job that longtime incumbent Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg (D-Long Beach) says nobody understands.
“There is a saying in business: ‘Pioneers get …
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JEFF BESSEN and ANTHONY RIFILATO
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10/20/10
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The two candidates who are seeking to become the next representative of the 14th Assembly District agree on one thing — that their first order of business, if elected, would be to improve the fiscal health of New York state. The race pits Lynbrook Mayor Brian Curran, a Republican, against Democrat Dermond Thomas.
The seat is currently held by Bob Barra, who is not seeking re-election after serving the district for the past decade.
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Mary Malloy
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10/20/10
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When firefighters wash down their trucks after making on a run, they may have to pay a fee on that water. Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, a Republican from Bethpage, has proposed a water use fee in the county’s 2011 budget. At a news conference in front of the North Merrick firehouse on Friday, Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg said the fee is really a tax.
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Deirdre Krasula
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10/15/10
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To help close the more than $300 million budget deficit that Nassau now faces, County Executive Ed Mangano’s recently proposed budget includes a proposal to end the county’s “guarantee” that it will pay refunds owed when homeowners successfully challenge their tax assessments.
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David Weingrad
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10/15/10
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Voters in the 4th Congressional District will choose between 14-year incumbent Carolyn McCarthy, a Democrat, and Republican Francis X. Becker, a 14-year Nassau County legislator, on Election Day.
Campaigns are different for incumbents and challengers. An incumbent needs to convince the voting public — and the media — that he or she has done a good job and will continue to do so. A challenger needs to have a plan, needs to show how that plan would be carried out, and has to convince voters that he or she will do a better job than the incumbent.
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Herald editorial staff
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10/14/10
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