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Before Pope Francis ventured to New York last week, he started his visit in the nation’s capital. While in Washington, he spoke to members of Congress, touching on a variety of issues, including immigration and the refugee crisis, poverty and homelessness, and governing. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 9/30/15

Yes, this is an election year

Labor Day isn’t far behind us, but we all know how time flies. Soon enough it will be November, and Election Day. All the political talk thus far . . . more

9/17/15

Congregation Aish Kodesh on Woodmere Place in Woodmere is getting $75,000 in federal funding for security equipment.

Woodmere shul gets security money

Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere is one of two Long Island synagogues to receive $75,000 in federal money for security upgrades through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/2/15

Senator Schumer and Mr. Joel, Long Island thanks you

Last week, two New Yorkers, Sen. Chuck Schumer and rock star Billy Joel, made New Yorkers and Long Islanders proud. more

8/12/15

Five Towns residents who live beneath the flight paths of planes landing and taking off from JFK Airport say they are disturbed by the noise.

Noise study moving ‘extremely slow’

It’s been more than a year since the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced plans to conduct an aircraft noise study — known technically as a Part 150 — focusing on the communities surrounding John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports. more

By Vanessa Parker | 4/8/15

Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) helped Lawrence School District attain a $2.6 million FEMA grant to pay for Hurricane Sandy repairs made to the high school. Above, the school's damaged electrical wiring.

Lawrence School District gets $2.6m grant

Lawrence School District will get a $2.6 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that will cover 90 percent of the cost of building repairs to the high school, which was severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/16/15

U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice and other officials called on Cuomo to veto the proposed LNG project.

Officials rally against LNG plan in Long Beach

A week after they criticized plans for an offshore liquefied natural gas terminal at a meeting in Queens, local, state and federal officials gathered on the Long Beach boardwalk on Thursday to call … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 1/16/15

Madeline Singas took the oath of office as acting Nassau County district attorney at noon Tuesday in Mineola. She was chief assistant D.A. for three and a half years under Kathleen Rice.

Madeline Singas becomes acting Nassau D.A.

As Kathleen Rice took her oath of office as a congresswoman on Tuesday afternoon in Washington, the woman who was her top deputy at the Nassau County district attorney’s office, Madeline Singas, took her oath of office as acting D.A. in Mineola, said D.A. office spokesman Paul Leonard. more

By Brian Racow | 1/8/15

Todd Kaminsky, with his wife, Ellen, was sworn in by U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer last Sunday.

Schumer swears Kaminsky into Assembly

In what many described as an unprecedented turnout by leaders of both political parties and residents representing a diverse cross-section of Long Beach, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer swore Democratic … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 1/7/15

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, at the lectern, announced the arrest of nine people in connection with an alleged multi-million-dollar heroin pipeline that led from Mexico to Long Island on Dec. 18. She was joined by County Executive Ed Mangano, fourth from left; Rick Whelan, fourth from right, chief of Rice’s Organized Crime and Rackets Bureau; and other officials.

D.A.: Probe takes down heroin pipeline

Rick Whelan, chief of the Organized Crime and Rackets Bureau at the Nassau County district attorney’s office, took a brief breather after the news conference. Only minutes earlier, he had stood beside D.A. Kathleen Rice and County Executive Ed Mangano to announce that a team of federal and local... more

By Scott Brinton | 12/22/14

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