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Polls in New York State closed at 9 p.m, but it wasn't until just after 2 a.m. that the final results of ballots cast in voting machines in Nassau County were available.
Nassau incumbents held …
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By Alex Costello
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11/7/12
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While Long Islanders are still coping with the effects of one of largest storms to ever hit the region last week, the region is not out of the woods yet as a Nor’easter is predicted to hit the South Shore of Nassau County Wednesday afternoon.
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By Brian Croce
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11/6/12
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an Executive Order on Monday, Nov. 5 which provides for any voter in Nassau County who was displaced by Hurricane Sandy to vote by affidavit ballot at any poll site in New …
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By Alex Costello
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11/5/12
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There is a three-way race for the 4th Congressional District, which covers much of Nassau County’s south shore. Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy has represented the district since 1997 and is seeking her ninth term.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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10/24/12
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New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice and Assemblyman David McDonough
joined together last week in calling for a new law to protect school children from drunk drivers.
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10/23/12
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Members of Latino organizations and other community groups across Long Island protested the Town of Hempstead’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration last week in support of Mark Bonilla, the town clerk who recently said he does not plan to resign even though he faces criminal charges related to sexual harassment complaints by a town employee.
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By Julie Mansmann
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10/18/12
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Dean Skelos is running the 9th District in New York State Senate against newcomer Thomas Feffer (D-Lynbrook).
Skelos has been the Majority Leader in the senate since 2010. He is running for his …
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10/17/12
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A special election to replace Nassau County Legislator Peter Schmitt will be held on Election Day, Nov. 6. Schmitt, the Legislature’s majority leader and presiding officer, who represented the 12th District since 1995, died suddenly of a heart attack on Oct. 3. He was 62.
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By David Weingrad
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10/11/12
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A reporter from the student-run Hofstra Chronicle newspaper stood to ask a question of Dr. Cornel West, the intellectual provocateur, New York Times bestselling author, and Ivy League African-American studies and philosophy professor best known for his defense of America’s poor. The young woman said she had recently conducted an informal survey in which 6 of 10 Hofstra students said they did not believe poverty was a relevant issue for them as college students this election season.
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By Scott Brinton
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10/9/12
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New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., a Republican from Merrick, recently announced new state regulations that will help keep individuals who repeatedly drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs off the road.
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10/5/12
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