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More than a dozen local residents gathered outside the district office of State Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) in Garden City Park on Feb. 17 to show their support for a ban on hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” in the extraction of natural gas.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/25/12
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A 72-year-old man from Jamaica, Queens, was struck and killed by a sport utility vehicle while crossing Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont on Feb. 14 at 8:12 p.m.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/23/12
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Nassau County police have arrested 70 burglars in the first seven weeks of 2012, a marked increase from recent years, said Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano at a press conference last Thursday.
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By Aaron Axelson
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2/23/12
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Mary Bellissimo-DeGregorio of North Bellmore grew up in Seaford, not far from Nassau County’s Tackapausha Museum and Preserve on Washington Avenue. The mother of a 24-year-old and a 6-year-old said that admission to the museum cost 25 cents when she was a child.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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2/17/12
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In early January, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy voted against the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act because it did not include a formal environmental review to study the impact …
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Ann Friedman
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2/15/12
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A Nassau County Public Safety Committee vote on a proposal to convert four of eight police precincts into community policing centers was postponed when shouting matches broke out between legislators on Monday.
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Aaron Axelson
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2/8/12
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According to the Nassau County district attorney's office, a jury will likely be selected on Feb. 13 for the trial of former Nassau County legislators Roger Corbin and Patrick Williams, who were indicted by the D.A.'s office in July 2010 on corruption, larceny and bribery charges for their alleged involvement in multiple bid-rigging and bribery schemes in the New Cassel Redevelopment Project.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/8/12
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In his budget address, Governor Andrew Cuomo highlighted his two key initiatives for New York State — reducing public-sector pension costs, and implementing an evaluation system for schoolteachers. Gov. Cuomo is the state’s top executive, elected by the people, so who’s supporting his plans? It’s the state’s public workers unions and the teachers’ union — they are suing the governor in court. Did anyone elect the unions to be in charge of the state’s pension and school systems?
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By George Rand
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2/7/12
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Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled his 2012-13 Executive Budget and Reform Plan, which he says will close the $2 billion budget gap and increase state aid to schools and municipalities.
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Alex Costello
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1/25/12
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With new funds in place, the Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County will continue to explore a public takeover of Aqua New York. The Towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay recently contributed a total of $75,000 to the authority, which was in addition to the $15,000 in seed money that the towns originally contributed when the authority was reinstituted in late 2010.
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By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com
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1/19/12
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