Looking at the current New York state government, you could almost forget that until recently it was an ineffective embarrassment, a decidedly non-functional democracy.
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2/9/12
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“Saddened,” “upset” and “disappointed” were among the many dispirited words people used to describe Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to veto a bill that would …
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Lee Landor
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1/11/12
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The year 2011 is coming to a rapid close. Like all other years, especially at this stage of my life, it has gone very quickly.
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12/22/11
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Although not scheduled to return to Albany until the new year, members of the State Assembly and Senate were called back for a special session on Dec. 6 to vote on Governor Cuomo’s proposed economic plan.
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12/15/11
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The Hispanic Brotherhood of Rockville Centre received more than 250 items and 70 cases of beverages collected by local Coca-Cola employees in a donation on Nov. 17. It was the first delivery of five planned for the area.
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11/23/11
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Col. John F. Barry, a Rockville Centre resident, has been inducted into the New York State Senate’s Veterans’ Hall of Fame. He was appointed by Sen. Dean Skelos.
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9/7/11
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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer called Tuesday for a crackdown on high-tech counterfeit driver’s licenses that are making underage drinking on Long Island and across the country more …
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Aaron Axelson
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8/10/11
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My last two columns, “As promised: keeping tabs” (June 30 – July 6) and “Is the bloom off the rose?” (July 21-27) provided information to evaluate the session-ending accomplishments of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Two fundamental questions were raised. Has there been a real transformation in addressing the way the “people’s business” is being managed in Albany? Do our political leaders really understand that the state of New York is still headed down a path of fiscal instability and requires levels of real reform hardly evident to date?
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Hal Peterson
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8/3/11
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Senator Charles Schumer has pledged to help Island Park get the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation together to work on a solution to the …
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Alex Costello
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7/27/11
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Members of the Rockville Centre Tea Party held a protest outside State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos’s district office on Front Street on July 15, prompting a spontaneous counterprotest by …
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Aaron Axelson
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7/20/11
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