Keyword: Skelos
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Rockville Centre will be one of two locations on Long Island, and 30 across New York state, to host an exhibition honoring the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Aaron Axelson
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8/17/11
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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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In 2004, the Brennan Center for Justice and New York University’s School of Law released a report describing the New York Legislature as “the most dysfunctional state [government] in the nation.” It was an excellent critique and its findings were well founded.
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By Hal Peterson
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7/26/11
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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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New York state government has a well-deserved reputation for ineffectiveness. Ask most New Yorkers what one word best describes Albany, and the most common response would be “dysfunctional.” That’s the term that New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice used in a study in 2004, in its follow-up in 2006 and in its 2008 update, “Still Broken.”
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7/7/11
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More than 60 players participated in a lacrosse game at Skelos Sports Complex on June 25 to benefit the Jillian E. Daly Foundation, established by family and friends of the 2004 South Side High …
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Tony Bellissimo
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7/6/11
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed New York's first property tax cap in Lynbrook today, at the home of James and Janet Gannon.
“For decades, taxpayers across New York state have been burdened …
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By Mary Malloy and Brianna Isabel Barbieri
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6/30/11
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It took five appeals, a rally, a lawsuit and, finally, legislation, but at long last fallen Malverne firefighter Paul Brady’s name will be inscribed on a memorial wall in Albany.
The …
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By Lee Landor
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6/22/11
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Rockville Centre resident Debbie Cuevas was recently honored as one of the state Senate’s 2011 women of distinction. She joined other notable women at a reception on May 24 in the State Capitol …
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6/1/11
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Before the fireworks are launched on the Fourth of July, Governor Cuomo and our leaders in Albany hope to have this year’s legislative session wrapped up. Still on the table are some very pressing issues, including the property tax cap, ethics reform and gay marriage.
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Al D'Amato
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5/26/11
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