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Long Beach MLK Center co-chair James Hodge, third from left, at back, and other protesters at the Aug. 2 rally.

“You may think it’s a little extreme to come out here with two coffins, but I think this is extreme,” said Thomas Sapp as he stood on the steps of Nassau County Supreme Court in Mineola and pointed to a photo of his late son, Kareem, who was murdered in Uniondale in 2007. “Our youth must come first.” more

By Anthony Rifilato | 8/8/12

Tough times call for tough measures in Nassau County

Last week, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano sent a memo to county department heads, ordering them to compile layoff lists. This would be the third in a series of layoffs of county employees ordered by Mangano in one year. more

8/2/12

Harriet Eisman community school students rallied at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive & Legislative Building in Mineola.

Harriet Eisman School fights for funding

“Phil has had a hard time in school his entire life,” Christine Nolan said of her 18-year-old son, who attended Mepham High School in Bellmore before he transferred to the Harriet Eisman … more

By Vanessa Canner | 8/1/12

Hispanic Brotherhood among agencies seeing cuts

Hundreds of people, including representatives of the Hispanic Brotherhood of Rockville Centre, gathered at Nassau County’s Theodore Roosevelt Legislative and Executive Building in Mineola on July 6 … more

By Brian Croce | 7/18/12

Joe Smith, executive director of Long Beach Reach Inc., addressed the hundreds of people in front of Nassau County’s Theodore Roosevelt Legislative and Executive Building in Mineola.

Youth-service agencies face county cuts

Hundreds of people gathered at Nassau County’s Theodore Roosevelt Legislative and Executive Building in Mineola on July 6, rallying for the reinstatement of contracts and funds that the county cut for youth programs and substance-abuse treatment agencies. more

By Brian Croce | 7/11/12

Stop using the needy as pawns

Politics ain’t beanbag, the old saying goes. To get what they want, politicians make quid pro quo agreements and try to force deals all the time, all in the name of accomplishing what they think is best for their constituency. more

6/14/12

County Executive Edward Mangano, right, honored Nathan’s Famous President Wayne Norbitz at the Oceanside location on June 6.

Mangano honors Nathan’s Famous at Oceanside restaurant

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano cast a spotlight on Nathan’s Famous as the Employer of the Month on June 6 by recognizing its efforts to employ local residents at its corporate and … more

6/13/12

Linda Leonard, executive director of the Long Island Crisis Center in Bellmore, said she worries that her agency could lose its 24-hour, seven-day-a-week suicide-prevention hotline if Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano eliminates funding for the private, nonprofit agency.

Nassau’s social-service network in crisis

The Bellmore-based Long Island Crisis Center would lose more than $300,000 in funding if Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano were to make good on a threat to cut all contracts with nonprofit social-service agencies that work with troubled youth, the mentally ill and drug addicts, said Linda Leonard, the Crisis Center’s executive director, this past week. more

By Scott Brinton | 6/9/12

Sewer deal could be boon for county

Nassau County’s aging sewage treatment plants –– the Bay Park plant in East Rockaway, the Cedar Creek plant in Wantagh and the Glen Cove plant –– have for years been a proverbial yoke around the county’s neck. more

5/17/12

Sewer deal could be boon — or not — for the county

Nassau County’s aging sewage treatment plants –– the Bay Park plant in East Rockaway, the Cedar Creek plant in Wantagh and the Glen Cove plant –– have for years been a proverbial yoke around the county’s neck. more

5/14/12