Q: I went down to my local Town Hall and filled out a Freedom of Information Law request to get some information about why the Town had decided to adopt a new law. They wouldn’t give me an …
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By A. Thomas Levin
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1/11/13
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Q: I own significant stock in privately held company on Long Island and one of the shareholders has sued the Corporation for dissolution. What happens next?
A: First, take a look at the …
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By Erica B. Garay
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1/11/13
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Q: If I filed a report with FEMA about the recent damage to my home from Hurricane Sandy, will those records be public and accessible to future home buyers when I look to sell? Alternatively, if they …
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By Abraham B. Krieger
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1/11/13
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Q: My daughter was a passenger in her friend’s vehicle which was hit by a car that went through a red light and she was injured. How do her medical bills and lost wages get paid?
A: New York …
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By Michael D. Napolitano
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1/11/13
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Inwood resident Laura Sarnelli tried to fight back tears after Hurricane Sandy devastated her Bayswater Boulevard home, but she soon realized that she was not alone in her distress.
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By Ann Friedman
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1/2/13
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House Republicans killed a measure on Tuesday that would have provided New York and New Jersey with billions of dollars for Hurricane Sandy relief, days after the Senate approved a $60.4 billion …
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By Anthony Rifilato and Alexandra Spychalsky
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1/2/13
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Construction crews will begin removing Long Beach’s iconic boardwalk in January, after the 2.2-mile structure was badly damaged during Hurricane Sandy.
The city will mark the beginning of the …
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With so many people doing so much good in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, there was no way the Herald could single out just one Person of the Year. So we didn’t.
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By Alex Costello
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12/28/12
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Many, realizing that water had consumed their community, immediately turned around and returned to their houses. Others, however, tried against all odds to make it to higher ground, only to find that there was none to be found.
Bellmore Fire Department boat crews were out in the storm, slowly, carefully motoring down Bellmore streets as if they were canals. Vincent Montera, captain of Engine Company 2, said his boat crew had gotten no more than 200 feet after launching from South St. Mark’s Street when the terrified residents of one home jumped into the boat.
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By Julie Mansmann and Scott Brinton, jmansmann@liherald.com or sbrinton@liherald.com
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12/26/12
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Retrofest 33, a benefit concert organized by Woodmere resident Allan Spielman and sponsored by Long Island Builders, Inc., will be held on Saturday, Dec. 29 at the Backstage Nite Club in Woodmere from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/26/12
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