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Olena Nicks
Olena Nicks, Uniondale's candidate for Town of Hempstead Supervisor
It’s officially election season and Uniondale now has one of their own on this year’s ballot. Olena Nicks, a native to the community, is attempting to unseat Don Clavin for Town of Hempstead … more
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Temperatures are on the rise in what has been described as the hottest summer ever recorded, but in the midst of this record-shattering heat, the Hempstead school district is lacking air ventilation into the building, causing hot, uncomfortable conditions.
‘Uncomfortable’ conditions reported throughout Hempstead schools
Although the expectation is that temperatures will start cooling when kids go back to school, Mother Nature must’ve missed the memo about the seasons changing. Either that, or this is simply … more
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Employee Isaiah at work in front of the tobacco wall at the 7-Eleven on Jerusalem Avenue in Uniondale. New York now has the highest cigarette tax in the nation.
New York increases tax on cigarettes, menthol ban gains steam
Everyone knows that cigarettes are bad for you, but in New York state these days, buying a pack of smokes may do almost as much harm to your wallet as to your health. Starting Sept. 1, the tax on … more
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Pastor Arthur Mackey Jr, rally organizer Darinel Velasquez and Legislator Siela Bynoe rallied with tenants.
Tenants, legislators, and activists continue calling for accountability and better conditions in Hempstead
Though the protesting tenants of Fulton Manor, at 590-600 Fulton Ave. in Hempstead, have won a year’s freeze on rent increases and prevented their gas from being turned off, they aren’t finished … more
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Rufino and Gloria Razu sit down to speak with a tax expert from Nassau County about their best possible options for the approaching tax season as a married couple.
Getting ready for tax season well before tax season
Few people like when tax season rolls around. What needs to be shared? What is exempted? How can I avoid an audit? There is no need to wait for April. In fact, many of those questions were … more
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A street vendor who asked to remain nameless out of fear of further retaliation, sitting in the passenger seat of his vehicle next to the fruit they were unpacking on Jerusalem Ave. and viewing the court summons the police just issued him for not moving 200 feet every 15 minutes
Uniondale's frustrated street vendors stage impromptu protest
Uniondale street vendors staged an impromptu rally on Aug. 9 to protest what they view as unfair treatment from the Nassau County Police Department. The vendors displayed their Town of Hempstead … more
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Students taking a break last school year in the newly renovated Uniondale High School cafeteria. Students across the state may, like those in Uniondale, will receive free lunches if a proposal in the State Legislature is approved.
State budget will feed more students this school year than ever before, universal free lunches could be next
As summer is coming to a close, it is no secret that parents have plenty of expenses to worry about now that back-to-school season is fully underway. But luckily for parents in Uniondale, school … more
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Tenants of 590 Fulton Ave., gather in the parking lot of their building to protest actions of the landlord, only to have the police called. The residents claim a massive gas bill remains unpaid by the landlord, and that living conditions are rough and need to be addressed.
Tenants at 590 Fulton say they’ve had enough, claim landlord hasn’t paid gas bill, is harassing them for speaking out
They won the battle, but it was short-lived. Tenants at 590 Fulton Ave., were among those who convinced the Nassau County Rent Guidelines Board to opposed any rent increases for rent-stabilized … more
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State Attorney General Letitia James announcing her lawsuit against Red Rose Rescue, what she describes as an anti-abortion ‘extremist’ group that is accused of storming a Planned Parenthood center in Hempstead. She says it prevented patients from getting necessary care and caused emotional distress.
New York Attorney General Letitia James wants anti-abortion activists barred from clinics
On the heels of a lawsuit filed against what she has described as a “radical anti-abortion extremist group,” state attorney general Letitia James is now seeking an injunction from a judge that … more
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Attorney David Mejias speaks about what he calls ‘an illegal gerrymander’ alongside some of the plaintiffs and supporters of the lawsuit filed against the Nassau County Legislature over what they claim are new district maps that favor the majority Republicans over Democrats. Joining Mejias were, from left, Pamela Korn, Mimi Pierre-Johnson, Darien Ward and John Jarvis.
Nassau Democrats, residents sue county legislature over proposed map, claiming it is gerrymandered
Nassau County Democrats, along with 21 plaintiffs from throughout each of the 19 legislative districts, have filed a lawsuit against the county legislature. They allege the recently redrawn … more
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