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 …
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By Brandon Cruz
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9/8/23
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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 …
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By Reine Bethany
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8/17/23
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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 …
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By Brandon Cruz
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8/17/23
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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 …
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By Brandon Cruz
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8/17/23
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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 …
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By Brandon Cruz
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8/16/23
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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 …
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By Brandon Cruz
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8/10/23
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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 …
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By Brandon Cruz
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8/3/23
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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 …
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By Brandon Cruz
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8/2/23
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Nobody seriously expected a single-ride subway fare to cost 5 cents forever.
When August Belmont Jr., who had a mansion in Hempstead Village and attended St. George’s Episcopal Church on Front …
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By Reine Bethany
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8/2/23
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After more than 15 years of back-and-forth between local leadership and the Uniondale Neighborhood Center, Uniondale is finally getting its own official community center.
Located at 925 Jerusalem …
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By Brandon Cruz
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8/2/23
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