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Local school districts will get some extra money than initially anticipated in the New York State budget recently passed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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4/13/11
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Those places are freakin’ depressing.
Nursing homes, assisted living residences, hospitals, rehab facilities…
They really are freakin’ depressing.
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By Mitchell Hart Cooper
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4/12/11
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The New York State Senate has passed legislation to create felony charges for wrong-way and other reckless drivers, according to Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., a Republican from Merrick who sponsored …
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David Weingrad and Chris Engelhardt
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4/6/11
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The New York State Senate has passed legislation to enact felony charges for wrong-way and other reckless drivers, according to Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., a Republican from Merrick who sponsored the bill.
The legislation is in response to a significant number of arrests and car crashes involving individuals who drove the wrong way while under the influence of alcohol.
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By David Weingrad
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4/6/11
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Nothing, it seems, can stop the Valley Stream Central High School District’s rifle team. The squad won its fifth consecutive state championship earlier this month, taking home the trophy in both the .22 smallbore and air rifle competitions.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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3/30/11
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This is about the good, the bad and the ugly. It isn’t fiction, as we get enough fiction from politicians these days. It deals with the New York State Legislature, the ethical crises it currently faces and the need to deal with them.
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By Jerry Kremer
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3/23/11
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Shaped like a footprint, Mullener Pond abuts the Meadowbrook Parkway amid a stand of oaks and maples just south of Jerusalem Avenue in North Merrick. It is a quiet place, hemmed in by a six-foot …
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By Scott Brinton
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3/15/11
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I have to admit, I’m having a problem understanding how, in just 33 working days, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Medicaid Redesign Team was able to recommend 79 cost cutting measures to save $2.3 billion in the upcoming budget. I’ll address this concern from three viewpoints.
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Hal Peterson
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3/9/11
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Boy Scout Joe Cerulli attended the Boys State program at Morrisville State College last summer and was recognized for his participation during Law and Order night last week at the …
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By Andrew Hackmack
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3/9/11
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My last column, “Stop playing games with the budget deficit” (Feb. 3) was written one week before New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued his analysis of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive budget draft.
The irrationality I outlined fell short of anticipating the following mea-culpa expressed in the comptroller’s analysis. “The SFY 2010-2011 enacted budget relied on $16.7 billion in non-recurring or temporary budget resources; and overly optimistic tax revenue projections, causing a dramatically worsened state structural deficit.” How dramatic? These tenuous entries constituted 30 percent of all the monies in the state’s operating fund.
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Hal Peterson
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2/23/11
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