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New LI Sens. slam Dems on grants

The nine Republican state senators from Long Island

Photo credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr.

Both Senators Lee Zeldin and Jack Martins, new Republicans who succeeded Democrats, have been meeting with local officials who had grants cancelled which they apparently thought had been secured through the Legislature. Martins has raised the matter before, and this is what they're announcing today:

“Since before we came into office on January 1st, 2011, we have had to contend, on an...

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