Ed Ward

County officials are worried that Albany's worsening cash shortage could cause a fiscal drain on Long Island. Leaders in Nassau and Suffolk reacted with concern Wednesday to Gov. David A. Paterson's proposal this week to slash $1.2 billion from the...

PITTSBURGH -- The New York Mets found help for their struggling bullpen, acquiring durable right-hander Luis Ayala from the Washington Nationals on Sunday for a player to be named. A reliable reliever for the first four years of his career, Ayala has...

PROPERTY TAXES Two from local OTB on panel County Executive Thomas Suozzi, chairman of Gov. Eliot Spitzer's tax study commission, has two other Nassau officials working with him. And apparently, he's giving good odds that they can find a solution to...

Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi's firing of two high-profile officials late last week has insiders buzzing about what may have prompted the moves - but is drawing only the most minimal comment from those involved. Fired from his job of two years...

He once referred to the GOP leadership as "roadkill," said his party was taken over by "barefoot hillbillies," and compared the Million Man March with a "Klan rally." So it isn't surprising that Rep. Peter King would call for The New York Times to be...

It was Easter 1994 and life in Rwanda, despite the political tensions brewing outside her windows, was good for Immaculée Ilibagiza. Returning home from university in the city of Butare, she gathered with her beloved parents and siblings for a holiday...

Nassau's nasty legislative leadership fight, officially settled more than two months ago, is generating new political heat as the county totes up the battle's legal bills - which could cost taxpayers more than $160,000. One flashpoint is that County...

The $1.6 billion plans for the 77-acre Nassau Coliseum site moved two steps forward and one backward yesterday - a possible boost to its lease and zoning approval, with signs of resistance in the county legislature. The obstacle: Nassau's nine-member...

There's no doubt that dissident Nassau Democrats Roger Corbin of Westbury and Lisanne Altmann of Great Neck dropped their coalition with county Republicans and voted with their party colleagues to re-elect Judy Jacobs presiding officer of the county...

The Nassau County Legislature gathered for its first work session yesterday since the end of a leadership fight that had kept lawmakers from meeting since Jan. 3. But there was only one item of business on the agenda for the meeting, which started late...

Before County Executive Thomas Suozzi imposed a hiring freeze and other spending cuts last month to close a projected budget gap, he and other Nassau leaders doled out $1.5 million in annual pay raises to nearly 200 political appointees. The average...

Inter-Departmental Memo To: Hon.. Judith A. Jacobs_ Presiding Officer Hon. Peter J. Schmitt, Minority Leader Members of the Rules Committee From: Eric. C. Naughton, Director Legislative Budget Review Date: January l6, 2004 Re: Review of the Economic...