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"I have had some exposure to the culture of government and politics in Nassau County during the years that you were in government," U.S. District Judge Joan Azrack said to Rob Walker.
3m read3m readThe Republican victories across Long Island on Tuesday could boost the party in the 2022 elections.
2m read2m readIn less than a half-hour, Nassau County legislators killed $106 million in unpopular fees — and opened a sizable hole in the 2022 budget.
2m read2m readThe Republican leader of the Nassau County Legislature is the latest in a long line of county officials to try to curb taxpayer-funded mailings at election time.
3m read3m readNo one party has a lock on Long Island, which leaves major parties pitching for every vote they can get.
3m read3m readHuntington Town officials have offered a bare-bones account of an accident in which Supervisor Chad Lupinacci hit a utility pole, sustaining $22,000 in damages to his sedan.
2m read2m readOfficials and anti-drug abuse experts say they will try to ensure that millions of dollars Nassau and Suffolk will get in opioid settlement money goes toward drug treatment and prevention.
3m read3m readThe former Suffolk County district sat at the defendant's table, where he'd spent six weeks from the start of his trial to the day he'd been convicted by a jury of his peers.
3m read3m readLegislation passed by Nassau County lawmakers would tie the potential for legal action to every interaction between police and other emergency responders and the public.
3m read3m readCuomo is asking New Yorkers to believe, basically, that he's the victim, and that allegations of sexual harassment are distorted and politically motivated.
2m read2m readNassau County Executive Laura Curran wants to send $375 payments to 300,000 homeowners. Who doesn't love a little cold, hard cash?
3m read3m readA push for accountability, transparency and reform of policing practices on Long Island has been spurred by national revulsion at George Floyd's death in Minneapolis.
3m read3m readWho ruined the Nassau County assessment system? It's a debate that apparently will never die.
3m read3m readLong Island officials already are dealing with issues including how to determine when drivers are impaired by marijuana.
3m read3m readCommunity activists continue to push for outside oversight of complaints about police conduct.
3m read3m readBlakeman, the GOP candidate for Nassau County executive, is no stranger to bucking his party's leaders. Asked if he has made peace with them he says: "I'm the top of the ticket, aren't I?"
3m read3m readRelease of body-cam footage of Suffolk County police officers cursing and kicking a suspect comes as Suffolk and Nassau officials ready police reform plans.
3m read3m readThe Suffolk County term-limit law, which passed via voter referendum, states simply: "No person shall serve as a County Legislator for more than 12 consecutive years."
3m read3m readTwo different plans for police reform are headed toward the same destination: reviewing and reforming police practices in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
4m read4m readNassau's crazy popular bond offering provided the county with a $1.1 billion cushion as it struggles with budget deficits resulting from the pandemic.
2m read2m readThe Nassau County Legislature offered a sobering look into the guts of Long Island's vaccine distribution system.
3m read3m readFor days, it was like "The Hunger Games" meets "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" out there as Long Islanders scrambled to find vaccines.
3m read3m readOn election night, Long Islanders appeared to have soundly supported the reelection of Republican President Donald Trump. But that was a red mirage.
2m read2m readIn Oyster Bay, an attempt to balance decorum with freedom of speech at public meetings has landed the town in federal court.
3m read3m readArmageddon, defined, is a final destructive battle or conflict. In Suffolk, at least, the meaning could be stretched to, well, hoping to avoid all hell breaking loose.
2m read2m readJesse Garcia, Suffolk's GOP chairman, and Joseph Cairo, head of Nassau's Republican Party, are old hands at getting out the vote.
2m read2m readYoung people between the ages of 18 and 34 represented the largest group of new voter registrations in Nassau and Suffolk this year.
3m read3m read"We're walking and chewing gum," said Nicholas LaLota, Suffolk's Republican elections commissioner. That's one way of putting it.
2m read2m readThe Suffolk County executive had hoped the federal government would come through with millions of dollars in pandemic disaster aid.
3m read3m readThe most asked question of the Nassau and Suffolk boards of election this year is, "How do I get an absentee ballot?"
3m read3m readThe one thing about Alicia Patterson, Newsday's oh-so-very prim and proper looking founding publisher, that's always captured my imagination was her childhood nickname, Roughneck.
4m read4m readLong Island party leaders hope the national political conventions will energize their supporters for the Nov. 3 elections.
3m read3m readA Democratic delegate from Suffolk voted by PDF email. But a Republican from Nassau is thrilled to be one of 336 delegates to be voting in person at the GOP convention.
4m read4m readAlyssa Nightingale, of Cold Spring Harbor, made 48 phone calls to PSEG LI after losing power in Isaias. On Aug. 11, the lights finally came back.
4m read4m readSuffolk County Executive Steve Bellone proposes another tap Peter to pay Paul move to plug massive deficits caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
2m read2m readUnder an order by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, every municipality must submit a plan that "reinvents and modernizes police strategies and programs ... based on community input."
3m read3m readNassau's police commissioner, Patrick Ryder, says protesters are having a big impact.
3m read3m readFor the first time in decades in New York, there could be greater public scrutiny on how police discipline is handled.
3m read3m readA course for contract tracers emphasizes it takes just two days for someone who's had contact with an infected person to be able to transmit the coronavirus to others.
2m read2m readLike Mary Mallon, we're all caught up in an iteration of the conflict between public health and individual rights that played out in her case.
4m read4m readIn a ruling, Justice David T. Reilly managed to resolve the long-running discussion about whether red-light cameras were created for safety, or to raise revenues.
2m read2m readZeldin (R-Shirley) helped make a call happen last week between Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
3m read3m readSuffolk town supervisors want residents to get an extension on property tax payments. But could a freeze in payments cripple the county budget?
3m read3m readThey've closed playgrounds, beach parking lots and tennis courts — and residents still find ways to gather.
2m read2m readAfter the virus crisis passes, the county will have to address concerns about construction contracts raised by Nassau's inspector general, Jodi Franzese.
2m read2m readBellone went into voluntary quarantine after Deputy Suffolk County Executive Peter Scully tested positive for coronavirus.
Long read7m readThe Suffolk DA and the county legislature plan to dig deeper into the system that failed 8-year-old Thomas Valva.
3m read3m readFor Long Beach, Moody's "Credit Outlook" is not so good.
2m read2m readIn Huntington, residents questioned Supervisor Chad Lupinacci's decision to put forth only one candidate to head a new bureau that will enforce some town codes.
3m read3m readThe documents provide a rare look at the actions of CPS, the police and courts -- an inside view of a system shielded even from experts.
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Suffolk police will beef up patrols and establish checkpoints across the county to target motorists driving under the influence as well as aggressive and distracted drivers. Authorities will also crack down on those operating boats while intoxicated, officials said.
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Oh, the drama. That's been plentiful at Nassau University Medical Center over the past few weeks.
3m read3m readNassau lawmakers and NIFA hope a "zipper clause" in the detectives' union pact will pave the way for the same language in contracts with four other unions.
3m read3m readAfter 8-year-old Thomas Valva's death, no one wants, several years down the line, to again be where we are -- with some other child.
2m read2m readFor the Nassau GOP chairman, a string of election victories made last week a very good week indeed.
3m read3m readEarly voting is supposed to be convenient to voters, but, as it turns out, it's also a boon to candidates and campaigns.
3m read3m readButch Yamali, a concessionaire in multiple municipalities, says he's got nothing to hide, even as officials criticize his operations.
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