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Legislative Roundup
Carolyn McCarthy U.S. Representative, New York’s 4th District Voted NO on H.R. 6169 Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 2012 which states that the purpose of this Act is to provide for the enactment of comprehensive tax reform in 2013 that: (1) protects taxpayers by creating a fairer, simpler, [...]
Local Social Agencies To See Big Cuts
By Natasha Domanski The gavel has dropped and social service providers all over Nassau County have officially been cut as part of the County Executive’s effort to close a $41 million deficit. The cuts have affected more than 50 agencies that are aimed at providing mental health services and youth programs, including the [...]
Broadway Being Resurfaced From Woodmere to Hewlett
By: Natalia Kozikowska Standard Staff Broadway in Woodmere, between Woodmere Boulevard and the triangle where the street meets West Broadway in Hewlett is being completely repaved. This is not the only repaving project the Nassau Department of Public Works has in store for The Five Towns this summer. The DPW and Legislator Howard Kopel revealed [...]
Legislative Roundup for the Week of June 22, 2012
Dean G. Skelos New York State Senator, 9th District Voted Yes on S7742-2011: Would make the viewing of child pornography a felony crime. The bill is part of a three-way agreement with the Senate, Assembly and Governor Cuomo to amend current state law to make a person guilty of a crime when the person [...]
Local Republican Primaries — Let’s Cut “High-Card” For It !
By THE LEGENDARY DANNY O’DOUL In the town of Webster, Texas – Newland and Lepeyre Were running for the council of their fair city, Each candidate did garner 111 votes And a recount did confirm the tally of the totes Thus, according to the big book of Texas voting law Newland and Lepeyre now [...]
Becker Has the Experience to Challenge McCarthy
By HOWARD J. KOPEL On June 26, we are going to have a primary election in which Republicans will choose candidates for U.S. Senator (to run against Kirstin Gillibrand) and, in our specific area, for Congress (to run against Carolyn McCarthy.) I am going to focus on the race for Congress, because it is [...]
Democrats, GOP in Stand-Off Over County Finances
By Natasha Domanski Special to the Standard Nassau County politicians are involved in a deepening battle royale over the conflict involving a bond issue to pay for property tax refunds. In a classic he-said, she-said — if the Republicans won’t agree to nonpartisan legislative redistricting that will allegedly benefit Nassau Democrats then the Democrats [...]
Legislative Roundup for May 25
Carolyn McCarthy U.S. Representative, New York’s 4th District Voted Yes on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R.4310: to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes. Passed by a vote of 299-120-13. Voted [...]
No-Need GOP Primary Set for Tues. Anyway
By Susan Varghese Standard Associate Editor Local Republicans are technically still headed to the polls on Tuesday, April 24th to vote on the future GOP presidential nominee in New York’s primary. But, there’s a hitch. Former Senator Rick Santorum dropped out of the campaign, leaving the field to Mitt Romney, who was leading the primaries [...]
Letters to the Editor For The Week of March 23rd
Red Light, Green Light 1-2-3 To the Editor, The Nassau County Department of Public Works was disappointed by columns written by George Sava, (March 16th and February 17th issues) minimizing the role of Nassau County and Legislator Howard Kopel to alleviate poor traffic conditions on Rockaway Turnpike this past February. Mr. Sava presents an uninformed opinion based [...]
County Legislature Approves Precinct Plan 10-9
By JONATHAN WALTER The Nassau County Legislature approved their plan to decrease the number of precincts in Nassau from eight to four on Monday by a party line vote of 10-9. The Republican majority, under pressure from the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, which has seized control of the county’s finances, said the move will [...]
Kudos on Rockaway Tpke.
We reported last week that through the efforts of County Legislator Howard Kopel, joined by Town Councilmen Jim Darcy and Tony Santino, the New York City Department of Transportation finally got the message that sequencing traffic lights at the Queens-Nassau border along Rockaway Turnpike as though these lights were on Lexington Avenue was a literal [...]
