Strum Kenny: Islanders need a vision
What Long Island most needs is a sense of “us.” We have such riches on the Island – great towns and villages, restaurants and arts venues, beautiful homes, world-class beaches, excellent schools and...
View ArticleLever voting machines returning to villages
Barring a veto by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, villages throughout New York state will now be able to use their old lever-based voting machines during village elections, now that a bill sponsored by Assemblyman...
View ArticleNew bill would eliminate MTA tax for LI gov’ts
Two Long Island senators have introduced legislation to repeal the MTA Payroll Tax for county, town and village governments. The latest bill from senators Jack Martins, R-Mineola, and Lee Zeldin,...
View ArticleHahn: Slowly, towns, villages turning LI around
Fresh faces, voices are helping LI's economic development.
View ArticleNY eliminates 12 inactive Long Island agencies
The entities being eliminated were found to be defunct by New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, the Authorities Budget Office and the New York State Commission on Public Authority Reform.
View ArticleOur Property Taxes
Case in point—inflation rose 32% during these years, but for this homeowner, taxes rose 61%.
View ArticleDiNapoli labels LI villages ‘fiscally stressed’
New York's comptroller reports 15 villages statewide are under some level of fiscal stress out of 535 that were evaluated.
View ArticleCavallaro: Infrastructure a shared responsibility
New York State needs to do a better job of fairly doling out funds for infrastructure to its smaller municipalities.
View ArticleAlexander: Local progress can address region’s issues
Politics here may be local, but even local politics can help our region.
View ArticleCallegari: It takes a village… or does it?
The proliferation of hyper-local, home-rule-style governments on Long Island has, for many localities, turned into a way to prevent the smallest of change from being effectuated.
View ArticleNew bill would eliminate MTA tax for LI gov’ts
Two Long Island senators have introduced legislation to repeal the MTA Payroll Tax for county, town and village governments. The latest bill from senators Jack Martins, R-Mineola, and Lee Zeldin,...
View ArticleHahn: Slowly, towns, villages turning LI around
Fresh faces, voices are helping LI's economic development.
View ArticleNY eliminates 12 inactive Long Island agencies
The entities being eliminated were found to be defunct by New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, the Authorities Budget Office and the New York State Commission on Public Authority Reform.
View ArticleOur Property Taxes
Case in point—inflation rose 32% during these years, but for this homeowner, taxes rose 61%.
View ArticleDiNapoli labels LI villages ‘fiscally stressed’
New York's comptroller reports 15 villages statewide are under some level of fiscal stress out of 535 that were evaluated.
View ArticleCavallaro: Infrastructure a shared responsibility
New York State needs to do a better job of fairly doling out funds for infrastructure to its smaller municipalities.
View ArticleAlexander: Local progress can address region’s issues
Politics here may be local, but even local politics can help our region.
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