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Blakeman: Mamdani ‘Stealing from Seniors’ to Close Budget Gap

February 19, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on Blakeman: Mamdani ‘Stealing from Seniors’ to Close Budget Gap

By Hank Russell Nassau County Executive and GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman accused New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani of “stealing from seniors” by looking to use the city retiree fund to close the city’s […]

Business

Judge Allows Live Nation Suit to Move Forward

February 19, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on Judge Allows Live Nation Suit to Move Forward

By Hank Russell A federal judge has allowed a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Letitia James to move forward against Live Nation after the entertainment company failed to have the suit dismissed.  As previously reported […]

Op Eds

Mamdani’s Taxes Would Make NYC Less Affordable

February 19, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on Mamdani’s Taxes Would Make NYC Less Affordable

So New York City‘s new communist mayor is telling the world that he has only two choices to deal with his budget deficit. One is to raise income taxes and the other is to raise […]

Op Eds

Don’t Vote for Those Undoing Pension Reforms

February 18, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on Don’t Vote for Those Undoing Pension Reforms

By Steve Levy Our Center for Cost Effective Government just published a white paper on why political donations from municipal unions to officials who negotiate with those unions should be illegal in the public sector, […]

Crime

Lindenhurst Man Arrested in Knife Attack

February 18, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on Lindenhurst Man Arrested in Knife Attack

Suffolk County Police arrested a Lindenhurst man for allegedly attacking another man with a knife at a Lindenhurst apartment complex.  Tesfa Tucker allegedly used a knife to attack a man he knew in the entryway […]

Politics

Legislator: GOP Rule Changes Inhibit Public Comment

February 18, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on Legislator: GOP Rule Changes Inhibit Public Comment

By Hank Russell Nassau County Legislator Cynthia Nuñez (D-Valley Stream) is urging the Republican majority to reverse rule changes that she said inhibit public comment during the Legislature’s committee meetings. During the Legislature’s February 9 […]

Politics

Hochul Gives Mamdani, New York City Bailout

February 18, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on Hochul Gives Mamdani, New York City Bailout

Blakeman: Money Could Have Been Used for Tax Relief By Hank Russell Governor Kathy Hochul was slammed by her Republican rival for bailing out New York City, saying the money could have been used for […]

Long Island News

North Hempstead Maintains Aaa Bond Rating

February 18, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on North Hempstead Maintains Aaa Bond Rating

Moody’s Investors Service, an independent Wall Street bond rating agency, assigned a rating of Aaa to the Town of North Hempstead’s estimated $16.3 million Public Improvement Serial Bonds. Aaa is the highest rating provided by […]

Business

Trader Joe’s Opens New Location in Miller Place

February 18, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on Trader Joe’s Opens New Location in Miller Place

Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Jane Bonner attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of the new Trader Joe’s at 300 Route 25A in Miller Place on February 16. “Trader Joe’s is a welcome addition […]

Op Eds

ICE Withdraws from Minneapolis. The Illegal Immigration Lobby is Winning

February 18, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off on ICE Withdraws from Minneapolis. The Illegal Immigration Lobby is Winning

By Steve Levy The playbook of the Democrats over the last decade has been to flood the nation with as many illegal immigrants as possible, with the hope that, in the end, Independents and soft […]

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