Politics

Would Have Repealed Congestion Pricing, Audited MTA By Hank Russell A local state Senator ripped into the Democratic majority for killing a bill in committee that he said would have saved Long Island commuters money […]

By Hank Russell A Long Island assemblyman lashed out at the Democratic majority in Albany for holding up a piece of legislation that would have made it a misdemeanor to tear down or deface any […]

By Hank Russell Local elected officials gathered on the grounds of Farmingdale Village Hall on May 13 to rail against Governor Kathy Hochul’s mandate to move local elections to even-numbered years. They said that this […]

By Hank Russell A group of Republican House representatives fired off a missive announcing that they will not vote for a proposed change to the State And Local Taxes (SALT) cap that they say does […]

By Hank Russell As Governor Kathy Hochul sent out a flurry of press releases announcing the number of bills she signed to be incorporated into the state budget, many GOP state legislators were disappointed in […]

By Hank Russell Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 16 other attorneys general today filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) and DOT Secretary Sean Duffy for illegally cutting […]

Assemblyman Tommy John Schiavoni (D-Sag Harbor) hosted a press conference at Suffolk County Community College alongside Suffolk County officials and local veteran advocates in support of A.6001/S.1040, introduced by Schiavoni and Senator Anthony Palumbo (R-New […]

By Hank Russell A Long Island state legislator ripped his fellow colleagues in the chamber for passing a piece of legislation that would afford terminally ill patients access to medications to end their lives. He […]

By Hank Russell A battery storage safety bill that U.S. Congressman Andrew Garbarino helped introduce passed the House of Representatives. The Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives by […]

By Hank Russell A recent review of Nassau County’s payments to Nassau Health Care Corporation (NHCC) over a ten-year period for the County’s portion of certain benefits for employees and retirees of Nassau University Medical […]