Politics

Budget Includes Investments in IT Technology, Water Quality, Public Safety, Election Integrity After its unanimous passage, Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine signed the first capital budget of his term. It includes funding for public safety, […]

Previously Published in The Messenger By Cait Crudden Congressman Nick LaLota (R, NY-01) has introduced a groundbreaking bipartisan bill alongside Congressman Lou Correa (D, CA-46) aimed at equipping law enforcement agencies nationwide with enhanced tools […]

By Hank Russell The Suffolk County Legislature voted 15-2 on June 25 to put a referendum on the ballot in November that would allow county residents to vote on raising the sales tax by 0.125% […]

By Kayleigh Anderson The Nassau County Legislature voted 12-5 to bar transgender athletes from playing at county-owned facilities unless they compete on teams matching the gender they were assigned at birth or on coed teams. […]

By Hank Russell Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that they say takes guns out of the hands of those who have a restraining order against them […]

Trying to Stop FAA from Transferring Workers from Westbury to Philadelphia Congressmen Anthony D’Esposito (R-Garden City) and Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) recently held a rally with members of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NACTA) […]

By Kayleigh Anderson Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Siela A. Bynoe (D-Westbury) and Nassau County Legislator Scott M. Davis (D-Rockville Centre) held a press conference outside the Hempstead Water Works on June 19 to demand that […]

By Hank Russell Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D-Valley Stream) set up a petition calling for County Executive Bruce Blakeman to make June 19, also known as Juneteenth, a paid holiday for Nassau County employees. […]

By Hank Russell The Nassau County Comptroller’s Office announced on June 17 that, after paying down more than $400 million in major liabilities in 2023, the county ended the year with a surplus of almost […]

Call for Trains to Haul Waste off Long Island By Hank Russell A group of local elected officials and union leaders converged at Brookhaven Town Hall on June 14 to call on the state Legislature, […]