Politics

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, […]

Additional Money Will Prevent Need for Property Tax Hikes from LIPA Settlement By Kayleigh Anderson A jointly sponsored bill borne from the Long Island Power Authority’s (LIPA) settlement with the Huntington Town Board passed both […]

Previously Published in The Messenger By Matt Meduri Suffolk County Legislator Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) recently proposed a bill to ban food service establishments and third-party food delivery services from providing single-use food service items, such […]

Legislation Brought Forth after Blakeman’s Executive Order Was Struck down in Court By Hank Russell In a case of “if you don’t succeed, try, try again,” the Nassau County Legislature ushered in a bill that […]

By Hank Russell Suffolk County Legislator Dominick Thorne (R-Patchogue) was joined by fellow Legislator Leslie Kennedy (R-Hauppauge),  local fire chiefs and members of the Suffolk County Fire Rescue and Emergency Services (FRES) at the Suffolk […]

Previously Published in The Messenger By Matt Meduri The summer months played host to a contentious local law issue: a ballot measure that would allow Suffolk residents to approve or reject an eighth-cent sales tax […]

By Kayleigh Anderson President Joe Biden recently signed an executive order that denies migrants requests for asylum when the daily threshold of 2,500 illegal border crossings is exceeded. Since that number has already been surpassed, […]

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) was joined in his demand by Assembly Republican Leader Will Barclay (R,C,I-Pulaski), Senate Republican Leader Rob Ortt (R,C,IP-Lockport) and members of the Assembly and Senate Republican Conferences for a press […]