12.04.2017 Government County Executive calls tax bill ‘dangerous’ for Long Island County Executive Steve Bellone called the federal tax bill a “potential catastrophe” for Long Island Monday morning in a conference call with local reporters.
08.05.2017 Environment Another attempt to preserve Plum Island The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill July 25 to prevent the sale of Plum Island by the federal government to the highest bidder for the second time.
05.23.2014 Health & Environment Assemblyman floats new water quality bill for Long Island New construction and any big renovation projects on Long Island would need more modern waste treatment systems installed to better filter nitrogen from reaching ground and surface waters. Registered...
07.08.2013 News Assembly kills bill extending bass season A New York Senate bill to extend the striped bass season by two weeks went belly-up after it failed to make it through an Assembly committee. The Senate bill,...
11.08.2012 Editorials Editorial: North Fork reps need to step it up The past couple years haven’t left us feeling warm and fuzzy about our government. The historically partisan 112th Congress accomplished very little before returning home Sept. 21, the earliest...
10.27.2010 News Election 2010: Who exactly are we voting for? The slugfest between congressional candidates Tim Bishop and Randy Altschuler is making the most noise on the East End, but that race is just one part of the crowded...