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Nayyer Zubair, of Valley Stream, petitioned the state to install better traffic signals at Exit 13 of the Southern State Parkway.
Outcry continues over Southern State Parkway Exit 13
Mohamed Tarek, a 14-year-old Elmont High School student, was walking home from a basketball game when an unlicensed driver who was trying to move into the eastbound lanes of the Southern State Parkway from North Central Avenue struck him, leaving him in a coma. In the aftermath, representatives of the State Department of Transportation agreed to conduct a traffic study at Exit 13. more
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Levittown resident Chris Wright, center, facing podium, asked the Town Board about the practice of banking on employee retirements to fund tax cuts in their 2019 budget at the Town of Hempstead budget hearing last week.
Hempstead Town Board passes $432.5 million budget
The Republican-majority Hempstead Town Board on Oct. 30 passed its $432.5-million budget by a vote of 6-1. Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, a Democrat, did not endorse the spending plan, which, she said, relied on uncertain savings to fund an $11-million tax cut. more
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Anna Kaplan, with State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, was victorious in the 7th Senate District, defeating incumbent Elaine Phillips, and securing a Senate majority for Democrats.
Kaplan defeats Phillips in Senate District 7
In a race widely viewed as crucial for state Democrats’ efforts to take control of the Senate, Anna Kaplan, a Democrat from Great Neck defeated Republican incumbent Elaine Phillips from Flower Hill … more
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Democrat Judy Griffin unseated Brian Curran in the 21st Assembly District in Tuesday’s election.
Brian Curran falls to Judy Griffin in 21st Assembly District
Democrat Judy Griffin defeated incumbent Brian Curran in the 21st Assembly District in Tuesday’s election. Griffin, a Rockville Centre community activist and a former director of community outreach … more
Vote 2018: Find your Herald Voter's Guides, Endorsements here
Herald Community Newspapers editors and reporters have spent the past two months reporting on Election 2018, and on Tuesday, November 6th, it will all boil down to a single factor: your vote.  more
It’s Michaelle Solages in the 22nd A.D.
The Herald endorses Michaelle Solages, a Democrat from Valley Stream, for the 22nd Assembly District seat. Solages was first elected to the office in 2012, when the district was formed from parts … more
Melissa "Missy" Miller
Vote for Melissa Miller in 20th Assembly District
In the nearly two years that Atlantic Beach resident Melissa Miller has been a state assemblywoman, she has learned that government moves at a glacial pace — which Miller, the mother of a special-needs child, finds frustrating. more
Assemblyman Dave McDonough
Return McDonough to office in the 14th Assembly District
North Merrick Republican Dave McDonough, 81, was first elected to the State Assembly in a special election in 2002 and was re-elected to his ninth term in 2016. more
Re-elect Suozzi in 3rd C.D.
Rep. Tom Suozzi has spoken of the importance of working across the aisle for a long time. After he was elected to Congress in 2016, he joined the Problem Solvers Caucus — 48 members of both parties … more
Support Gaughran in 5th S.D.
The Herald Gazette endorses Democratic challenger Jim Gaughran, of Huntington, for the State Senate’s 5th District seat. In addition to his years of public service on the Huntington Town Board … more
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