ALBANY, NY (WAMC) – Late Sunday afternoon, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders announced they had come to an agreement on a budget that will close the state’s 10 Billion dollar deficit. Capital District Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports.
The new budget promises to be an early budget – one Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver [...]
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Monday, March 28th, 2011MTA proposes putting the brakes on many LI Bus routes
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011(03/02/11) HEMPSTEAD – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to cut more than half of Long Island Bus routes this summer in an effort to close a $400 million deficit.
Out of Nassau’s 48 bus lines, 25 could be eliminated, leaving entire communities such as Great Neck and Elmont without bus service.
County Executive Ed Mangano (R-Nassau) says [...]
1st Congressional District Residents Protest Randy Altschuler
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010(East Setauket, N.Y.) — Residents of New York’s 1st Congressional District protested the corporate connections of Randy Altschuler, the Republican candidate for Congress in the 1st Congressional District. They were reacting to a new report by Citizen of New York finding that Mr. Altschuler, the former head of an outsourcing giant, received thousands of dollars [...]
Huntington Town Board Sinks AvalonBay Proposal
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010By Spencer Rumsey on September 22nd, 2010
The Huntington Town Board rejected a rezoning proposal Tuesday night in a 3-2 vote that would have created a “transit-oriented district” to allow a developer, AvalonBay Communities, to build 490 apartment units on 26 acres in Huntington Station.
Avalon Glen Cove North in Glen Cove. The Avalon Bay company wanted [...]
Photo Gallery: Town Hall Overflows with (N/Y)IMBYs
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010By Village Tattler, on September 21st, 2010
(N/Y)IMBYs are easy to tell apart by their signs
Town Hall was filled beyond capacity Tuesday night well before public hearings began at 6pm. A surly mob outside the door clamored for security to allow them into the meeting. Studio 54 in the glory days never had so much intensity [...]
Avalon Supporters Speak Out Before Town Board Meeting
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010YIMBY, LIPC gathered to endorse economic development through AvalonBay in Huntington Station on Tuesday.
By Matthew Hogan
A group of close 30 people gathered outside Town Hall on Tuesday prior to the Town Board’s Sept. 7 meeting to announce their endorsement of the Avalon Huntington Station project.
Members of The Long Island Progressive Coalition (LIPC) and The Coalition [...]
Town Board Rebuffs Mayoka’s Call for Moratorium, Will Move Forward with Avalon Vote in Two Weeks
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010By Rosey Mulderrig, on September 7th, 2010
Tuesday’s Town Board meeting started out with a bang. This was the last meeting before September 21st when Board will vote on whether to downzone 29 acres in Huntington Station for Transit Oriented Development (TOD). If TOD zoning is approved, AvalonBay will have cleared all zoning hurdles and move [...]
Schneiderman picks up progressive backing in AG race
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010Thursday September 2, 2010 2:44 PM By William Murphy
AG candidate Eric Schneiderman continues his apparent Democratic primary strategy of identifying every group that tilts the slightest degree to the left, wrestling them to the ground and extracting an endorsement.
Thursday’s groups included the Long Island Progressive Coalition, Local 259 of the United Auto Workers, and 1119 [...]
