Suffolk County Democrats
New York State will provide about $144 million to municipalities in Nassau and Suffolk counties to fund superstorm Sandy repair costs not covered by the federal government, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Tuesday.
The October 2012 storm, which damaged area roadways, bridges, hospitals and government buildings, cost governments in the two counties about $1.4 billion, primarily in Nassau, where the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant will...read more
Representatives from 17 local companies met with elected officials Tuesday morning to sign a pledge to hire more veterans.
Meeting at the Melville headquarters of Henry Schein Inc., Long Island's largest public company by revenue, Rep. Steve Israel, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, Long Island Association President Kevin Law, Long Island Federation of Labor president John Durso and 20 company...read more
(Long Island, NY) Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. (FREE), a not-for-profit agency that supports more than 3,500 individuals with different abilities on Long Island, together with The LENZ Winery, one of Long Island’s oldest and most prestigious North Fork vineyards, hosted a “Meet the Artists’” reception to celebrate a special exhibition created by individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities, The exhibit, “...read more
With helicopter noise over the North Fork only getting worse, Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell has suggested a helicopter forum, meant to bring together South Fork representatives with an eye toward a unified solution.
The supervisor would also like to organize a community-based action group in town.
Russell said although the federal rule requiring Hamptons-bound helicopters to fly over the L.I. Sound along the north shore...read more
Farmingville, NY—Today, Representative Tim Bishop announced a record fundraising quarter, raising $525,000 from April through June. Rep. Bishop now has more than $1.1 million Cash on Hand, which will be used to highlight his strong record of fighting for middle-class families by protecting Long Island jobs and fixing the tax code so billionaires no longer have lower tax rates than the middle class.
While Bishop set fundraising records...read more
Senator Chuck Schumer is pushing to restore $9.9 million in Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act grant funding, which was zeroed out in President Obama’s 2015 budget.
Some of that money would have been used by Nassau and Suffolk counties to monitor water quality and pollution to ensure waters are safe for swimming, particularly at the more than 130 Long Island beaches that have recently been reported by the...read more