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Making the LIRR Better – Phillip Eng, Long Island Rail Road President
Since accepting the role as president of the LIRR in April 2018, Phillip Eng has looked for ways to improve service for the 300,000-plus riders that use the trains every…
Read MoreMake America Great Again – Ernie Fazio
Recently in the new budget we added $64 billion to the defense budget. Does that contribute to the notion that America is great? I don’t think so. I am quite…
Read MoreMeeting Recap – Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter
Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter discussed the recent developments at Long Island-MacArthur Airport. She said one of the main factors in ensuring that the airport is managed properly is that…
Read MoreMeeting Recap – County Executive Laura Curran
In an effort to boost the Nassau County tax base, Ms. Curran appointed a deputy county executive for economic development. She is also looking to promote some of the attractions…
Read MoreApril 6 Meeting Recap – NY State Comptroller Thomas Dinapoli
Mr. DiNapoli spoke on the state of New York State, and Long Island. This year marked the 25th anniversary of the greatest achievements – the Long Island Pine Barrens Act.…
Read MoreApril 21 Meeting Recap – Reclaim NY with Michael Watt
Michael Watt talked about whet Reclaim New York does. He says Reclaim New York is a nonpartisan think tank. It does not lobby elected officials on behalf or against any…
Read MoreMarch 9th Meeting Recap – Riverhead Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith
Laura Jens-Smith was suggesting a course of action that the then Supervisor Sean Walter did not agree with. He said “When you are Supervisor you can do it your way”…
Read MoreBush Letters
Recently Barbara Bush passed away and I think there was a loss that was felt by most Americans. I have come to appreciate this gracious family. According to one commentator…
Read MoreMeeting Recap – Community Banking Panel
We had a star panel represented in three of Long Island’s smaller banks. We had Doug Manditch from Empire National Bank, Jim Johnis from Gold Coast Bank and Chris Hilton…
Read MoreMeeting Recap – January 5, 2018
On Friday we were expecting our county executive Steve Bellone, but due to the state of emergency the county was in from the prior day’s snowstorm he could not be…
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