Events

Our speaker this morning was Empire Bank Chairman and CEO, Douglas Manditch. I suppose the conventional wisdom among bankers may be that the banks need to be bailed out. Not according to Manditch. Doug said instead of getting bail out money these folks should be going to jail. Paraphrasing Doug, Jail ‘em, don’t bail ‘em.…

We had a much bigger agenda this morning. Our speaker, Nassau County Legislator Roger Corbin, was delayed by an accident on the Expressway. To fill the time we began an…

This morning Huntington Town, Supervisor, Frank Petrone discussed his administrations efforts to create a better Huntington. He credited the work of the then, town councilman, Steve Israel, and himself for forging an alliance across party lines. Israel was and is a Democrat and he was a Republican. They both saw the benefit of working together…

With the state budget resraints and the accumulated needs of the state, how are going to move forward? This and other questions will come up at our meeting. We need to know what sacrifices can and will be made. Please join us to hear from Mr. DiNapoli. Tom is a hard working and thoughtful elected official.…

  This morning we had a slightly different format. The speakers gave us their take on the state of the schools and what a perverse effect taxes have had on our region. 5th Assembly representative Ginny Fields and 7th Assembly representative Mike Fitzpatrick gave us opening statements on school taxes and the reason for out…

Ms Williams will bring us up to date on initiatives that will have been announced at that time. Please join us.

This morning our speaker, County Executive Steve Levy began by taking back to where he believes the problems of under funding began.    The county depends on having sales taxes.…