NUMC's Meg Ryan testifies in Albany saying more state money is needed
Late in the afternoon Tuesday, after hours of testimony by others, Nassau University Medical Center chief executive Megan ...
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County's NY Fresh Rx program delivers its 1,000th box of fresh produce
NY Fresh Rx served about 80 people last year with food sourced from Long Island farms. This year, the program hopes to expand ...
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Dems sue Nassau County exec Bruce Blakeman for establishing ‘illegal militia’ with civilian deputy program
Debra Mule, Democrat leader from District 6 in Nassau County, filed the lawsuit. askarcnassau The lawsuit claims the program includes expenses that qualify as illegal spending of taxpayer money ...
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Lawsuit filed over Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman's armed citizen deputy program
In Nassau County, Democrats are suing Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman over his creation of an armed citizen deputy program. The program deputizes armed citizens for mobilization during ...
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Nassau County Democrats sue Blakeman over program to deputize armed civilians
Democrats in the Nassau County Legislature filed a lawsuit against County Executive Bruce Blakeman over his "provisional special deputies program," a force of armed civilians he would activate in ...
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Democrats sue Nassau County executive over armed volunteer unit they say amounts to an illegal militia
Nassau County ... are the minority in the county legislature, also complain Blakeman's office has ignored their public records requests seeking basic details of the program, including who is ...
Local reps blast New York over heating assistance lapse
Local social service representatives had stern words Thursday for the state agency overseeing HEAP, a heating assistance ...
Successful rural county health program could go statewide — if politics don’t get in way
NC's Healthy Opportunities Program, "model for nation," helping rural areas with food, housing, utilities, could be expanded ...
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The US State Department says humanitarian assistance can continue. Foreign aid workers say that’s not happening
Almost all USAID humanitarian assistance programs remain stopped in their tracks, they said. “That work is grounded to a halt because there’s no staff to manage it, and there’s no staff in ...