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Nassau's state-backed financial watchdog approves county's $4.4B budget with conditions

Newsday 19 Dec 2025
Gaining NIFA approval this year is an improvement over last year, when the panel rejected Blakeman's budget proposal for not adhering to generally accepted accounting practices ... "While we are approving this 2026 budget, we are concerned ... ....
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Who runs Nassau County when Bruce Blakeman campaigns for governor?

Newsday 18 Dec 2025
The day-to-day operations of Nassau County are expected to hum along despite Executive Bruce Blakeman being on the campaign trail ... House member from Schuylerville, for the party's nomination.Sign up for the Politics newsletter ... Sign up ... Newsday.
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How NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's push for universal child care could impact Long Island

Newsday 18 Dec 2025
On a recent, chilly Tuesday afternoon, 2-year-old Mikaela Perez was putting white paint to construction paper, intensely focused on the snowman project she and her friends were working on after nap time ... As Mamdani is set to take office Jan ... Sign up.
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Nassau lawmakers pass bill forbidding demonstrators near houses of worship

Newsday 18 Dec 2025
A bill designed to protect the safety of those attending religious services in Nassau County's houses of worship gained unanimous approval in the legislature Wednesday and awaits the signature of Executive Bruce Blakeman ... The vote was 17-0. Legis.
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NUMC forecasts $167M in financial losses next year without state aid

Newsday 04 Dec 2025
The health system that operates Nassau University Medical Center is projecting a $167.1 million deficit in its 2026 budget, according to documents posted online, in what new leadership has called a "conservative approach" to the new year.
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Asian Americans are becoming a rising political force. Will their vote matter in next year's midterms?

Newsday 03 Dec 2025
When Juleigh Chin was on the campaign trail asking voters to elect her to the Nassau County Legislature, there had never been anyone on the chamber's dais in Mineola who resembled her ... "Asians don't necessarily fall along party lines.
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NUMC names Thomas Stokes as permanent CEO after nationwide search

Newsday 26 Nov 2025
Thomas W. Stokes, 54, chief financial officer of Weill Cornell Medicine in Manhattan, will manage the day-to-day operations at Nassau's 530-bed, safety-net hospital in East Meadow, as well as the A ... WHAT NEWSDAY FOUNDThomas W ... Sign up ... Newsday ... ....
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Mamdani wants to raise NY's corporate tax. Why are Long Island Republicans and business groups worried?

Newsday 18 Nov 2025
Nassau Republican lawmakers on Monday publicly denounced a plan set forth by New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to raise taxes on corporations and vowed to fight Gov. Kathy Hochul should she sign on ... "This is a tax on the middle class ... 0.45.
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Can Bruce Blakeman parlay his reelection victory for a possible bid for NYS governor?

Newsday 18 Nov 2025
Republican Bruce Blakeman spent a lot of his first term as Nassau County executive unofficially challenging Gov. Kathy Hochul and state Democrats. Now, fresh off a second-term win, he says he may mount a 2026 gubernatorial run ... A Trump bump ... Rep ... Sign up.
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This is what drove GOP victories in Nassau on Election Day

Newsday 10 Nov 2025
Nassau County Republicans swept all countywide offices last Tuesday despite an uptick in Democrats going to polls this cycle, election data shows ... In fact, it’s higher participation than in local balloting for the last three general elections ... 4 ... 0.45.
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Long Island elections see pluses and minuses for Dems, GOP

Newsday 07 Nov 2025
More than 420,000 total ballots were cast across Long Island in nine days of early voting and on Election Day, according to unofficial results from both counties' boards of election ... Blakeman, who declared victory just after 11 p.m ... Sign up ... 1.38.
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Patrick Mullaney leading in bid for another term over Petros Krommidas, who went missing in April

Newsday 05 Nov 2025
Voters in Nassau County's 4th legislative district Republican incumbent Patrick Mullaney was leading Democratic candidate Petros Krommidas on Tuesday night ... Foul play is not suspected, police have said.Sign up for the Politics newsletter ... Sign up.
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Incumbent Bruce Blakeman declares victory over Democrat Seth Koslow in county executive race in Nassau

Newsday 05 Nov 2025
Republican Bruce Blakeman declared victory in the race for Nassau County executive Tuesday night, after taking a lead in early returns over Democrat Seth Koslow ... "Four years ago, we made promises. We said we wouldn’t be a sanctuary county ... Sign up.
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Arnold Drucker wins fifth term to represent Nassau's 16th legislative district

Newsday 05 Nov 2025
Longtime Legis. Arnold Drucker (D-Plainview) won�his bid for a fifth term.� ... The issue of property taxes and public safety were among the top issues for both campaigns ... He is a former Massapequa Park mayor.Sign up for the Politics newsletter ... Sign up.
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Nassau legislators approve Executive Bruce Blakeman's $4.4 billion budget, with all Democrats in opposition

Newsday 31 Oct 2025
The vote was 11-7 due to one vacant Republican seat on the 19-member legislature ... Blakeman, a Republican, submitted his preliminary budget on Sept. 15 for the legislature to approve ... Sign up ... Get more on these and other NewsdayTV stories ... Newsday. 2.27.
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