Gov. David Paterson has announced today that the state is giving out $35 million to 45 counties and New York City for the 2008 Summer Youth Employment Program.
The program is designed to provide jobs for 14-20 year olds during the summer. Last year, almost 27,000 teens were employed through the program.
“Education does not end in [...]
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Republican Lee Zeldin, the man who will likely run against Rep. Tim Bishop for a seat in Congress, has taken up one of Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy’s biggest issues. The political hopeful, who once served as an aide to state Sen. Kenneth P. Lavalle, said if after elected the county does not break ground [...]
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Suffolk County legislators and community activists met at the Forge River Boat Club this morning to announce a public-private partnership to build sewers in the Mastic-Shirley area.
The plan will create the Forge River Sewer District, which is expected to revitalize the downtown and reduce nitrogen pollution into the Forge River.
Legis. Wayne Horsley, D-Lindenhurst, chairman of [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged green, Suffolk on March 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
William Lindsay, presiding officer of the Suffolk County Legislature, is bragging about how much paper the Legislature saved through its paper reduction policies. In a letter to the editor, Lindsay states the Legislature stopped printing resolutions and back up documents for each Legislator and Commissioner. Instead, the documents are available online.
Through the program, the Legislature [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Steve Levy, Suffolk on March 18, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy will be going back to school Wednesday morning to ask third, fourth and fifth graders at Cherokee Elementary School in Ronkonkoma what new laws they want to see countywide.
The LI Biz Blog expects the kids to suggest daylong recess, free ice cream at lunch and county-mandated naptime for everyone.
It’s part of Levy’s [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beverages, Suffolk on March 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What was once a symbol of healthy living — a plastic bottle filled with spring — has become an emblem of waste and pollution. And Suffolk County is taking a stand.
The county is moving to ban single-serving bottles of water in county buildings, according to a Daily News article, because of the amount of oil [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Nassau, Suffolk, transportation on March 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Council identified two Long Island regions among its 10 desired growth areas during its annual meeting Thursday, which was Webcast online.
Nassau Centre in Nassau County and Hauppauge/Brentwood, including the Sagtikos Development zone, in Suffolk County, were among areas the council sees growth occurring by 2030, along with Hudson Yards, Lower [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged federal, immigration, Suffolk on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Add this to Suffolk County’s overstuffed “reasons why illegal immigrants drive us crazy” file.
The county is asking the federal government to reimburse it for the costs of incarcerating and monitoring illegal immigrants.
According to the press release, the county’s sheriff estimates undocumented immigrants make up 10 percent to 12 percent of the jail population, which cost [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Kate Browning, Suffolk on March 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Town of Brookhaven and Suffolk County are touting plans to replace a well-known problem area across from William Floyd High School with a Dunkin’ Donuts and a municipal parking lot.
County Legis. Kate Browning, Working Family-Shirley, and Supervisor Brian Foley will be holding a press conference on the site at 1 p.m. Wednesday to announce [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Long Island, Long Island Index, Steve Levy, Suffolk on February 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
More than 100 developers, civic leaders, community activists, elected officials and not-for-profit organizers spent Tuesday morning at the Dennison Building in Hauppauge talking smart growth.
Not a bad crowd for the day after a holiday, said Michael White, the executive director of the Long Island Regional Planning Board.
The large crowd was due to Paul Beyer, the [...]
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LI Biz Blog loves feedback. From important debates on top issues, to making witty captions for photos, this blog won’t stop until every reader has at least commented once, or participated in one contest.
So here’s a new contest, one you’ll see more of. It’s called “Web site wars.”
We’ll present two Web sites of either politicians, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Steve Levy, Suffolk on February 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy gave his State of the County Address at Touro Law Center on Wednesday night in front of about 300 political insiders and county staff.
He spoke for 45 minutes and gave a laundry list of county accomplishments and new proposals.
Here are some highlights of Levy’s address:
Suffolk County has cut its portion [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged green, Suffolk on February 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On the same day the Hampton Jitney announced its bus fleet now runs on eco-friendly biodiesel, Legis. Steve Stern, D-Huntington, made a green declaration of his own.
The politician said he has joined other legislators by going paperless and he said he will now accept all legislation electronically. Stern said he previously received all legislation in [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Hispanic, immigration, Suffolk on January 31, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Latino Advocate The Rev. Allan Ramirez made quite a splash at Suffolk County Legis. Brian Beedenbender’s “Fair Business Practices” legislation press conference at the William H. Rogers Legislative Building in Hauppauge this morning.
Ramirez crashed Beedenbender’s event, stepping up to the Suffolk County lectern as Beedenbender finished his remarks to get a drink of water. He [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged politicians, Suffolk on January 24, 2008 | No Comments »
From LIBN’s new government reporter, Michael H. Samuels.
Call him the Cal Ripkin of the state legislature.
Assemblyman Fred Thiele Jr., R-Sag Harbor, is touting in a press release today the fact he showed up for every vote during the 2007 legislative session.
Thiele had a 100 percent voting record on every bill that came to the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged brownfields, Steve Levy, Suffolk on January 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Brownfields. The name alone suggests all-but-forgotten parcels, defiled and cumbersome lots we’d all like to sweep under the rugs. But someone must want these polluted plots, right?
Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy believes so. His county just made a cool $3 million through auctioning off tax delinquencies on brownfields.
In August 2007, according to the county’s statement, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged crime, Steve Levy, Suffolk on January 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy is starting his second term on a high note. The politician this week bragged that the county has experienced a 10.97 percent drop in crime during the last four years (Levy’s first term).
Further singing his county’s praises, Levy said he was able to keep crime at bay without spending too [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Steve Levy, Suffolk on January 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy’s office just sent over excerpts from his second inaugural address.
Enjoy.
So, we’re faced with interesting challenges – preserving the best of the suburbia that drew us here in the first place, while simultaneously adapting to the changes that we’re experiencing as a maturing suburb.
We want to preserve our open spaces, and, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Steve Levy, Suffolk on January 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy took his second oath of office on Sunday after winning a second term hands down in November.
Levy doesn’t seem to be going anywhere for a while, so do you have any requests, hopes, goals, etc. you’d like the politician to meet in this new term?
From the News 12 story:
Supporters [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Steve Levy, Suffolk on December 22, 2007 | No Comments »
How about this for some last-minute holiday cheer - Long Island style.
Two idiot teenagers were arrested for attacking a Santa and a snow globe after the homeowner chased them down and handed them over to authorities.
A couple graphs from the Daily News. Pay extra attention to the fascinating quotes attributed to two more kids educated [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged crime, Kate Browning, Suffolk on December 19, 2007 | 6 Comments »
The Suffolk County Legislature yesterday afternoon passed a bill sponsored by Legis. Kate Browning that prevents sex offenders from accessing general public emergency shelters in the case of a disaster.
Instead, registered sex offenders will be directed to shelters for fellow convicts.
Browning has said the bill was created in response to the sex attacks that happened [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged living, reports, Suffolk on December 18, 2007 | 4 Comments »
While we may agree that it sure isn’t cheap to grow old in Suffolk County, the county Legislature will answer the broader question: Is it good to grow old in Suffolk County? On Wednesday, Legis. Steve Stern will release the results of the report from the county-wide Senior Citizens Task Force.
Before he does, what do [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bad business, crime, Suffolk, Tom Spota on December 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota’s latest sting, aimed at a local car-theft, has led to 22 arrests and has unearthed all sorts of bad business including one suspect, a local mechanic, who allegedly copied customers’ keys so he could steal their cars later.
From the Daily News story:
A Long Island car-theft sting has led to [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged crime, Steve Levy, Suffolk, vandalism on December 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
While a holiday display, be it a nativity scene, a larger-than-life menorah or a Festivus pole, can bring warm feelings to the grateful, seeing these displays vandalized by callous morons can put one’s holiday cheer in a headlock.
But worry not, Steve Levy is on the case. The Suffolk County executive, along with county Police Commissioner [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged E-Path Communications, Suffolk, Wi-Fi on November 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Islandwide Wi-Fi is still a ways off, and one heck of a long shot if you consider other municipalities are dumping their Wi-Fi plans. But it looks like the plan is moving forward here.
Tomorrow Suffolk County Legis. Wayne Horsley and county communications czar Sharon Cates-Williams will meet at the county seat to discuss the two [...]
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With Suffolk voters deciding the fate of Proposition 1 today, which would let Suffolk extend a .25 percent sales tax and borrow nearly $322 million to use for purchasing open space for preservation purposes, the county executive announced a $15 million plan to preserve 146 acres in Suffolk.
Steve Levy, who, barring a biblical plague of [...]
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With James Larocca leaving the Long Island Regional Planning Board to take over as chairman of the Long Island Power Authority, a seat was left vacant. However, it didn’t get cold.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy’s office said it will appoint Peter Elkowitz, chief executive of the Long Island Housing Partnership, to Larocca’s seat, where he’ll [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Suffolk, weather on November 2, 2007 | No Comments »
Given the amount of economy talk featured on this blog, we imagine you read that headline and expected a quirky statement about job losses, housing woes or inflation. But, in this case, we’re talking about a literal storm.
Hurricane Noel is expected to brush our region tonight and into Saturday, and power outages and wind damage [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged elections, politics, Rudy Giuliani, Suffolk on October 30, 2007 | No Comments »
Suffolk Legis. Ed Romaine, the man who would have been Suffolk County executive if it weren’t for a engine known as Steve Levy, is not a man without friends.
The legislator just received an endorsement from Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor and current Republican presidential candidate, in his bid for re-election. If Romaine wins, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged LIPA, Suffolk on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Suffolk County bigwigs are going to play a major part in the Long Island Power Authority. Kevin Law, former deputy county executive, is running the show as chief executive. James Larocca, former head of the Long Island Regional Planning Board, the Long Island Association and a professor at Stony Brook University, was tapped for the [...]
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