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Senator Brooks & Assemblymember Barrett Call For Elevation Of Division Of Veterans Services To Cabinet Level Department

Senator John E. Brooks, Chairman of the NYS Senate Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, & Military Affairs and  Assemblymember Didi Barrett, Chair of the NYS Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, hosted a press conference earlier today to advocate for S.7526-A/A.8294-A, which would elevate the existing NYS Division of Veterans Services (DVS) to a cabinet level
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Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé Celebrates Launch Of 100 Hispanic Women’s Long Island Chapter

Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé (D – Freeport) welcomed the leaders of the new Long Island chapter of 100 Hispanic Women to the Theodore Roosevelt Executive & Legislative Building on Friday, Feb. 11. During their visit, Legislator Mulé presented a Nassau County Legislature Citation to chapter President Alicia McGrath, First Vice-President Amy Flores, and
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Bipartisan Group Of Two Dozen Elected Officials Oppose Gov. Hochul’s Plan To Eliminate Single Family Home Neighborhoods

Presiding Officer Kevin J. McCaffrey and more than two dozen elected officials from every level of government and both major political parties joined together to state their vehement and well-reasoned objection to Governor Kathy Hochul’s plans to force apartments into every single family home on every street in every New York neighborhood.  Hochul’s proposal is […]
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A National Leader For Patient Care Once Again: Stony Brook University Hospital Earns Healthgrades 2022 America’s 100 Best Hospitals Award For Fourth Consecutive Year

Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH) continues to be a national leader for patient care, again receiving the Healthgrades 2022 America’s 100 Best Hospitals Award™. This places Stony Brook University Hospital among the top two percent of all hospitals for clinical care and patient outcomes across treatment of the most common conditions and procedures. This is […]
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Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School’s DECA Recognized For Outstanding School-Based Enterprise

The Hawks Nest, the student-run school store at Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, was among 461 school-based enterprises achieving Gold Certification for the 2021-2022 school year. The Hawks Nest will be recognized during DECA’s International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, GA, making it one of only three New York school-based enterprises to be