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• Gillibrand backs Suozzi for Nassau exec

  of the Democratic establishment has already endorsed Suozzi, including U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, Reps. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) and Steve Israel (D-Huntington), state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, Nassau legislators and a host of labor unions.Suozzi's   Read more »

• Former Long Beach councilman Michael Fagen freed from jail

  Long Beach City Councilman Michael Fagen was released from jail after serving 17 days of his 30-day sentence in a larceny case.Fagen, who faced up to 4 years in prison, was sentenced on June 12 by Justice Meryl Berkowitz in Nassau County Court in Mineola.   Read more »

• Town lawyer: Bonilla accuser was to transfer before complaint

  was set to transfer from his office before she lodged her grievance, said an attorney for the town Wednesday.The testimony during Bonilla's misconduct trial ran counter to assertions Bonilla's attorney, Adrian DiLuzio of Mineola, made Tuesday, when he said   Read more »

• DA: East Rockaway man charged in driveway repair scam

  District Court in Hempstead, she said. He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.His defense attorney, Edward Jenks of Mineola, could not immediately be reached for comment.Cohan, of 705 Scranton Ave., had been arrested on June 1 and charged with bilking   Read more »

• Nassau Dems decry state borrowing proposal

  Albany as a means to assist distressed municipalities," Assemb. Michelle Schimel (D-Garden City) said at a news conference in Mineola with Legislative Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D-Freeport) and Howard Weitzman, Nassau's former comptroller who is running   Read more »

Around the web

• Former NY police official sentenced to 60 days

  N.Y. — A former suburban New York police official convicted of pulling strings to help the son of a wealthy department benefactor was sentenced Monday to 60 days in jail and three months community service. William Flanagan, a former Nassau County deputy police 26 m ago from The News & Observer Read more »

• NY woman who admitted killing 3 kids seeks money

  — A mentally disturbed suburban New York woman who drowned her three young children in a bathtub in 2008 wants a cut of $350,000 in wrongful death settlements obtained by the children's fathers, attorneys said Friday. Leatrice Brewer, 33, was found not guilty   from Albany Times-Union Read more »

• State Officials Looking Into Possible Payola Between Nassau Exec, Tree Company

  N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – New York State’s attorney general has launched an investigation into a contract awarded by Nassau County to a tree removal company. “There was some type of financial motive here because the more they cut, the more they got paid,” Manhasset   from CBS New York Read more »

• Letter: Oyster Bay Referendum

  week we are before State Supreme Court in Mineola proving the validity of citizens petitions to hold a referendum on the sale of public land to Oyster Bay Realty LLC, a group headed by the Simon Property Group, owners of the Roosevelt Field Mall. We expect   from Syosset Jericho Tribune Read more »

• Obituary: Anthony Caserta

  Caserta of Lloyd Harbor, NY, died June 10, 2013 at Southside Hospital, Bay Shore, NY of heart failure. He was 74. Born in Mineola, NY June 22, 1938 to P. Charles and Antonia Marra Caserta, Mr. Caserta was raised in Manhasset, NY. He graduated from Manhasset   from Manhasset Press Read more »