As Republican party officials gathered last week to declare Assemblyman Gregory Becker as their choice to run against incumbent Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, they did so knowing that the former nurse holds a commending lead in their own internal polls. FULL STORY

Last week, at the Floral Park Village Hall, Chairman and Executive Director of the New York State Consumer Protection Board, Timothy S. Carey, held a a multi-million dollar signing of an agreement reached with Jamaica Water Supply Company to return to its former customers millions of dollars in water refunds. FULL STORY