At a public hearing of the New York State Assembly Third Track Advisory Committee, chaired by Mineola Mayor Jack Martins, and hosted by Assemblyman Tom McKevitt Thursday evening, members of the commission as well as residents in attendance made it known that they will continue fighting the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR)/Metropolitan Transit Authority (FTA) third track project... FULL STORY

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced last week that the man at the center of the DA's sweeping 2007 probe into corruption within the Town of North Hempstead's Building Department has been sentenced to one year in jail by a Nassau County judge after pleading guilty earlier this year to the top charges against him, including five felonies. FULL STORY