New York State Assemblymen Tom Alfano and Bob Barra joined with Senator Dean Skelos across the street from Belmont Park in Elmont to express their belief that the state budget recently passed by the Democratic majority in the Assembly and Senate will be damaging to Long Island. FULL STORY

Try as we might, very few of us can get our minds around the Long Island government structure, what with its combination of counties, cities, towns, villages, hamlets, unincorporated areas and those special districts-school, fire, water, sanitation, park etc. FULL STORY