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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Steve Hughes

    Long Island voters narrowly oppose NYS ban on ICE agreements (opens the original)

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    ALBANY — Long Islanders are sharply divided along partisan lines over a state law that bans local law enforcement agencies from signing cooperation agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to a Newsday/Siena University poll. After Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act, Nassau County in August ended its agreements with federal immigration officials. Days later, 15 upstate sheriffs filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the law. The poll found 51

  2. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Steve Hughes

    State's ex-budget chief draws fine for work with LI lobbyist (opens the original)

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    ALBANY — The state’s former acting budget director admitted she violated state ethics laws and agreed to pay a $5,000 fine after an investigation found she took actions that benefited a former state senator from Long Island turned lobbyist. Probes by the state Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government and the state Inspector General’s office determined that in February 2021, Sandra Beattie brought on Michael Balboni, who was a registered lobbyist, to serve as a voluntary consultant for the

  3. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Steve Hughes

    Curbs on data centers top list of bills awaiting Hochul (opens the original)

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    ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill this year prohibiting unfair residential real estate service agreements. She approved bills that enacted a number of school speed zone camera pilot programs. And in August, she tackled a slew of bills authorizing new hotel taxes for local governments across the state. But a number of hot topic bills are still awaiting her decision, including a more restrictive moratorium on data centers than the one included in an executive order she issued earlier this s

  4. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Steve Hughes

    Trump's plan to rename Lake Ontario has few fans along its shores (opens the original)

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    Jason Livesey said one of the main topics of conversation lately at the popular seaside restaurant he owns in upstate Oswego has been President Donald Trump's executive order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America. To Livesey, the third-generation owner of Rudy's Lakeside Drive-in, the order is a distraction from more important problems like the future of Social Security, school costs and issues facing young people. He said it also would carry a significant cost for businesses and local governme

  5. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Steve Hughes

    Blakeman: Nassau will comply with ban on ICE partnerships (opens the original)

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    Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said Wednesday he is complying with a new state law banning local partnership agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The announcement came one day after New York Attorney General Letitia James issued subpoenas to Nassau's police and sheriff's departments as the law went into effect. Gov. Kathy Hochul also promised legal action against counties like Nassau that had not said they would comply. Blakeman, who is running for governor against H

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