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Mayor Sharon Owens presented the spending plan to councilors Wednesday, though her administration has been meeting with councilors regularly over the past several weeks.
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Jodi Kantor will share reflections from her career as an investigative journalist. she'll also discuss her new book, How To Start, about young people's struggle to start their lives and careers. -
The repaving will take place during the spring and summer and includes around 20 miles of streets that need repairs. -
The $354.4 million spending plan is an increase of 6.5% over last year, mainly due to inflation and soaring energy costs. -
About 80 people filled the courtroom at DeWitt town hall for a recent town hall-style meeting with the county executive. -
The stakes are high for the Nassau County executive, who has struggled to raise funds to compete with Gov. Kathy Hochul. -
Among the various tax proposals in Albany is one that would repeal a decades-old sales-tax exemption for purchases of gold and silver.
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