NIFA Says Property Tax Increase Likely If Nassau Coliseum Referendum Approved
The Nassau Interim Finance Authority said if voters approve the $400 million plan to renovate the coliseum, it would result in a 3.5 to 4 percent property tax increase.
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The Nassau Interim Finance Authority said if voters approve the $400 million plan to renovate the coliseum, it would result in a 3.5 to 4 percent property tax increase.
Nassau County deputy executive Rob Walker believes Gang Green would fit in nicely with the county's planned $400 million sports and entertainment complex.
You've heard about the Subway Series. Well, how about the Expressway Series?
The lease agreement would keep the Islanders in Nassau County through the year 2045.
With the help state funds, Operation Impact helped police arrest more than 300 people and get 87 guns off of the streets.
Battered and suffering broken bones, a street sweeper who fell into a drywell Monday night spoke out about his ordeal from his hospital bed on Wednesday.
Nassau County police say the Hranicka fell in the hole near a ShopRite supermarket in Uniondale at 11:40 p.m. A bicyclist called 911 after hearing him screaming for help around 6:40 a.m. Tuesday.
Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano signed off on a county legislature bill authorizing an August 1 vote. Approval would clear the way for the New York Islanders to remain on Long Island until 2045.
Several hundred union members, construction workers and Islanders fans gathered to implore the Nassau County legislature to approve a plan to replace the aging Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Officials on Long Island will ask voters this summer to approve a $400 million plan to build a new hockey arena next to the current home of the Islanders.
Out of all the municipal utilities in the country, the Long Island Power Authority got the lowest customer satisfaction rating, according to new survey.
Police said a woman has been charged for housing 100 cats and three ferrets in deplorable conditions at her Long Island home.
A Long Island man who was being apprehended by police died after authorities say he swallowed what appeared to be crack or cocaine and went into cardiac arrest.
Hundreds of Long Island high school students are spending their winter break at Island Harvest in Uniondale helping to prepare and distribute food for the needy.
Police on Long Island have shutdown a "nasty" Facebook page that detailed alleged sexual encounters of female students at Uniondale High School.
Ernesto Suarez was charged with robberies in Central Islip, Bay Shore, Deer Park, Commack and Bohemia.
A Long Island cab driver is accused of leaving a 7-year-old boy with special needs alone on a street.
A Uniondale woman says her family is afraid that a large group of men who invaded her property over the weekend will come back to retaliate. Her husband was arrested after allegedly firing warning shots with a rifle at the group.
A Long Island man accused of dousing his girlfriend's kitten in bleach and throwing it against a wall has pleaded not guilty.
