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• [1] hjs from 11211 November 12, 2009 - 09:10AM

  Progress?

  
  
• [2] antonio from park slope November 12, 2009 - 10:31AM

  Give Mr. Suozzi some credit, he is the only official from a suburb who is addressing sprawl, advocating for downtown living. etc...

  Does Mr. Suozzi have any interest in implementing street cars and light rails to help connect long island and get people out of their cars?

  
  
• [3] jen from manhattan November 12, 2009 - 10:34AM

  Why aren't the democrats in the state legislature being more cooperative in coming up with a solution to the NY budget crisis? Is the plan to let David Paterson shoulder all the blame in the next election?

  
  
• [4] hjs from 11211 November 12, 2009 - 10:36AM

  no back lash just the economy!

  
  
• [5] J from NJ November 12, 2009 - 10:38AM

  Democrats aren't just demoralized, we're PISSED OFF. The people we've elected to represent us are ignoring their constituency. Why would we want to support that?

  
  
• [6] kai from NJ-NYC November 12, 2009 - 10:38AM

  It is true, all you have to say to American voters is that a candidate will raise your taxes and you will certainly get them into a tizzy.

  
  
• [7] paul from nyc November 12, 2009 - 10:39AM

  nASSAu county fAiR houSing lEgiSlAtion

  SignEd into lAw

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  n August 24, Nassau County Executive Suozzi signed landmark fair

  housing legislation into law. ERASE Racism applauds Nassau County

  Executive Suozzi’s leadership and the Nassau County Legislature

  for taking a serious step toward dismantling segregation and ensuring that

  all Nassau residents have an opportunity to live in the neighborhood of their

  choice. A big thank you to Legislator Mejias for shepherding the legislation

  through the Minority Affairs Committee. Thanks as well to Presiding Officer

  Judy Jacobs and the full Nassau County Legislature for passing this landmark

  fair housing legislation.

  In April of 2005 ERASE Racism released a report “Long Island Fair Housing:

  A State of Inequity” highlighting the dire need for effective fair housing

  enforcement on Long Island. One of the findings in the report was that both

  Nassau and Suffolk Counties had no local enforcement of their fair housing

  laws, relying solely on the State’s dysfunctional enforcement system. Nassau

  County Executive Tom Suozzi courageously stepped up to the plate and

  collaborated with ERASE Racism’s legislative team to devise new local fair

  housing laws and a local fair housing enforcement system. The work began

  in June 2005 and the new law will take effect January

  
  
• [8] CJ from NY November 12, 2009 - 10:40AM

  Suozzi also took credit for trimming Government. He just didn't replace the people who retired this year. MEanwhile, they keep giving civil service exams at $36 a piece but then they don't call the lists.

  
  
• [9] hjs from 11211 November 12, 2009 - 10:42AM

  so does nassau county have the same property tax problems as NJ. local government not accountable to the voter?

  
  
• [10] mozo from nyc November 12, 2009 - 10:43AM

  The Dems will always have a stronghold in the area. It's the rest of the country that they need to worry about.

  Gallup took a recent poll in which they asked respondents if there was an election right now, how would they vote without knowing the names of the candidates(otherwise known as a generic ballot poll). The results were that the GOP had a 4% lead. A similar poll conducted in July of this year had the Dems up by 6%. Percentage of error was around 5%, so some people have already dismissed this.

  The real bad news is that the respondents that identied themselves as independent had the GOP ahead by 22%, up by 1% last July.

  
  
• [11] hjs from 11211 November 12, 2009 - 10:47AM

  paul 7 very interesting!

  
  
• [12] Jane from Nassau November 12, 2009 - 10:50AM

  Give me a break...this guy is blaming the school districts for the property tax (which on its face is true) but then does not speak at all about how they did nothing over the past 8 years to control it - no control over salaries (which in Nassau are almost all 6 figures, pensions, etc). He also does not speak about the constant reassessments they are all to happy to impose on us. As a Democrat, I am livid over being priced out of my home by ever increasing property taxes and I'm extremely pleased as are others I know that the party was ran out of town - but hearing this guy speak the apparently still haven't gotten the message. While I have my doubts, hopefully the "other" party got the message and will do something.