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Senate Circus Squeezes Local Gov’t

Late-night comics can afford to laugh at the mess in Albany. But for New York's local governments, it's no joke: At stake are thousands of jobs, essential services, property-tax reform and our kids' education (NEW YORK POST).

In Suburbia, a Megaproject Offers Hope

A proposed $4 billion development on 150 acres in the heart of Nassau County is being promoted as a new vision of suburbia, minus the bad stuff. Thomas R. Suozzi, the Nassau County executive, who touts the Lighthouse as the centerpiece of his vision of a smart-growth, new suburbia, always begins his sales pitch for the project and the idea behind it by saying it’s not a threat to the Long Island of myth and fable (NY TIMES).

Suozzi: Post-Coup Mess Might Do What ‘Fix Albany’ Couldn’t

Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi was in Albany today to meet with legislative leaders and implore them to get together and pass legislation key to local governments or risk "devastating" consequences (NY DAILYNEWS).

Politicians, developers sketch a Lighthouse timetable

County Executive Tom Suozzi hosted a meeting of all principals involved in the Lighthouse Project to help smooth over tensions and move the development forward. Emerging from the meeting, the officials and developers presented a preliminary time table for approval (NEWSDAY).

Suozzi and Warriors to Work Encourage Business Owners to Hire Veterans

In keeping with the spirit of D-Day, Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi, along with several veterans hired through the Warriors to Work program, is urging business owners to secure jobs for unemployed veterans (Long Island Press).

Districts chalk up smaller tax hikes

Voters statewide may have a pleasant surprise on May 19 when they go to the polls to vote on their local school budgets: On average, taxes have risen less than 2 percent. Tom Suozzi, Chairman of the New York State Commission on Property Tax Relief commended school districts for staying under the 4% cap that his commission has proposed (ALBANY TIMES UNION).

EPA Honors Suozzi with Environmental Award

In conjunction with Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) presented Environmental Quality Awards to representatives from 26 projects across New York State for their efforts to protect the environment. County Executive Tom Suozzi was honored for his Green Levittown initiative.

Moody’s affirms A2 credit rating for Nassau - Cites Suozzi’s strong fiscal management

Amid the worst economic climate in 80 years, Moody's has preserved Nassau's stable bond rating due to the quick and decisive fiscal management by County Executive Tom Suozzi and the Nassau Legislature (NEWSDAY).

Suozzi:  Reforms to Soften the Tax Hike Blow

Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi outlines three areas, 1) property-tax relief; 2) reform that would deliver better results in health care and education, and 3) the promise of a stronger, more competitive and more affordable New York emerging at the other end of these difficult times, in an Op-Ed that was published in the NY Post on April 2nd (NY POST).

Suozzi Supports Lighthouse Project at Public Meeting

Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi attended the 180th public meeting on the Lighthouse Project to voice his support for approval of the proposed development. At the standing room only meeting Suozzi said, "We need to create exciting places where young people will want to live. The development is going to generate revenues. The project is right for so many different reasons." (NEWSDAY)

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