07.20.2020 News Bellone at odds with environmentalists over measure to plug budget gap Environmental groups in Suffolk County are critical of County Executive Steve Bellone’s proposal to ask voters in November whether to use money set aside for environmental protection programs to...
09.15.2018 Columns Suffolk Closeup: A blooming disaster “The press keeps reporting that Florida’s red tide is a ‘naturally occurring phenomenon.’ This is wrong,” declared Adrienne Esposito, executive director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment. “The...
01.29.2018 News Zeldin, local leaders call for Long Island to be dropped from offshore drilling plan Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) was joined by other East End officials for a press conference Friday denouncing the U.S. Department of the Interior’s plan to make 90 percent of the...
11.25.2017 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Long Island water 101 Suffolk County government has, at long last, embraced the “advanced” wastewater treatment systems that remove substantial amounts of nitrogen that leach from traditional cesspools.
09.14.2016 Government County passes law to charge for single-use bags The Suffolk County Legislature adopted a new law last week requiring retailers to charge shoppers 5 cents for each paper or plastic bag. If County Executive Steve Bellone approves...
