Cablevision Systems Corp. announced Monday that it has hired former Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi as a consultant to a high school sports venture. Suozzi, who narrowly lost his bid for a third term to Republican Edward Mangano last fall, will advise MSG Varsity, a group of television channels and a Web site devoted to [...]
Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi says a negotiated work force reduction and other cost-cutting moves will help the government avoid layoffs and closing facilities. Suozzi says he expects 500 union employees to leave the county payroll by the end of the year. Nassau County is trying to close a budget gap originally projected at more [...]
For the Nassau County budget, Doomsday seems to be a movable deadline. County Executive Thomas Suozzi had hoped to have his $130 million budget-balancing plan, announced Feb. 2, completed by now. July 1 was a semiofficial deadline, and Suozzi aides declined yesterday to discuss specifics about how he would implement his plans for layoffs, closing [...]
Catholics across Long Island Sunday mostly sided with Bishop William Murphy in his battle with Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi over same-sex marriage. Murphy criticized Suozzi, a practicing Catholic, for his switch from being in favor of civil unions between gays to supporting gay marriage. In a newspaper column last week, Murphy said Suozzi’s stance [...]
Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi is expected to announce Tuesday that he intends to seek a third term in the post. The initial announcement is to be made on his Web site, tomsuozzi.com, about 10:30 a.m. He said he will also post it on Twitter and Facebook. It is expected that Suozzi, who for the [...]
Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi, who last year urged state lawmakers to adopt a 4 percent cap on annual property tax increases, followed his own recommendation when he proposed a 3.9 percent increase in county property taxes this year. But that 3.9 percent plan has morphed into an actual 4.4 percent hike. “Despite adoption of [...]
