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Integrated Sports Media Distributing Vitali Klitschko-Sosnowski WBC Heavyweight Title Fight
“Fists Of Steel” PPV card May 29 live from Germany
(HOBOKEN, N.J.) – Integrated Sports Media, North America’s undisputed champion of major pay-per-view boxing distribution, announced today it will be involved in the airing of the May 29th “Fists Of Steel” event, featuring 3-time and reigning WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali “Dr. ...
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Senator Flanagan Joins Letter Carriers To Help Stamp Out Hunger
(New York, N.Y.)-Senator John Flanagan (2nd Senate District) is encouraging everyone in our community to join this year's National Association of Letter Carrier's Stamp Out Hunger food drive on Saturday, May 8.
The Stamp Out Hunger event is the largest one-day food collection in the nation to provide for those in ...
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Portledge School Celebrates Its 37th Annual Auction Gala – The Ball Of Roses
(Locust Valley, N.Y.)-Portledge School in Locust Valley’s most significant annual fundraiser, the Auction Gala, was held on Saturday, April 17, 2010. A crowd of nearly 250 parents, trustees, faculty, staff and administrators, as well as other friends of Portledge, spent a fabulous evening among the roses adorning Engineers Country Club ...
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Statement By Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos
(New York, N.Y.)-Senator Kevin Parker’s latest comments this morning, calling members of the Senate “white supremacists,” are disturbing, disgraceful, disruptive and reprehensible and have no place in this government body or any other.
It’s clear that members of the Senate, on both sides of the aisle, are sick and tired of ...
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msgvarsity.com Launches New Experts Corner Series
(Bethpage, N.Y.)–Spring is in the air, which for high school students means prepping for finals and looking ahead to the long awaited summer break. To help students through the high and lows of the final semester and summer months, MSGVarsity.com is kicking off “Experts Corner,” an online expert video series. ...
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King Kullen Grocery Co., Inc., Donates $100,000 of Groceries to Island Harvest
(Bethpage, N.Y.) – King Kullen, America’s First Supermarket, recently donated more than $100,000 worth of groceries to Island Harvest, Long Island’s largest hunger relief organization. King Kullen Vice President Thomas K. Cullen made the announcement.
“King Kullen has a long history of helping the less fortunate in the community,” explained Cullen. ...
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Senate Democrats Vote Down Amendment To Provide Funding Authority For Construction Industry For Third Week In A Row
(New York, N.Y.)-For the third week in a row, Senate Democrats voted down a Republican-sponsored amendment that would have allowed projects important to the State’s job creation efforts to move forward in spite of the late state budget.
The amendment offered today and defeated by Democrats in a party line vote ...
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Senate Republicans To Propose Amendment To Enact Property Tax Cap, Provide Real Relief For Middle Class Taxpayers
(New York, N.Y.)-In order to provide middle-class taxpayers across the State with relief from soaring property taxes, Senate Republicans will today put forward a property tax cap bill that would cap property taxes at the consumer price index and prevent school districts from raising local tax levies this year.
Taxpayers will ...
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Empire BlueCross Expands Coverage to 26 Year-Olds
(Long Island, N.Y.)-Ranking Member of the Senate Standing Committee on Health, Senator Kemp Hannon, posted “Empire to Extend Health Care Coverage to Age 26” as his latest important “Health Watch Update” on his website, kemphannon.com.
Empire BlueCross BlueShield, New York's largest health insurer, announced that it will cover dependents to age ...
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John “The Quietman” Ruiz Retires: First and Only Heavyweight World Champion of Latino Heritage Calls It a Career
(LONG ISLAND, N.Y.)– After a professional career spanning 18 years, highlighted by becoming the first and only Heavyweight World Champion of Latino heritage, two-time world champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz today announced his retirement from the ring.
Ruiz (44-9-1, 30 KOs) defeated three world champions – Evander Holyfield, Hasim Rahman and ...
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Philip W. Aliberto, R.A., of H2M Is Now Certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
(Melville,N.Y.)–H2M, a multi-disciplined Architectural, Engineering, Planning, Environmental service and Laboratory Analysis firm, is pleased to announce that Philip W. Aliberto, R.A., is now certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards protects the public health, safety, and welfare by leading the regulation ...
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Tougher Medicaid Fraud Effort Needed To Stop Abuse And Save Tax Dollars
(New York,N.Y.)-District Attorneys, County Executives, County Comptroller, Medicaid Fraud Technology Specialists Join Senate Republicans at Albany Medicaid Fraud Task Force Public Forum
The Senate Republican Task Force on Medicaid Fraud conducted a public forum today in Albany to investigate what savings can be gained from New York’s overburdened Medicaid system. The ...
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High School Students Take On International Affairs On MSG Varsity Model UN
(Bethpage,N.Y.)–MSG Varsity and the Institute of Domestic and International Affairs have teamed up to present Model UN, a United Nations simulation conference that engages high school students in intense debate with their peers about important and complex international issues. The documentary based reality series will follow four tri-state high school ...
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Senator Lavalle Remains Focused On Timely Budget
(New York,N.Y.)-“The April 1 budget deadline is nearing at lightning speed. The need to stay focused on adopting a state budget by that time is my number one priority and should be for the entire Legislature,” said Senator Kenneth P.
LaValle.
“The Democrats have already missed deadlines prescribed under the Budget Reform ...
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Senators Fuschillo And Little Announce Senate Passage Of Bill To Close Loophole In State DWI Laws
(New York,N.Y.)-The State Senate today unanimously passed legislation sponsored by State Senators Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. (R-Merrick) and Betty Little (R-Queensbury) which would close a loophole in the state’s DWI laws which is allowing many drunk drivers to escape justice, even if they kill innocent people.
Current state law contains an ...
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Statement By Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos
(New York,N.Y.)-The news today that New York is one of 16 finalists for federal education funds from the Race To The Top program is no guarantee that the state will actually be selected to receive any of funding in this round or in future rounds.
Therefore, we should raise the cap ...
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Senate Republicans Join Richmond County District Attorney Dan Donovan To Unveil Domestic Violence Act Of 2010
(New York,N.Y.)-New York State Senate Republicans today joined Richmond County District Attorney Dan Donovan in Albany to unveil the Domestic Violence Act of 2010, a comprehensive effort to strengthen the State’s porous and ineffective domestic violence laws.
Among other things, the initiative would for the first time ever create a specific ...
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A Look At The New Boost Mobile CDMA Service
by: Christopher Boyle
(Long Island,N.Y.)-So, are you tired of splashing out gobs of cash each month supporting your expensive cell phone habit, but loathe the idea of trying out a cheaper alternative like Boost Mobile due to their supposed poor coverage/service reputation? It may be time to re-think that decision. As ...
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Renowned Psychoanalyst and Researcher Lewis Aron, Ph.D., to Speak at Adelphi University
(Garden City, N.Y.)-Adelphi University is pleased to welcome Lewis Aron, director of New York University’s postdoctoral program in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, as he speaks on “Deconstructing Psychotherapy/Psychoanalysis: Unsuspected Relevance to Hate and Prejudice Today.” The event is sponsored by the Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies’ annual Lindemann ...
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Hannon Partners With National Kidney Foundation To Spread Kidney Disease Awareness
(New York, N.Y.)-World Kidney Day is Thursday, March 11 and Senator Kemp Hannon along with the New York Chapter of the National Kidney Foundation are asking community leaders to help spread the word about kidney disease.
“When it comes to treating kidney disease, early detection is crucial,” said Ranking Member of ...
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