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DuWayne Gregory: It’s Time To Raise the Minimum Wage
Posted January 26, 2012 by DuWayne Gregory   Permalink   Comments
By DuWayne Gregory, the majority leader of the Suffolk County Legislature.
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Tags : duwayne gregory, low-income, minimum wage, new york state, suffolk county legislature

DEFEATED! Bill Limiting Access to Prepaid Cell Phones Voted Down By a Decisive Margin
Posted June 21, 2011 by Ted Hesson   Permalink   Comments
Seven voted in favor, eleven against.
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Tags : ir 1266, kate browning, prepaid cell phone, suffolk county legislature, victory

Suffolk Legislature Will Vote Today on Bill Limiting Access to Prepaid Cell Phones
Posted June 21, 2011 by Ted Hesson   Permalink   Comments
Reporting from Riverhead.
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Tags : 1199 seiu, domestic violence, kate browning, neighbors in support of immigrants, nyclu, prepaid cell phones, registry, sepa mujer, suffolk county legislature, tourism

Victory for Immigrant Rights Supporters as E-Verify Bills Tabled Until November [VIDEO]
Posted June 7, 2011 by Ted Hesson   Permalink   Comments
The bills would have encouraged discrimination against Latino and immigrant workers.
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Tags : e-verify, employee verification, long island immigrant alliance, luis valenzuela, photos, steve levy, suffolk county legislature, victory, video

Public Radio Covers Suffolk’s Proposed Cell Phone Law
Posted June 6, 2011 by Ted Hesson   Permalink   Comments
Hear from a domestic violence survivor who says that the phones are a lifeline.
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Tags : cell phones, charles lane, domestic violence, kate browning, prepaid cell phones, suffolk county legislature, wshu

Legislator Jon Cooper on Levy’s Introduction of Employee Verification Bills: “It Makes No Sense”
Posted June 6, 2011 by Ted Hesson   Permalink   Comments
Sign a petition and get details on how to publicly oppose the bills.
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Tags : department of public works, e-verify, employee verification, jon cooper, lloyd harbor, petition, steve levy, suffolk county legislature, workplace discrimination

Newsday Takes a Stand Against Cell Phone Law in Suffolk County
Posted June 6, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq.   Permalink   Comments
The phones are important to survivors of domestic violence.
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Tags : cell phone, domestic violence, editorial, kate browning, newsday, prepaid cell phone, suffolk county legislature

Tell the Suffolk County Legislature To Vote Down Anti-Immigrant Bills From Steve Levy [PETITION]
Posted June 1, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq.   Permalink   Comments
Join the Long Island Immigrant Alliance on June 7.
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Tags : bills, e-verify, employment verification, long island immigrant alliance, petition, steve levy, suffolk county legislature

Levy To Resurrect Employer Sanctions Bill in Suffolk Legislature
Posted March 8, 2011 by Ted Hesson   Permalink   Comments
Here we go again.
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Tags : anti-immigrant, bills, e-verify, employer, marcelo lucero, steve levy, suffolk, suffolk county legislature

UPDATE: Faxes Over Hate Crime Ethics Probe Flooding the Suffolk Legislature
Posted January 13, 2011 by Ted Hesson   Permalink   Comments
Thanks for your support.
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Tags : duwayne gregory, ethics, fax campaign, hate crimes, steve levy, suffolk county ethics commission, suffolk county hate crimes task force, suffolk county legislature

Suffolk County Officials Deny Tampering With Hate Crime Report
Posted January 7, 2011 by Ted Hesson   Permalink   Comments
County Executive Steve Levy issued a press release eschewing misdeeds.
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Tags : criminal justice coordinating council, duwayne gregory, edward dumas, ethics, hate crimes, steve levy, suffolk county hate crimes task force, suffolk county legislature

Did Suffolk County Censor a Hate Crime Report? Call for an Ethics Investigation
Posted January 7, 2011 by Ted Hesson   Permalink   Comments
Send a fax or email to Suffolk County Legislature Presiding Officer Bill Lindsay.
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Tags : bill lindsay, duwayne gregory, ethics, hate crimes, petition, steve levy, suffolk, suffolk county ethics commission, suffolk county hate crimes task force, suffolk county legislature

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