Time is running out to protect and manage the aquifers and water supply of Long Island. The Long Island water supply, the groundwater stored beneath all of Long Island, continues to be polluted, wasted and depleted. Seventy percent of New York State is served by one of the three professional management compacts (river basin/watershed commissions)...Continue Reading
Ruth Radow, a longtime Atlantic Beach resident and environmentalist, and a League member, who helped preserve the village’s beaches and its water supply, died on July 23. She was 88. Ruth was truly an advocate in the very sense and meaning of the word. As I look at her efforts that date back to the days...Continue Reading
Like most local Leagues, LWV of Huntington held multiple Meet the Candidate nights during October; they also held an informational meeting on the local referendum on the ballot in November. The Election Services Committee of the LWV of Buffalo/Niagara serviced four Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA) sites in October 2103. LWV of New Castle had a...Continue Reading
October has been a busy month for Leaguers. We held well over a dozen candidate forums throughout Nassau County; there have been several articles in Newsday and the Herald about these forums. I had the good fortune to travel with our own Harris Dinkoff who moderated at several of them . It is delightful at...Continue Reading
We will enjoy a light meal and a lively discussion With Commentary on the Election Results by: Ellis Henican Newsday Columnist Author, NY Times Bestsellers Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island 38 Old Country Road Garden City, NY 11530 Directions: Exit M1 on the Meadowbrook Parkway, travel about 1.5 miles to the Society on south...Continue Reading
As October approaches, I look at the many candidate forums that will be occurring throughout Nassau County and what the means to us in League as we provide the opportunities for the voting public to learn about those running for office and who may be elected to represent them within their communities. I encourage you...Continue Reading
Time is running out to protect and manage the aquifers and water supply of Long Island. The Long Island water supply, the groundwater stored beneath all of Long Island, continues to be polluted, wasted and depleted. Seventy percent of New York State is served by one of the three professional management compacts (river basin/watershed commissions)...Continue Reading
Bay Park resident Nora Garcia-Osuna described what she found in her backyard after Hurricane Sandy as “mounds of hard, layered, crusted-over sewage” — the likes of which she had never seen before.Continue Reading
As part of our national position, derived through study and consensus by Leagues across the nation, we believe that natural resources should be managed as interrelated parts of life-supporting ecosystems. Resources should be conserved and protected to assure their future availability. Pollution of these resources should be controlled in order to preserve the physical, chemical...Continue Reading
The League of Women Voters is very involved with state planning meetings across the country. So, what’s on the agenda for New York State? We’ve compiled a primer that states our positions and concerns for upcoming meetings. Continue Reading
