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11.04.2019 News

Election 2019: Races for county executive, county legislator

In addition to town elections, this year’s ballot features larger, regional races for county executive, county legislator, state Supreme Court judges and a Family Court judge.

11.03.2019 Editorials

Endorsement: Steve Bellone for Suffolk County Executive

When bike sharing was announced for Riverhead Town in September, Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith called the program “super exciting.”

03.23.2019 Editorials

Editorial: Comptroller’s move endangers critical program

There was a great deal of optimism in eastern Long Island’s environmental community when, in the fall of 2017, a Flanders homeowner used a Suffolk County grant to replace...

03.20.2019 Government

Federal tax on Suffolk County septic grant seen as ‘deterrent’ to program

In September 2017, politicians and members of the media converged on the backyard of a Flanders resident who was the first recipient of a Suffolk County grant to replace...

04.24.2017 Government

Congressman Zeldin spars with constituents at ‘community forum’

It started the moment the lights dimmed and continued with nearly every question asked. A large portion of the audience at Congressman Lee Zeldin’s first town hall-style event wanted...

03.31.2016 Business

Hotel, motel owners push for fairer share of tourism tax

The Suffolk County Comptroller’s Office has a three-person enforcement unit that’s going after businesses, including short-term rentals, that may be avoiding paying the county’s three-percent hotel/motel tax. Since the group...

03.03.2016 Business

Suffolk Comptroller to discuss hotel-motel tax in Riverhead

Months after Suffolk County began targeting short-term rental owners, county Comptroller John Kennedy is expected to explain how the hotel-motel tax is enforced at an upcoming meeting in Riverhead.

11.19.2015 Government

County starts collecting ‘hotel tax’ from short-term rental landlords

Suffolk County has begun to crack down on short-term rental owners who list their properties online and are now requiring them to collect and remit a hotel-motel tax from...

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