January 30, 2003
NTD on LIRR
NTD's Profile of LIRR.
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January 26, 2003
NY Airport car service
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January 25, 2003
Vote 2003 Spring
A steady stream of Port Washington North voters went to the
polls yesterday, with a face-off between longtime Mayor Thomas
Pellegrino and challenger Steven Kaplan, each running with a slate of
two trustees. With Pellegrino were trustees Gary Levi and Noel
Ilberg. Kaplan's running mates were Steven Cohen and Laura Kaye.
Voters complained that campaigning had gotten more than intense in the
last few days. There were fliers, mailings, phone calls and, yes, even
people knocking on doors. "It's a very strange election, because no
one really said what they were going to do" if elected, said voter
Lisa Rynston-Lobel, 38, who thought candidates were busy trashing each
other. The winners were Pellegrino, Levi and Ilberg, leaving the mayor
with a 3-2 majority on the village board.
By contrast, the vote in affluent Hewlett Harbor could have
been characterized as a non-election, or maybe the ultimate
election. With no formal candidates on the ballot - not even
incumbents Richard Rausch and Sanford Ivler collected enough
signatures - every one of the village's 1,200 voters was potentially a
write-in candidate.
...
The hot issue in Mineola was illegal housing, with the mayor's seat
and two trustee seats open. Incumbent Mayor John Colbert, of the
Village Party, faced the challenge of former ally Maryanne Warnecke,
of the Mineola First Party. Jack Martins, of the New Line Party, was
running again, after one unsuccessful attempt against Colbert
[CORRECTION: A story yesterday on the results of village elections
incorrectly stated Jack Martins' previous elective record. Martins,
who was elected Mineola's new mayor Tuesday, successfully ran for
trustee with his New Line Party in 2002 and had lost a bid for trustee
with outgoing Mayor John Colbert's Village Party in 1997. pg. A16 NS
03/20/03].
Also, six candidates were running for two trustee seats. They were
Stephen Franzini, James LaMonica, Dorothy Rudolph, incumbent Louis
Santosus Jr., Larry Speciner and Lawrence Werther. Martins won in an
upset; Santosus and Werther also were victorious.
In Roslyn Estates, an uncontested Susan Ben-Moshe was easily
re-elected mayor, but her plan for landmark designation sparked
opposition for the two trustee candidates running with her. Incumbent
Richard Levine and newcomer Todd Street ran with Ben-Moshe. Scott
Henry and Leslie Scharf said the landmark designation would
excessively restrict what homeowners could do with their properties. A
lone trustee candidate, Steven Loane, called Roslyn Estates the
"no-village." Levine and Street won the election.
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January 24, 2003
Northport
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January 23, 2003
East End LI / Hamptons dex
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January 22, 2003
Long Island.com
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January 21, 2003
citidexli
citidexli.com index / yellow pages.
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January 20, 2003
Bridge Tolls
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CSH VFD
CSH VFD. Fire !
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January 19, 2003
Median Income Drops Are Tied to Immigrants
Median Income Drops Are Tied to Immigrants.
2001 December 22
Median Income Drops Are Tied to Immigrants
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Median household income dropped between 1989 and 1998 in Queens, Brooklyn, Suffolk, Fairfield and many other counties across the nation that experienced a large influx of immigrants, according to new census data.
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December 22, 2001
Median Income Drops Are Tied to Immigrants
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Median household income dropped between 1989 and 1998 in Queens, Brooklyn, Suffolk, Fairfield and many other counties across the nation that experienced a large influx of immigrants, according to new census data.
The data indicate that even as the economy in the New York region and the nation rebounded after the recession of the early 90's, figures for median household income, adjusted for inflation, failed to climb in many counties because of the increase in low-income immigrant workers.
The new data show that in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx — counties with a major increase of immigrants — median income fell sharply. More surprising, though, was the marked income drop in some of the region's wealthiest suburbs, including Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties in New York and Fairfield County in Connecticut.
"Immigrants are jumping immediately into these inner-ring suburbs, which is a change from the past 300 years, when the first generation lived in inner-city neighborhoods," said Robert D. Yaro, executive director of the Regional Plan Association, a civic group that works to improve the economy of the New York region. "This new phenomenon is reducing household incomes in some of the well-to-do suburbs as immigrants move into Bridgeport, Stamford and Norwalk. It's consistent with the national phenomenon of the suburbanization of poverty."
The new data show that median income also fell in many counties in other states attractive to immigrants, including Los Angeles County and Miami-Dade County.
In Queens, according to the data, the median household income fell to $36,480 in 1998 from $44,938 in 1989, a drop of nearly 19 percent, while in Brooklyn it fell by 18 percent, to $27,556 from $33,762.
In Los Angeles County, where there has been a surge of immigrants from Mexico, median income fell in constant dollars to $37,655 in 1998 from $45,962, a decline of 18 percent, according to the census data.
Andrew A. Beveridge, a professor of sociology at Queens College, prepared the analysis that compared the Census Bureau's median income estimates for 1989 and 1998.
Many economists view the median as the best figure for assessing income trends since half the incomes are above it and half below.
Several economists and sociologists, however, argued that the new census data exaggerated the income drop from 1989 to 1998. They said that although median household income might have fallen in many counties, it did not fall as much as the new data suggested.
These economists questioned the new computer model developed by the Census Bureau, and they noted that there was a higher margin of error in analyzing small areas like counties. In addition, critics argued that the way inflation was adjusted might have exaggerated the drop in median income.
Stephen Kagann, chief economist for Gov. George E. Pataki, said the estimated declines were not credible.
"They use an inappropriate starting point, 1989, which was a cyclical peak, thereby ignoring the deep recession that occurred afterwards," Mr. Kagann said. "And they use an inappropriate inflation adjustment that overestimates inflation and thereby underestimates the growth in income."
He said that if the analysis had taken 1993 as its starting point, when New York's economy was near the bottom, the study would have shown a 7.9 percent increase in median household income statewide.
Jared Bernstein, an economist with the liberal Economic Policy Institute, also said that the new census data painted too gloomy a picture. Pointing to another census study, from last March, he noted that median household income for New York State dropped by 7 percent from 1989 to 1998. He added that a 5 percent increase in income in the two boom years, 1999 and 2000, meant a decline of just 2 percent from 1989 to 2000.
Still, he saw economic problems in the state. "In New York, you've had an amplified version of the expanded income gap we've seen nationally," he said. "Folks in the high end — in law, high tech, financial markets — were in a good place to ride the boom. Meanwhile, the huge supply of low-wage workers who were serving these upper-end workers during the boom didn't do nearly as well."
Mr. Beveridge's analysis estimated that median income in Nassau County fell by 14 percent ($61,096 in 1998 from $71,202 in 1989), 16 percent in Suffolk ($54,008 from $64,580), 11 percent in Westchester ($56,865 from $63,629), 12 percent in Fairfield ($57,389 from 65,583), 12 percent in Hudson County ($35,743 from $40,641), 17 percent in Passaic County ($40,923 from $49,421) and by 10 percent in Essex County ($40,595 from $45,375).
While critics derided the numbers, Mr. Beveridge defended them, saying the arrival of immigrants in Bridgeport, Yonkers, Paterson, Hempstead and other communities could have caused a double-digit decrease in income.
In the preponderance of counties nationwide, median household income rose from 1989 to 1998. The counties with declines were often in metropolitan areas with the greatest surges in immigration, including New York, Miami, Los Angeles, San Diego and Washington.
Roger Waldinger, an immigration expert at the University of California at Los Angeles, said the decline in household income could have been fueled by factors having nothing to do with immigration, like the increase in one-member and single- parent households.
Economists have pointed to other reasons for stagnant or declining incomes, including pressure from import competition, the declining power of labor unions, automation that pushes workers out of jobs and poor schools that churn out students who lack job skills.
Dr. Waldinger has conducted studies showing that in many communities, immigration affects income levels and the gap between rich and poor. He said income levels were dragged down by unemployment, not immigrants, who he said usually worked long hours. But many economists say limited skills and inadequate English relegated many immigrants to low-paying jobs.
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January 16, 2003
Huntington town
town.huntington.ny.us/
Vision Huntington
tasteoftaste good eats in Huntington Village.
Huntington Chamber of Commerce's guide to nearby towns.
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January 12, 2003
Citi
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January 11, 2003
LIRR capital status
LIRR acting president Jim Dermody also noted that East Side Access, which is scheduled to
link the LIRR to the subway and Metro-North railroad at Grand Central
Terminal by 2011, will extend the railroad's capability.
Several commuters said they want to see service improved east of
Ronkonkoma as well and Dermody said the railroad would look into that
possibility.
Rider James Ellwood, who commutes from Riverhead, noted that the
population is continually growing beyond Ronkonkoma yet service is
still based on the 1960s. "It's total famine beyond" Ronkonkoma, he
said.
Riders at the forum, presented by the Long Island Rail Road Commuters
Council, also asked about the status of the 3-year-old diesel
fleet. The fleet has experienced several mechanical mishaps, from
communication and climate problems in the coaches to cracks in the
locomotive engines.
Newsday 2003 April 12.
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January 10, 2003
South Shore/Babylon line on LIRR
"It's constantly late. It's dirty. There are no announcements on
the trains," said commuter Joanne Romanelli, a production manager for
the Oxygen Network who travels from Deer Park to Manhattan. She used
to live on the South Shore and commuted from Bellmore on the Babylon
line, which she said offered much better service.
2003 April Newsday
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January 09, 2003
Gravy Train: Long Island Rail Road
The Gravy Train: An Inside Look at the Long Island Rail Road, by Dan Ruppert,
reviewed.
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January 08, 2003
LIRR stations: Huntington, Farmingdale, Cold Springs
Cold Springs Station: good page bad page;
Huntington station.
Farmingdale station.
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January 02, 2003
Suffolk Co news
Suffolk Times Review; ZWire's Suffolk Life.
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HomeAdvisor NY
New York residential market by HomeAdvisor.com/MSN.
Compare to Fremont, CA.
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Freeport News
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Farmingville vs Illegal Aliens
In this corner:
Suffolk County Executive Robert Gaffney
In front of the 7-Eleven on Horseblock Road in Farmingville, dozens of Mexican day laborers wait.
Patrick Young, head of the advocacy group Long Island Immigrant Alliance
In the other corner:
Sachem Quality of Life Organization
Sachem group's long-time president, Margaret Bianculli-Dyber
Dave Drutarovsky, the group's new spokesman
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