The scoop on how cops in Malverne, L.I. get time-off credit for "special observance" days -- commemorating Gerald Ford, Shirley Chisholm, Haym Solomon and a wild roster of others -- becomes the latest poster child for the Island's local-government extravagances and irregularities. Read the piece by staff writer Andrew Strickler all the way through, here.
The latest twist in Newsday's lawyers'-on-the-pension-rolls coverage: One of them tried to withdraw, saying he doesn't want to collect -- and was denied. The piece, with links to related information, is here.
The citizens' alliance that in the end got Gov. David Paterson to squelch the controversial Broadwater LNG project did it through hard pushing -- prompting some critics to claim, of course, that they did so at the risk of local energy needs. Rick Brand tells it here.
Speaking of political fights over infrastructure, the LI Regional Planning Board endorsed the LIRR third-track project, as reported here.
The step back by Paterson into more of a closed-door process to finish the Albany budget prompted criticism, as Mr. Madore tells us here.
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Look to see what employees in Suffolk have cars for travel to and from work.