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All of our villages must maintain an official website with a .gov domain name and there are many other requirements.  The deadline is December 21, 2025. Section 300 of the [...]

Pursuant to a 1919 state law (Arts and Cultural Affairs Law, Section 57.07), NYS villages and other municipalities are required to appoint a historian, and some of his or her [...]

We do not yet have the details, but the Long Island Business News recently reported that the Nassau County Legislature unanimously passed a law setting a 30-day time limit [...]

A GOVERNOR (not Hochul or Cuomo) WHO UNDERSTOOD US: State of New York Executive Chambers Albany, NY Thomas E. Dewey, Governor June 19, 1942 Mr. Harry J. Wellebil, Secretary [...]

95% of cyberattacks are the result of human error, according to Kevin Cooke, U.S. Secret Service senior special agent and cybersecurity expert. CYBERSECURITY TOOLKIT: At the [...]

Did you know? Of course you did. Every Vote Counts. Here is another example– The election to fill a city council seat in a Michigan town was settled by drawing two [...]

The first mechanical lever voting machine debuted in the 1892 election in Lockport, New York. By the 1960s, more than half the country’s elections were conducted with lever [...]

Villages may now set 25 miles per hour as the maximum speed within parts or all of their villages. [A 1007-A signed into law on August 12, 2022 amending Section 1643 of the [...]

NIMBY: Not In My Back Yard BANANA: Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything CAVEs: Citizens Against Virtually Everything LULU: Locally Unwanted Land Use NIABY: Not in [...]

Because each Nassau County village is situated in one of three towns (except Garden City), it is understandable to assume a similar arrangement exists throughout the State of [...]