Did You Know?

The website of the Office of the New York State Comptroller has many extremely useful tools and information for local government and more.  The url is osc.state.ny.us. For [...]

Newsday published an editorial so entitled on September 22 (online on the prior day).  You can read it here.  We responded on September 25 with the following letter to the [...]

When a mayor, trustee, officer of the NCVOA or other New York public officer takes his or her oath of office, he or she swears or affirms support of the US and NYS [...]

For those who do not know the history of the NCVOA, here is a little primer of its earliest days — In June of 1925, officials from four villages – Freeport, Lynbrook, [...]

The following op-ed recently was offered to Newsday and our local newspapers (a number of which printed it) and, in memorandum form, to all state legislators: Changes to [...]

This month’s “Did You Know” is a Trivia Question (and answer). Q:  Although recited in one form or another for well over 100 years, in what year did [...]

For the past several years, New York City has been maneuvering to infiltrate Long Island’s clean water supply. The NCVOA has been vigilant in ensuring our drinking water [...]

One of the most expansive and expensive challenges facing the United States is our aging infrastructure. According to a May 22, 2019 CBS News MoneyWatch report, the American [...]

Newsday’s December 2, 2015 edition featured a two-page spread focusing on the payroll costs of village police departments. In typical Newsday anti-village approach, the [...]

The NCVOA received an award for Strengthening Communities from Vision Long Island (a Friend of the NCVOA) at its 18th Annual Long Island Smart Growth Awards Luncheon on [...]