Did You Know?

Everyone knows what a NIMBY is, but did you know these land use acronyms: LULU – Locally unwanted land uses NOPE – Not on planet Earth BANANA – Build [...]

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 [...]