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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 [...]

The NCVOA supported the Village of Freeport in its effort to secure a new site for its public works department. The following editorial was sent to Newsday in 2015: [...]

While the definition of an island is a body of land that is surrounded by water on all sides, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled otherwise. In US v. Maine, 469 U.S. [...]

Constantly juggling the demands of being a village mayor and full-time professional, NCVOA Past President Barbara Donno’s cell phone rings constantly. But she was surprised [...]

If your village recently held March elections, chances are the voting process was uneventful. But if not for the integrated efforts of the NCVOA and former State Senator Jack [...]

(March 11, 2019)   In a joint meeting of the Nassau County Village Officials Association (NCVOA) and the Suffolk County Village Officials Association (SCVOA) that took [...]

In 1991, New York State established a process for collecting its share of municipal court fines that was both bizarre and inefficient. At that time, local municipalities were [...]