Kathleen Rice

The ???Chairman-Joe-gotta-go??? chorus grows louder in state Republican circles. So far, Joseph Mondello, simultaneously the Nassau chairman, refuses to budge, disputing the charge that he dithers as G.O.P. gloom deepens. The bigger concern for him may be...

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, key player in the process, is backing Loretta Lynch for U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, which encompasses Suffolk, Nassau, Queens and Brooklyn. She's held the post before -- at the end......

Carrie Solages of Elmont just thought he was running for Nassau???s 3rd LD seat against incumbent Republican John Ciotti of North Franklin Square. He was actually running for county clerk, but the higher-ups had not told him. Nassau County......

Don't expect the state Independence Party to be overturning the Nassau committee's endorsements this time out. State Independence Party chief Frank MacKay, right, said, "We're behind the county 100 percent and the chairman 100 percent. We support...

Nassau Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs' feud with Nassau Independence Party Chairman Bobby Kumar apparently is over. ???We did come to terms,??? Jacobs (in photo) acknowledged Tuesday. He said Kumar ???will be endorsing the legislative incumbents that we...

Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi is expected to announce Tuesday that he intends to seek a third term in the post. The initial announcement is to be made on his Web site here at about 10:30 a.m. He said......

Which was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player? 1. Doctor-turned-Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) using the 1950???s Desi Arnaz term ???you???d have some ???splainin??? to do??? during a jocular exchange with Supreme Court nominee Sonia...

Great to see that the new administration in Freeport is getting right down to the business of change: Pocket change for the officials, chump change for the public. One of the first acts in office for Mayor Andrew Hardwick's......

Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice's spokesman Eric Phillips had good intentions when he urged office staff in the following e-mail to support efforts to help a police officer who had been critically injured in May when his car was hit......

Earlier this month, Gov. David A. Paterson signed a sweeping package of pension-reform bills into law that will make it more difficult for recipients of public pensions to also draw public salaries. But at least one double-dipper, Nassau District......

Big lobbyist Al D'Amato's appearance at the side of Kirsten Gillibrand last week has spawned some new interest in the ex-partisan ex-Senator's evolving moves. Celeste Hadrick from Nassau adds another item to the D'Amato Watch: "It???s hard to remember.......

While everyone is talking about the cross-endorsement of Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice, few are talking about possible Republican candidates against two other Nassau county office-holders: County Executive Thomas Suozzi and County Comptroller...