Integrated Sports Media Distributing Vitali Klitschko-Sosnowski WBC Heavyweight Title Fight
April 30, 2010
“Fists Of Steel” PPV card May 29 live from Germany
(HOBOKEN, N.J.) – Integrated Sports Media, North America’s undisputed champion of major pay-per-view boxing distribution, announced today it will be involved in the airing of the May 29th “Fists Of Steel” event, featuring 3-time and reigning WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali “Dr. Ironfist” Klitschko against European title-holder […]
Senator Flanagan Joins Letter Carriers To Help Stamp Out Hunger
April 30, 2010
(New York, N.Y.)-Senator John Flanagan (2nd Senate District) is encouraging everyone in our community to join this year’s National Association of Letter Carrier’s Stamp Out Hunger food drive on Saturday, May 8.
The Stamp Out Hunger event is the largest one-day food collection in the nation to provide for those in our community who are in […]
Portledge School Celebrates Its 37th Annual Auction Gala – The Ball Of Roses
April 29, 2010
(Locust Valley, N.Y.)-Portledge School in Locust Valley’s most significant annual fundraiser, the Auction Gala, was held on Saturday, April 17, 2010. A crowd of nearly 250 parents, trustees, faculty, staff and administrators, as well as other friends of Portledge, spent a fabulous evening among the roses adorning Engineers Country Club in Roslyn Harbor.
With silent auction […]
Statement By Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos
April 29, 2010
(New York, N.Y.)-Senator Kevin Parker’s latest comments this morning, calling members of the Senate “white supremacists,” are disturbing, disgraceful, disruptive and reprehensible and have no place in this government body or any other.
It’s clear that members of the Senate, on both sides of the aisle, are sick and tired of Senator Parker’s repeated angry, and […]
msgvarsity.com Launches New Experts Corner Series
April 28, 2010
(Bethpage, N.Y.)–Spring is in the air, which for high school students means prepping for finals and looking ahead to the long awaited summer break. To help students through the high and lows of the final semester and summer months, MSGVarsity.com is kicking off “Experts Corner,” an online expert video series. The first topic of the […]
King Kullen Grocery Co., Inc., Donates $100,000 of Groceries to Island Harvest
April 27, 2010
(Bethpage, N.Y.) – King Kullen, America’s First Supermarket, recently donated more than $100,000 worth of groceries to Island Harvest, Long Island’s largest hunger relief organization. King Kullen Vice President Thomas K. Cullen made the announcement.
“King Kullen has a long history of helping the less fortunate in the community,” explained Cullen. “It’s a tradition that goes […]
Senate Democrats Vote Down Amendment To Provide Funding Authority For Construction Industry For Third Week In A Row
April 27, 2010
(New York, N.Y.)-For the third week in a row, Senate Democrats voted down a Republican-sponsored amendment that would have allowed projects important to the State’s job creation efforts to move forward in spite of the late state budget.
The amendment offered today and defeated by Democrats in a party line vote would have provided funding authority […]
Senate Republicans To Propose Amendment To Enact Property Tax Cap, Provide Real Relief For Middle Class Taxpayers
April 27, 2010
(New York, N.Y.)-In order to provide middle-class taxpayers across the State with relief from soaring property taxes, Senate Republicans will today put forward a property tax cap bill that would cap property taxes at the consumer price index and prevent school districts from raising local tax levies this year.
Taxpayers will go to the polls three […]
Empire BlueCross Expands Coverage to 26 Year-Olds
April 26, 2010
(Long Island, N.Y.)-Ranking Member of the Senate Standing Committee on Health, Senator Kemp Hannon, posted “Empire to Extend Health Care Coverage to Age 26” as his latest important “Health Watch Update” on his website, kemphannon.com.
Empire BlueCross BlueShield, New York’s largest health insurer, announced that it will cover dependents to age 26 with no increase in […]
John “The Quietman” Ruiz Retires: First and Only Heavyweight World Champion of Latino Heritage Calls It a Career
April 26, 2010
(LONG ISLAND, N.Y.)– After a professional career spanning 18 years, highlighted by becoming the first and only Heavyweight World Champion of Latino heritage, two-time world champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz today announced his retirement from the ring.
Ruiz (44-9-1, 30 KOs) defeated three world champions – Evander Holyfield, Hasim Rahman and Tony Tucker – as well […]
