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Only in NewsdayNassau considers 1-year, 4.5% pay hike for law enforcement unions

The contract extensions are projected to cost $43 million.

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LI hospital system cuts 'limited number' of workers

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Family claims coverup in parking lot death ... HS band marching to London ... Babylon backyard drowning ... Nassau police pay hike

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Tilles Center is the haunt for 'Ghostbusters in Concert'

First in NewsdayTown wants to regulate EV chargers

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NYS joins lawsuit challenging rollback of childhood vaccines

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First in NewsdayHempstead Town to sell property to balance '27 budget

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Crime

Record lows for NYC killings, shootings so far this year

The crime rate, which has continued to fall this year, is a rejoinder to critics of Mayor Zohran Mamdani who during last year's mayoral campaign foretold of crime spikes if he were elected.

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Ex-PTA official sentenced for stealing $14G from organization

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LI woman sentenced in $2M Home Depot theft ring

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Florida woman charged with stealing from Nassau nonprofit

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Only in Newsday7 best things we ate on Long Island last month

Here are our critics' favorite dishes from the past few weeks.

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MORE ON THIS TOPICLI's Top 50 best restaurants of 2026

Only in NewsdayLI representative tied for 3rd-most paid special interest trips this year

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Measles spike spurs Hochul to declare state disaster emergency

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More NYers are now eligible for free community college tuition

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Shuttered auto garage prompts debate: Tear it down or preserve century-old building

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At least 2 developers seek to build in Ronkonkoma Hub

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Storied LI high school football coach dies at 99

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Only in NewsdayLI boy, 10, 'lived to be happy.' Now the block will be named in his memory.

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Indian communities unite, pass along traditions at LI Diwali festival

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Woman killed in Suffolk crash

'Bring Dylan back': Hundreds gather in support of fired Cinema Arts Centre co-director

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Critics rally against 'NAZA' film screening at Hamptons film festival

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100 firefighters respond to LI house fire, 2 injured

'You are a member of society here': Dozens rally in support of immigrants in Glen Cove

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Only in NewsdayAs rabies spreads in LI raccoons, workers respond with vaccine bait

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Unoccupied building in Nassau partially collapses

Only in NewsdayWho will bid on Oheka Castle? The intrigue is building.

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Nassau townhouse fire sends resident, cop to hospital

Teen suffers smoke inhalation after fire breaks out at LI home

Huntington's 2027 budget would hike taxes 18%

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Police: Remains found in Nassau park may be missing woman's

Fire breaks out at Hamptons house that had been target of home invasion

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'Residual backups' on eastbound LIE near Exit 34 in Nassau after morning's truck fire

Two Kings Park residents and their dogs exposed to rabid raccoons

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LI police fired after internal investigation

LI police were fired after videos showed them kicking a handcuffed man and lying about a crash, newly obtained records reveal. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

MORE ON THIS TOPICLI police fired after videos show them kicking handcuffed man, lying about crash, records reveal