Yaphank, NY

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• Analysts: Delay funding for Suffolk jail

  County lawmakers should delay $50 million in funding for the second phase of the county's new jail in Yaphank for a year to see if alternatives can be found, legislative budget analysts said.The Office of Budget Review said in a report that County Executive   Read more »

• Suffolk inmates check into state-of-the-art facility

  aimed at reintegration, so former prisoners are less inclined to commit new crimes and end up in jail again.But anyone who abuses the privileges while in the new Yaphank wing can always be shipped to the less desirable Riverhead facility, DeMarco said, creating   Read more »

• Suffolk ends 2012 with $155.5M deficit

  to fund a correction officers arbitration award that was on the books last year, and will sell a $19.25-million parcel in Yaphank . That will make for an "adjusted" 2012 deficit of $99.2 million, when combined with the $59.6-million gap left over from 2011,   Read more »

• Motorcyclist killed in Yaphank

  vehicle in Yaphank Sunday afternoon, Suffolk County police said.The crash occurred at 2:40 p.m. on Patchogue -Yaphank Road at Express Drive North, police said.The motorcyclist, who was not immediately identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.The Sixth   Read more »

• Suffolk sheriff Vincent DeMarco calls plan to add more jail space misguided

  would consider all alternatives to new construction. The state mandate "is a looming specter like Darth Vader . . . I'm no fan of any new jail construction," Kennedy said.DeMarco says many of the 40,000 inmates who pass through the jail system annually are   Read more »

Around the web

• Photo Release -- Sea Tow Receives Donation From Clare Rose and Anheuser-Busch to Support Foundation's Life Jacket Loaner Station Program

  since 2007, will kick off National Safe Boating Week (May 18-24), with a generous $20,000 donation by Clare Rose, Inc., of Yaphank, N.Y., one of the nation's largest beverage distributors, and Anheuser-Busch, of St. Louis. Their donation will enable the Sea   from Street Insider Read more »

• Motorcyclist Killed In Suffolk County Crash

  said. Police impounded both vehicles for a safety check. The investigation continued Sunday evening, and detectives asked that anyone who might have witnessed the crash call the Suffolk County police Sixth Squad at (631) 854-8652, or anonymously contact Crime   from CBS New York Read more »

• Swamped!

  Wading River, two in a supermarket parking lot in Shirley, and another near an Applebee’s in Shirley. Two were nabbed in Yaphank, one was found in the window well of a Southampton home, another in a park near Lake Ronkonkoma and another on the lawn of a Mastic   from New York Post Read more »

• Yaphank Residents Oppose Sandy Car Auction; Cite Environment

  N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - There is a plan to clear 55 acres of forest on Long Island to create an auction site for vehicles damaged by superstorm Sandy, but there is a battle over the plan. 25 residents of Yaphank, along with the Suffolk County Water Authority,   from CBS New York Read more »

• Suffolk County Police Warn Of Internet Scams Related To Boston Bombings

  N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Local authorities are warning residents of online scams in the days following the deadly Boston Marathon bombings. The Suffolk County Police Department said Wednesday that Internet watch groups and security experts have identified “multiple”   from CBS New York Read more »