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She said the naming of an interim chief executive without her authority was neither "lawful or appropriate."
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Zeldin became a fixture at the closed-door House impeachment inquiry hearings held last fall, slamming the Democrats and their methods.
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The law prevents prosecutors from asking a judge to set bail on crimes involving most misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies.
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Thousands of LIers marched in parades, attended memorials and took part in other events to honor the nation's leading civil rights advocate.
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Superintendent Rob Banzer wrote in a letter that all sixth graders at Northport Middle School will relocate to Norwood Elementary School.
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With 92.4% of its trains running punctually, the LIRR's on-time performance for 2019 was its best since 2016, when 92.7% of its trains were on-time.
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Will Jeter join Mariano Rivera as the only players to earn 100 percent of the vote? And will anyone other than Jeter be voted in by the BBWAA?
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Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a parking lot behind a bar, police said.
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The plan pushes off any votes on witnesses until later in the process, rather than up front, as Democrats demanded.
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Seventy-three percent of voters polled said racial and ethnic minorities in New York state experience discrimination.
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See giant carved iced sculptures and roast marshmallows.
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Ordering from the regular menu. That's so 2019.
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Skip the crowds skating at Rockefeller Center and practice your spins, jumps and crossovers on local ice.
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We found family-friendly activities to do this winter on Long Island, both outdoors and in.
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"The Little Mermaid" comes to the Argyle Theatre in Babylon on Jan. 16 and the Little Mermen, a Disney cover band, plays at Mulcahy's in Wantagh on Jan. 24.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which in 2020 falls on Jan. 20, was established as a holiday in 1983 to honor the legacy of the civil rights leader.
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From New Hyde Park to Montauk, indoor pools are open to the public all winter long.
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Long Island babies had rare illnesses due to tick bites
The cases were so rare that doctors at Stony Brook Children's Hospital and Hampton Community Healthcare chronicled them in a medical journal.
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United Methodist churches on LI bracing for 'divorce'
Congregations on Long Island are grappling with how to handle the imminent breakup of the United Methodist Church, which has battled internally over gay clergy and same-sex marriage since the 1970s.
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'We can destroy racism,' says famed educator at NAACP event
Jane Elliott, a former teacher who gained fame after a 1968 anti-racism exercise dividing her third-grade Iowa classroom by eye color, urged Long Islanders to fight racist ideology.
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How the airline industry made inequality worse
Losing hubs and flight routes has a negative economic impact on the fortunes of a city beyond making travel more inconvenient.
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Justice no less urgent in 2020
MLK Day is a reminder not only of the victories, but also of the challenges still ahead.
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Vestiges of racism still linger
The mortality rate among black women and infants on Long Island should concern all of us.
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NYPD officer from LI fights crime while battling cancer
Twenty-year NYPD veteran officer Ross Dichter has a remarkable record going on: The Long Island resident and married father of three has never taken a sick day.
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49ers' third-string QB wasn't thinking about Super Bowl LIV. He was thinking about his brother, Clay, the LIU QB killed last month.
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It will be the second anchor store to vacate Green Acres Mall in a year, since a Kohl's closed there in April last year.
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But the survival rate is increasing as a nonprofit activates an army of beach-patrolling volunteers to scour for cold-stunned turtles
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Three future tenants at the Westbury location recently have signed leases, and $28 million in renovations are underway, a spokesman said.
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Plainview-Old Bethpage officials say a proposed expansion at Oyster Bay Town site could harm the health of schoolchildren, staff and other residents.
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A new, more convenient collection site has been added to drop off glass, which the town no longer picks up curbside with other recyclables.
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After decades of delays, the $2.6B LIRR Third Track project is currently underway. Learn the fascinating history of the project.
