The state inspector general's office says the DMV sometimes wrongly issues unmarked license plates for taxpayer-funded vehicles, frustrating the public's ability "to detect if government assets are... being used for government business, abused, or misappropriated."

The panel is investigating the death of 8-year-old Thomas Valva in January 2020 after he was forced to sleep in an unheated garage overnight, according to authorities.

While weekly Long Island claims remain well below its nearly 60,000 peak in claims last April, the number of Nassau and Suffolk residents seeking aid remain high.

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At a news conference, Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas called George Blatti a "serial killer" who treated his prescription pad as a murder weapon.

The NYPD says disciplinary files for officers going back to at least 2018 will be released next week after an appeals court rejected efforts by cop union leaders to keep the information from the public following the repeal last year of Section 50-a of the state Civil Rights Law.

Some of the affected veterans had been released from the hospital when diagnosed. VA staffers are continuing to vaccinate eligible veterans by appointment and in walk-in clinics.

Officials said building a landfill to hold incinerated garbage from around Long Island after the town landfill closes was too expensive.