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Thirty-eight teachers called out Oct. 22 and 45 called out Oct. 23, Superintendent Lynda Adams said in an email. The president of the teachers association said teachers were feeling uneasy about being in the building last week after the positive cases emerged.
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The state recently began posting results of testing for advanced courses on its main data website, but Newsday's review found test-passage numbers missing for 22 systems across the Island.
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In sentencing Timothy Gregg, a judge said she was showing compassion because of the "heartbreaking" circumstances of his life at the time of the crime.
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The menu features items like tacos, empanadas and cemitas (overstuffed sandwiches).
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An investigation by the New York State Inspector General's Office found Joseph Gottesman submitted 448 claims for his wife in which he forged the names of doctors at six out-of-network medical providers.
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DA: Car salesman scammed would-be buyers, sellers
Jose Amezquita, 37, made false promises as he scammed customers out of thousands of dollars, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini said
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Officials: Dead humpback whale found on Fire Island
The male humpback was about 28 feet long and had moderate decomposition, according to the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society. It likely was an older juvenile or a young adult.
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The readers collect the license plate numbers on every car that passes, but not other information, such as the owner's name, except to point out if a car has been stolen, officials said.
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Juanita Holmes, the highest ranking Black uniformed officer in the department, will supervise a patrol staff of about 20,000 officers who do regular patrol work and handle large assignments such as demonstrations and parades.
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A few months after being named CEO, Wynne Nowland took a deep breath and walked into work. She had just sent an email to her staff: She had legally changed her gender.
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Even with the increase in daily confirmed cases, the positivity rate that the state has tracked to determine infection levels was still hovering above 1% in the region and statewide.
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The county also plans to fine a Farmingville homeowner $2,500 for hosting a party last weekend attended by nearly 300 high school and underage college students, County Executive Steve Bellone said.
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County officials say the campaign event for Don Clavin at a Franklin Square restaurant may have violated social distancing protocols.
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The department is demanding detailed data from hundreds of private facilities, ratcheting up pressure on Gov. Cuomo after criticism that the state's official tally of long-term care facility deaths is probably off by thousands.
Editors' Picks
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Suffolk plans to seize neglected Dowling College campus in Oakdale
"We should move quickly and get it back out to the market and put it out for sale," said Suffolk County Comptroller John M. Kennedy Jr. Read more
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The owner of Oasis Gentlemen's Club spoke publicly for the first time about the town's plans to take the Main Street property by eminent domain.
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With ridership down, the LIRR predicts a 64% drop in fare revenue for 2020, from $769 million last year to $279 million this year.
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Voting on Long Island shouldn't be this frustrating
It's been inspiring to see this mass affirmation of what it means to be a citizen of this country. But it shouldn't be this frustrating.
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Suffolk voters must turn the ballot
Three propositions are up in the county in November.
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Favorite punching bag for Long Island GOP campaigns? NYC
New York City looms large in Long Island Republican campaign rhetoric this year, from President Donald Trump down to the ...
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The national popular vote alone does not guarantee victory.
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Absentee ballots and when states will count them create a big unknown for the reporting of final results.
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On Tuesday, the networks will grapple with what each is describing as the most fraught, logistically complex election night of the television age.
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Newsday's Faith Jessie speaks to Long Island millennials about how the student debt crisis is impacting their vote in the upcoming ...
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Newsday.com will have you covered on Election Day and night for results, breaking news and analysis.
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Proposition 2, which is on the ballot Nov. 3, asks Suffolk voters to approve the transfer of $44 million from the sewer fund to a taxpayer trust fund this year.
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Long Island is again in the spotlight for State Senate races.
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The fatal shooting of another Black man on America's streets by police — with subsequent unrest — has brought the fraught issues of policing and racism in the nation back to the fore of the presidential election in its closing days.
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The national body count has risen past 227,000, and more coronavirus patients are hospitalized. Sadly, no corner has been turned.
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The cyberattacks involve ransomware, which scrambles data into gibberish that can only be unlocked with software keys provided once targets pay up.
