\n\tAlfonso Castillo has been reporting for Newsday since 1999 and covering the transportation beat since 2008. He grew up in the Bronx and Queens and now lives in Valley Stream with his wife and two sons.\n
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\n","lead":"Long Island commuters are not happy about new railroad ticketing policies implemented earlier this year. Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo has more.","ETag":"909165770b6acf994698aecf29d3f435","byline":"Kendall Rodriguez; YouTube/ MTA Live","organization":"Newsday","url":"https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/lirr-ticket-policies-df04cadd","duration":"106219","newsLabel":"none","publishedDate":"2026-07-29T06:00:00Z","updatedDate":"2026-07-29T10:16:04.898Z","subType":"video","mmjName":"Alfonso A. 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There is now an $8 penalty fees if e-tickets are not activated before boarding.","altTag":"","byline":"Thomas Hengge","organization":"","floatLeft":false,"floatRight":false,"imageSize":"","useFreeform":false},"topMediaItem":null,"premiumType":"inherit"},"verticalMedia":null,"trendingLinks":[],"hideTrendingBar":false,"sortDate":1785304800000,"contentType":"article","lastIndexed":"2026-07-29T16:09:58.064Z","lastIndexedTS":1785341398064,"search_tags":["Transportation"],"search_source":["Newsday","Newsday"],"search_section":["Long Island","Transportation"],"search_community":[],"search_town":[],"search_grid_filters":[],"_geoloc":[],"hasEmbeds":false,"objectID":"contentid/2909278f-be0c-4c47-9f4d-874178cb50e8","_highlightResult":{"lead":{"value":"The new ticketing policy, which can hit riders with $8 surcharges for late activations, went into effect in January.","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]},"body":{"value":"The LIRR’s restrictive new ticket policies, which reduced validity periods from weeks to hours and can hit riders with an $8 surcharge for activating an electronic ticket right before it's scanned, have helped drive down the railroad’s customer satisfaction rate to its lowest level in two years, new figures show. Now some Metropolitan Transportation Authority leaders are also criticizing the policies, which have resulted in 4% of electronic ticket users being charged penalties, according to MTA figures. The newly released results of the railroad's spring survey registered overall customer satisfaction at 73%, down from 80% in the fall and the lowest level since the spring of 2024, when it was at 70%. While various factors contributed to falling customer satisfaction, including weather-related service disruptions and a fare increase last winter, Tatyana Levina, the MTA's senior director of market research, said \"the majority of the issue\" appeared to be unhappiness over new ticket policies enacted in January that radically changed how many customers pay for their rides. In addition to eliminating some options, like round-trip and 10-trip tickets, the new policies reduced the validity period of one-way tickets from 60 days to 4 a.m. the day after purchase. Users of electronic tickets, which account for about three-quarters of all tickets sold, are also being hit with a new $8 surcharge for repeated late activations. Levina revealed the fee is charged \"after three unique instances\" of activating an e-ticket right before a conductor scans it. The MTA has not disclosed its policy for how much time can pass between activation and scanning before a warning or fining. But Jon Kaufman, chief of strategic initiatives at the MTA, said at the Tuesday meeting, \"If it's within 30 seconds ... you activated it too late.\" The surcharge aims to discourage fare evasion from riders who wait to buy or activate an electronic ticket with the hope a conductor doesn’t come around, and they get to ride for free. \"Not surprisingly,\" Levina said, the 11% of survey respondents who reported having been hit with a penalty fee had some of the lowest satisfaction ratings at just 58%, as compared to 76% among those who had not been charged a penalty. About 17,000 LIRR riders completed the survey in April and May. MTA officials noted that overall, about 4% of registered LIRR mobile ticket customers have been assessed the late activation fee since January, and the share dropped to just 1% in June. MTA officials would not say how many riders have been charged the penalty, but the LIRR carries about 240,000 passengers every weekday. \"What’s most important to note ... is that those least happy are customers who are not playing by the rules,\" Levina said at a Manhattan meeting of the MTA Board’s railroad committee Monday. But some board members questioned whether customers being penalized have actually done anything wrong. Board member Melva Miller, who's from southeast Queens, called some of Levina’s remarks \"a little troubling,\" given some valid complaints about the new ticket policies. Miller said she’s heard from riders who are delayed in purchasing electronic tickets because of poor internet connectivity, and then are penalized for late activation. \"I think the intention isn’t always that folks are trying to evade their fare,\" Miller said. \"I think that improvements have to happen across the board ... to make it work better for customers.\" Board member Gerard Bringmann, chairman of the LIRR Commuter Council, similarly said he’s heard from riders who \"follow the rules\" and activate their tickets before boarding and still receive a warning for activating late. \"That’s something that really ticks people off,\" Bringmann said. At the Mineola Long Island Rail Road station Tuesday afternoon, some riders expressed the same dissatisfaction with the new ticket rules as those surveyed. \"Before, it would be easy to plan ahead and buy tickets in advance ... Nowadays, I cannot, because if I buy a ticket, it’s going to expire,\" said Vanessa Sena, of Carle Place, who acknowledged the need to rein in fare evasion. \"I do understand both sides. But honestly, from my perspective, I do feel it’s been a little bit for the worse.\" Luciana Benedetti, of Sunnyside, Queens, drew a distinction between willful fare beaters and customers who ride for free ride because conductors don’t check their tickets. \"Sometimes I see they’re passing, and it’s not on me to say, ‘Oh look, you should check my ticket,’\" she said. \"I think it’s on them, not on us.\" LIRR officials have said a late activation is registered when a ticket is activated close to the time when a conductor scans it. LIRR president Rob Free said the likelihood of a customer activating right before boarding, and a conductor checking a ticket as soon as they step on the train, \"is pretty minimal.\" Free said he believes some riders are waiting longer to activate their tickets out of concern over the shortened validity periods. \"I think there’s a lot of things we can address with customer information and education,\" Free said. Despite the drop in customer satisfaction, MTA officials pointed to other metrics showing that the changes in ticket policies are paying off. Before the changes, Kaufman said, 11% of electronic tickets weren’t activated on the day they were purchased — likely meaning customers got a free ride and saved the ticket for a future date. Now, only 2% of electronic tickets aren’t activated on the day they were purchased, and expire the next day.","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]},"url":{"value":"https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/lirr-ticket-policy-satisfaction-vgyqzu9b","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]},"headline":{"value":"LIRR rider backlash to new ticket policy drives down satisfaction rating","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]},"byline":{"value":"Alfonso A. 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Regency said it was planning a redevelopment and a change in the tenant mix, including bringing in Whole Foods, which Newsday previously reported. “In addition to Whole Foods, leases have been signed with Nothing Bundt Cakes, PACFE Nails & Spa, and BYou Laser Clinic. Interest in the available space has been strong, and we look forward to announcing additional new businesses throughout the year,\" Regency spokeswoman Chelsea DuDeVoire said in an email Monday. Work is underway to revitalize a “dilapidated shopping center\" by upgrading the façades, adding new landscaping, improving the parking lot and constructing a new building for two eateries. Site work and some demolition started in March, DuDeVoire said. “Building exteriors and sitework will be substantially complete by the end of the year, with interior work, final paving, landscaping, and signage complete by spring 2027,\" she said. Nothing Bundt Cakes, PACFE Nails & Spa, and BYou Laser Clinic will open in 2027, with the shopping center's other new tenants opening on a rolling basis throughout next year and 2028, she said. Whole Foods Market is among the new tenants that will be opening at Crystal Brook Corner, formerly called Mount Sinai Shopping Center, which is being renovated. Shown is a rendering of the Whole Foods. A Whole Foods grocery store will occupy an approximately 35,500-square-foot space that a King Kullen supermarket vacated in 2019. That space's exterior and interior will be completely updated, DuDeVoire said. The shopping center project also will include the construction of a freestanding, 5,080-square-foot building for two quick-service restaurants. “We are not in a position to announce those tenants yet, but have had strong interest from both national and local restaurants for this building, given its prime location at the entrance to the center,\" DuDeVoire said. The redevelopment also will include having PACFE Nails & Spa and three other new, small shops divvy up about 10,950 square feet on the first-floor of a two-story building that has office tenants on the second floor, she said. The first floor was vacated by Rite Aid last year. The loading space adjacent to the former Rite Aid space will be converted to a landscaped patio, DuDeVoire said. Crystal Brook Corner is located at 5499 Nesconset Hwy., part of the state Route 347/25A corridor. The west side of the shopping center runs alongside Crystal Brook Hollow Road. Pricier project Regency purchased the 131,779-square-foot shopping center for $30 million from United Properties Corp. of East Meadow, according to the deed filed with the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office. The shopping center sits on a 14.57-acre site and was built in the late 1980s, Don Hohn, the Town of Brookhaven’s director of planning, said during the town planning board’s public hearing on the redevelopment project in December. The shopping center was overdue for a refresh because it had mostly been unchanged since it was built, representatives for Regency said during the hearing. The shopping center had been in decline ever since the King Kullen supermarket closed there in 2019, said Alian Teixeira, owner of Tapestry Salon & Spa, which has been at the property for 14 years. “Before, it was like a ghost town for a while,\" he said, adding that the shopping center was not maintained well under its previous owner. The redevelopment is a much-needed improvement to the shopping center, and traffic to the property has picked up even as the construction work takes place, he said. The property is about 70% leased, DuDeVoire said Monday. The land use application that Regency submitted to the Town of Brookhaven in July 2025 said the shopping center redevelopment was estimated to cost $15 million. But Regency's first-quarter earnings report, published in April, says the redevelopment will cost $59 million. DuDeVoire declined to answer questions about the cost, including why it increased and whether the higher price included the cost of buying the shopping center. Most of the shopping center’s current tenants are locally owned, small businesses, including The Wine Authority, Rocco's Pizzeria & Ristorante, Mt. Sinai Bagel & Deli, Taco Island Mexican Cantina and Tapestry Salon & Spa. Regency has said it plans to change the shopping center's tenant lineup to a mix of national, regional and local retailers, and other types of businesses, including boutique fitness studios, restaurants, and personal and pet services. Nothing Bundt Cakes is a Dallas-based chain with more than 600 shops in the United States, including four on Long Island, according to its website. PACFE Nails & Spa is a Long Island-based chain with three locations, while BYou Laser Clinic has five locations, including one on Long Island, in Manhasset, and another planned for the region, in Long Beach, according to the businesses' websites. Nothing Bundt Cakes, PACFE Nails & Spa and BYou Laser Clinic could not be immediately reached for comment Monday. Whole Foods' parent company, Seattle-based Amazon.com Inc., confirmed in January that the natural and organic foods grocer will open a store at the shopping center in Mount Sinai. On Monday, Amazon declined to disclose more information, including the number of people who will work at the store. Whole Foods' 536 U.S. stores include eight on Long Island, including one that opened in Holbrook in March. The grocer also has 12 stores each in the U.K. and Canada.","publishedDate":"2026-07-29T06:00:00Z","updatedDate":"2026-07-29T10:40:04.706Z","url":"https://www.newsday.com/business/mount-sinai-whole-foods-nothing-bundt-cakes-a852tcvu","headline":"Nothing Bundt Cakes, nail salon to join $59M Mount Sinai shopping center overhaul","teaserTitle":"Whole Foods-led overhaul bringing more new tenants to LI shopping center","newsLabel":"none","newsLabel2":"none","subType":"article","gridFilter":[],"authors":[{"id":"contentid/YTJkOTE3NzUtYWVjYy00","name":"Tory N. Parrish","role":"Newsday retail and small business reporter","imageUrl":"https://cdn.newsday.com/image-service/version/c:NTIzMTcyZTQtOTE3MC00:MDcwZTk4OWEtNzc3Mi00/image.jpg","authorUrl":"/author/tory-n-parrish","authorPage":"","authorBio":"\n\tTory N. Parrish covers retail and small business for Newsday. She has worked at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Observer-Dispatch in Utica, N.Y.\n
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Regency Centers Corp., a Jacksonville, Florida-based real estate investment trust, bought the property formerly known as Mount Sinai Shopping Center in January, after which it announced it had renamed the property Crystal Brook Corner. Regency said it was planning a redevelopment and a change in the tenant mix, including bringing in Whole Foods, which Newsday previously reported. “In addition to Whole Foods, leases have been signed with Nothing Bundt Cakes, PACFE Nails & Spa, and BYou Laser Clinic. Interest in the available space has been strong, and we look forward to announcing additional new businesses throughout the year,\" Regency spokeswoman Chelsea DuDeVoire said in an email Monday. Work is underway to revitalize a “dilapidated shopping center\" by upgrading the façades, adding new landscaping, improving the parking lot and constructing a new building for two eateries. Site work and some demolition started in March, DuDeVoire said. “Building exteriors and sitework will be substantially complete by the end of the year, with interior work, final paving, landscaping, and signage complete by spring 2027,\" she said. Nothing Bundt Cakes, PACFE Nails & Spa, and BYou Laser Clinic will open in 2027, with the shopping center's other new tenants opening on a rolling basis throughout next year and 2028, she said. Whole Foods Market is among the new tenants that will be opening at Crystal Brook Corner, formerly called Mount Sinai Shopping Center, which is being renovated. Shown is a rendering of the Whole Foods. A Whole Foods grocery store will occupy an approximately 35,500-square-foot space that a King Kullen supermarket vacated in 2019. That space's exterior and interior will be completely updated, DuDeVoire said. The shopping center project also will include the construction of a freestanding, 5,080-square-foot building for two quick-service restaurants. “We are not in a position to announce those tenants yet, but have had strong interest from both national and local restaurants for this building, given its prime location at the entrance to the center,\" DuDeVoire said. The redevelopment also will include having PACFE Nails & Spa and three other new, small shops divvy up about 10,950 square feet on the first-floor of a two-story building that has office tenants on the second floor, she said. The first floor was vacated by Rite Aid last year. The loading space adjacent to the former Rite Aid space will be converted to a landscaped patio, DuDeVoire said. Crystal Brook Corner is located at 5499 Nesconset Hwy., part of the state Route 347/25A corridor. The west side of the shopping center runs alongside Crystal Brook Hollow Road. Pricier project Regency purchased the 131,779-square-foot shopping center for $30 million from United Properties Corp. of East Meadow, according to the deed filed with the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office. The shopping center sits on a 14.57-acre site and was built in the late 1980s, Don Hohn, the Town of Brookhaven’s director of planning, said during the town planning board’s public hearing on the redevelopment project in December. The shopping center was overdue for a refresh because it had mostly been unchanged since it was built, representatives for Regency said during the hearing. The shopping center had been in decline ever since the King Kullen supermarket closed there in 2019, said Alian Teixeira, owner of Tapestry Salon & Spa, which has been at the property for 14 years. “Before, it was like a ghost town for a while,\" he said, adding that the shopping center was not maintained well under its previous owner. The redevelopment is a much-needed improvement to the shopping center, and traffic to the property has picked up even as the construction work takes place, he said. The property is about 70% leased, DuDeVoire said Monday. The land use application that Regency submitted to the Town of Brookhaven in July 2025 said the shopping center redevelopment was estimated to cost $15 million. But Regency's first-quarter earnings report, published in April, says the redevelopment will cost $59 million. DuDeVoire declined to answer questions about the cost, including why it increased and whether the higher price included the cost of buying the shopping center. Most of the shopping center’s current tenants are locally owned, small businesses, including The Wine Authority, Rocco's Pizzeria & Ristorante, Mt. Sinai Bagel & Deli, Taco Island Mexican Cantina and Tapestry Salon & Spa. Regency has said it plans to change the shopping center's tenant lineup to a mix of national, regional and local retailers, and other types of businesses, including boutique fitness studios, restaurants, and personal and pet services. Nothing Bundt Cakes is a Dallas-based chain with more than 600 shops in the United States, including four on Long Island, according to its website. PACFE Nails & Spa is a Long Island-based chain with three locations, while BYou Laser Clinic has five locations, including one on Long Island, in Manhasset, and another planned for the region, in Long Beach, according to the businesses' websites. Nothing Bundt Cakes, PACFE Nails & Spa and BYou Laser Clinic could not be immediately reached for comment Monday. Whole Foods' parent company, Seattle-based Amazon.com Inc., confirmed in January that the natural and organic foods grocer will open a store at the shopping center in Mount Sinai. On Monday, Amazon declined to disclose more information, including the number of people who will work at the store. Whole Foods' 536 U.S. stores include eight on Long Island, including one that opened in Holbrook in March. The grocer also has 12 stores each in the U.K. and Canada.","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]},"url":{"value":"https://www.newsday.com/business/mount-sinai-whole-foods-nothing-bundt-cakes-a852tcvu","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]},"headline":{"value":"Nothing Bundt Cakes, nail salon to join $59M Mount Sinai shopping center overhaul","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]},"byline":{"value":"Tory N. 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Known as street takeovers, they're the latest iteration of the underground street racing scene that’s been popular for decades on Long Island’s wide and open roadways and its secluded industrial areas. While a generation earlier the focus might have been on a pair of \"tricked out\" sports cars racing each other down Ocean Parkway in the dead of night, the cat-and-mouse game with law enforcement has evolved into meetups that are widely advertised on social media, attracting hundreds of vehicles that paralyze busy roadways, while dozens more look on,watch on cellphones in hand, officials said. 'They're taking over the road' From stunts that go wrong, injuring spectators or law enforcement, to vehicles that blow through traffic signals and stop signs, police on Long Island said the \"takeover\" culture has spiraled out of hand. \"They have absolutely no regard for public safety,\" Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina said in an interview. \"They're not concerned about the people that they're sharing the roadways with. They're performing stunts. They're taking over the road. ... They're very, very dangerous.\" Nicholas Mendola, chief of the Hauppauge Fire Department, which responded to last weekend's incident, said unauthorized street takeovers block major roadways and create hazardous driving conditions that put first responders and participants at risk. They also divert critical public safety resources away from emergency incidents elsewhere in the community, he said. \"Street takeovers are far more than a traffic nuisance,\" Mendola said in an email. \"They create dangerous conditions for motorists, pedestrians, and the participants themselves. More importantly, they have the potential to delay or completely impede emergency responders attempting to reach people in need. Every minute matters when firefighters, police officers, or emergency medical personnel are responding to a fire, medical, emergency, or rescue.\" In November 2024, Suffolk County police, sheriff’s deputies and district attorney investigators announced the creation of a Street Takeover Task Force. The move came after the arrests of two men charged in a street takeover near Sunrise Highway in Islip that injured a police officer and caused a fiery crash as drivers attempted to flee the scene, police said at the time. Suffolk lawmakers also passed legislation in late 2024 to allow police to charge organizers and spectators at takeovers, including anyone who makes an invitation to a race, acts as a starter or flag person or is within 200 feet at illegal gatherings \"for the purpose of viewing, observing, watching, or witnessing the race, sideshow or street takeover event as it progresses.\" Participants can be charged with second-degree reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months in jail or a fine of up to $600, according to the legislation. The increased resources and legislation, officials said, have made a difference. Since its inception through July 20, the task force has broken up 122 street takeovers, issued 13,002 summonses, made 105 arrests and impounded 154 vehicles, Suffolk police said. STORYWIDGET: Suffolk County Street Takeover Task Force The Suffolk District Attorney's Office said it has 23 active cases involving illegal street racing, a spokesperson said. The Nassau County District Attorney's Office said it does not have any prosecutions stemming from street takeovers. But since the start of 2024, 26 defendants have been charged with illegal street contests and races, a misdemeanor, said Nicole Turso, a spokesperson for the office. Nine of those prosecutions are still pending, she said. STORYWIDGET: LITAKE260729_big number Blitz of arrests The enforcement blitz against street takeovers picked up steam in October 2024, when a 19-year-old Holbrook woman was injured while watching a takeover race in Patchogue. A Brooklyn man was charged with felony second-degree assault, leaving the scene of an accident resulting in serious injury and other misdemeanor charges. The next month, a Third Precinct officer, responding to a takeover in Islip, was involved in a crash responding to the scene, striking a pole while attempting to avoid a person in the roadway near Commack Road, police said. The officer then walked to the front of the crowd, police said, and observed a Ford Mustang driving recklessly. As the officer approached the vehicle, several spectators attacked him from behind, while the driver of the Mustang fled, dragging the officer, authorities said. Two men, including the driver of the Mustang, were arrested and charged with reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of an accident and unlawful speed contests, sideshows and races. In the months that followed, the task force said it shut down an attempted street takeover in Ronkonkoma and made multiple arrests of drivers attempting to flee from police following takeovers — in one case speeding at 130 mph, with headlights off, on the eastbound Long Island Expressway. In addition, dozens more were charged with illegal speed contests and had their vehicles impounded for participating in takeover events in Islandia, Port Jefferson, Centereach, Medford, Brentwood, Selden, Shirley and Melville, records show. On July 17, just over a week before the Hauppauge takeover, Suffolk police said they seized 12 vehicles, issued 46 tickets and arrested nine people after shutting down an illegal street race event in East Farmingdale. Eight days later, hundreds of off-road vehicles overtook streets in Hauppauge and Brentwood, leading to the seizure of 10 vehicles and four arrests, including one individual found in possession of a loaded gun, Catalina said. \"It's a huge problem for law enforcement,\" Catalina said of the takeovers. \"We've seen it again and again throughout the country, where we've had officers hurt. We've seen fireworks deployed at them. We've seen gunshots. We've seen fire extinguishers deployed.\" Promoted on social media The racing events, officials said, have become part of the Island’s subculture, as cars are modified with high-performance engines, advanced suspension systems and custom bodies for improved performance and design. 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At least 200 ATVs, dirt bikes and motorcycles raced at high speeds — with some performing wheelies — down a busy section of Route 347 in Hauppauge near the Smith Haven Mall on Saturday in broad daylight, video of the incident shows. Known as street takeovers, they're the latest iteration of the underground street racing scene that’s been popular for decades on Long Island’s wide and open roadways and its secluded industrial areas. While a generation earlier the focus might have been on a pair of \"tricked out\" sports cars racing each other down Ocean Parkway in the dead of night, the cat-and-mouse game with law enforcement has evolved into meetups that are widely advertised on social media, attracting hundreds of vehicles that paralyze busy roadways, while dozens more look on,watch on cellphones in hand, officials said. 'They're taking over the road' From stunts that go wrong, injuring spectators or law enforcement, to vehicles that blow through traffic signals and stop signs, police on Long Island said the \"takeover\" culture has spiraled out of hand. \"They have absolutely no regard for public safety,\" Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina said in an interview. \"They're not concerned about the people that they're sharing the roadways with. They're performing stunts. They're taking over the road. ... They're very, very dangerous.\" Nicholas Mendola, chief of the Hauppauge Fire Department, which responded to last weekend's incident, said unauthorized street takeovers block major roadways and create hazardous driving conditions that put first responders and participants at risk. They also divert critical public safety resources away from emergency incidents elsewhere in the community, he said. \"Street takeovers are far more than a traffic nuisance,\" Mendola said in an email. \"They create dangerous conditions for motorists, pedestrians, and the participants themselves. More importantly, they have the potential to delay or completely impede emergency responders attempting to reach people in need. Every minute matters when firefighters, police officers, or emergency medical personnel are responding to a fire, medical, emergency, or rescue.\" In November 2024, Suffolk County police, sheriff’s deputies and district attorney investigators announced the creation of a Street Takeover Task Force. The move came after the arrests of two men charged in a street takeover near Sunrise Highway in Islip that injured a police officer and caused a fiery crash as drivers attempted to flee the scene, police said at the time. Suffolk lawmakers also passed legislation in late 2024 to allow police to charge organizers and spectators at takeovers, including anyone who makes an invitation to a race, acts as a starter or flag person or is within 200 feet at illegal gatherings \"for the purpose of viewing, observing, watching, or witnessing the race, sideshow or street takeover event as it progresses.\" Participants can be charged with second-degree reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months in jail or a fine of up to $600, according to the legislation. The increased resources and legislation, officials said, have made a difference. Since its inception through July 20, the task force has broken up 122 street takeovers, issued 13,002 summonses, made 105 arrests and impounded 154 vehicles, Suffolk police said. STORYWIDGET: Suffolk County Street Takeover Task Force The Suffolk District Attorney's Office said it has 23 active cases involving illegal street racing, a spokesperson said. The Nassau County District Attorney's Office said it does not have any prosecutions stemming from street takeovers. But since the start of 2024, 26 defendants have been charged with illegal street contests and races, a misdemeanor, said Nicole Turso, a spokesperson for the office. Nine of those prosecutions are still pending, she said. STORYWIDGET: LITAKE260729_big number Blitz of arrests The enforcement blitz against street takeovers picked up steam in October 2024, when a 19-year-old Holbrook woman was injured while watching a takeover race in Patchogue. A Brooklyn man was charged with felony second-degree assault, leaving the scene of an accident resulting in serious injury and other misdemeanor charges. The next month, a Third Precinct officer, responding to a takeover in Islip, was involved in a crash responding to the scene, striking a pole while attempting to avoid a person in the roadway near Commack Road, police said. The officer then walked to the front of the crowd, police said, and observed a Ford Mustang driving recklessly. As the officer approached the vehicle, several spectators attacked him from behind, while the driver of the Mustang fled, dragging the officer, authorities said. Two men, including the driver of the Mustang, were arrested and charged with reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of an accident and unlawful speed contests, sideshows and races. In the months that followed, the task force said it shut down an attempted street takeover in Ronkonkoma and made multiple arrests of drivers attempting to flee from police following takeovers — in one case speeding at 130 mph, with headlights off, on the eastbound Long Island Expressway. In addition, dozens more were charged with illegal speed contests and had their vehicles impounded for participating in takeover events in Islandia, Port Jefferson, Centereach, Medford, Brentwood, Selden, Shirley and Melville, records show. On July 17, just over a week before the Hauppauge takeover, Suffolk police said they seized 12 vehicles, issued 46 tickets and arrested nine people after shutting down an illegal street race event in East Farmingdale. Eight days later, hundreds of off-road vehicles overtook streets in Hauppauge and Brentwood, leading to the seizure of 10 vehicles and four arrests, including one individual found in possession of a loaded gun, Catalina said. \"It's a huge problem for law enforcement,\" Catalina said of the takeovers. \"We've seen it again and again throughout the country, where we've had officers hurt. We've seen fireworks deployed at them. We've seen gunshots. We've seen fire extinguishers deployed.\" Promoted on social media The racing events, officials said, have become part of the Island’s subculture, as cars are modified with high-performance engines, advanced suspension systems and custom bodies for improved performance and design. But unlike traditional car meets and shows, where the date, time and location are clearly stated — and permits obtained well in advance — promoters of the takeover events offer few breadcrumbs for police to chase down, officials said. Often the time and location of a takeover, officials said, are announced on social media or through private online forums only minutes before an event begins, experts said. Retired NYPD Det. Michael Alcazar said police must be diligent, spotting posts early to anticipate meetup locations. \"It's a cat-and-mouse game,\" said Alcazar, an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. \"The police also need to communicate and coordinate between precincts. ... These events do not work without spectators filming and hyping up the event. If the police shut down the organizers of the event and the audience, the takeover will lose its fuel.\" Alcazar said the takeovers won’t stop until the participants face stiff and impactful consequences. \"Impounding bikes is an effective deterrent. Getting a summons is annoying but losing your ATV; your vehicle is a big deal,\" he said. \"Police need to take away their toys. Participants should be inconvenienced. The punishment must be swift. The more consistent the penalties ... the faster the culture of the event will change.\"","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]},"url":{"value":"https://www.newsday.com/long-island/crime/long-island-street-takeovers-underground-street-racing-charges-fyp9v3zd","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]},"headline":{"value":"Police: 'No regard for public safety.' 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The new construction and long-term lease with a corporate tenant made the property more attractive to investors, according to brokers involved in the sale and a commercial real estate analyst. \"Investors are willing to pay a premium because these types of properties are generally high-quality, being new construction, and have credit tenants on long leases,\" Jared Koeck, associate director of market analytics at CoStar Group, said in an email. \"From an investor perspective, these properties represent reliable cash flow with a low default risk.\" While single-tenant net lease deals occur regularly on Long Island, they do not make up the majority of retail property sales in any given period, Koeck said. Tom Bigansky, of North Village Realty, represented Bayridge Realty in the sale. 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Bayridge Realty LLC purchased the 1.19-acre property from 2962 Oceanside LLC in a sale that closed last week. The property, at 2962 Long Beach Rd., previously sold for $4.25 million in 2022, when 7-Eleven competitor Cumberland Farms Inc. sold it to a partnership led by Villadom Corp., according to county land records. Since then, the site has been redeveloped and leased to 7-Eleven under a 20-year lease. The new construction and long-term lease with a corporate tenant made the property more attractive to investors, according to brokers involved in the sale and a commercial real estate analyst. \"Investors are willing to pay a premium because these types of properties are generally high-quality, being new construction, and have credit tenants on long leases,\" Jared Koeck, associate director of market analytics at CoStar Group, said in an email. \"From an investor perspective, these properties represent reliable cash flow with a low default risk.\" While single-tenant net lease deals occur regularly on Long Island, they do not make up the majority of retail property sales in any given period, Koeck said. Tom Bigansky, of North Village Realty, represented Bayridge Realty in the sale. Daniel Abbondandolo and Joegy Raju, of Cushman & Wakefield, represented the seller. \"This is one of the most sought-after corners in the Oceanside submarket, and the kind of trophy asset that rarely trades,\" Bigansky said in a news release. \"My buyer understands long-term value, and they were focused on securing a corner like this because of the visibility, the traffic, and the strength of the tenant. 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The Hicksville fire, reported in a 911 call at 3:05 a.m. Wednesday, caused damage to a two-story home on Hemp Lane. The Nassau County Fire Marshal's Office said about 50 firefighters from seven departments found a fire in the attic, with flames visible through the roof. Under the command of Hicksville Chief Christopher Wright, firefighters from Hicksville, Westbury, Bethpage, East Meadow, Carle Place, Jericho and Levittown brought the fire under control in about 45 minutes, the fire marshal's office said. There were no reported injuries. Investigators determined the fire was caused by a lightning strike, many of which were reported in the area overnight. Authorities said the home was declared uninhabitable because of the fire, its occupants, one of whom is a Hicksville firefighter, were displaced. The marina fire was reported at 11:49 p.m. Tuesday. About 75 firefighters from five departments responded to Rick's Marina on East Bedell Street in Freeport to find three boats \"actively burning,\" the fire marshal's office said in a statement. The boats were not moored at the marina, but were in the storage yard, the fire marshal's office said. Firefighters, under the command of Freeport Chief Chris Burkhardt, deployed foam in efforts to suppress the fire — bringing it under control in about 45 minutes. The responding departments included Freeport, Baldwin, Merrick, Roosevelt and Hempstead. A fire marshal's hazmat team and specialists from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation were called in to \"mitigate any leaking fuel from the boats,\" the fire marshal's office said. \"No significant fuel runoff was noted,\" the office added. 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He is the author of “Swee'pea,” about New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. His debut crime novel, “For Nothing Is Hidden,” rooted in 1950s Long Island, was released in October 2025.
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About 75 firefighters from five departments responded to Rick's Marina on East Bedell Street in Freeport to find three boats \"actively burning,\" the fire marshal's office said in a statement. The boats were not moored at the marina, but were in the storage yard, the fire marshal's office said. Firefighters, under the command of Freeport Chief Chris Burkhardt, deployed foam in efforts to suppress the fire — bringing it under control in about 45 minutes. The responding departments included Freeport, Baldwin, Merrick, Roosevelt and Hempstead. A fire marshal's hazmat team and specialists from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation were called in to \"mitigate any leaking fuel from the boats,\" the fire marshal's office said. \"No significant fuel runoff was noted,\" the office added. 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Angelo Ruggiero Jr., 53, son of the late Gambino crime family captain Angelo Ruggiero — who was once a confidante of the mob boss John Gotti — pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud conspiracy before U.S. Magistrate Clay Kaminsky in federal court in Brooklyn, said a spokesman for U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. Also pleading guilty to wire fraud conspiracy Tuesday was Nicholas Minucci, 39, of East Northport. With Tuesday’s proceedings, the number of defendants who have pleaded guilty number 15, officials said, almost half of the those originally indicted. Minucci’s defense attorney, Scott Leemon, said his clients accepts responsibility for his actions and wants to put it all behind him. Ruggiero had been in custody since his arrest in October 2025 and will remain so until sentencing on Dec. 8, authorities said. While the length of Ruggiero’s possible prison sentence is to be determined later, a legal source familiar with federal sentencing guidelines said he face a possible term of 46 to 57 months, although he will receive credit for time already spent in jail. Ruggiero’s defense attorney, James Froccaro, declined to comment. Nocella’s office issued no statement. Ruggerio was among several reputed Mafia members and associates linked to the Gambino, Genovese and Bonanno crimes families indicted in the federal case that alleged they rigged card games in Manhattan, Las Vegas and East Hampton. The scheme allegedly cheated unwitting gamblers out of as much as $7 million through the use of electronic card counting machines and special playing tables. Earlier in the week, Joseph Lanni, 54, of Staten Island, whom the FBI considers a captain in the Gambino crime family, pleaded guilty to a single count of running an illegal gambling business. Lanni gained notoriety in 2025 when he pleaded guilty to federal charges he was part of a racketeering conspiracy. Some reputed organized crime figures have rejected plea bargains from federal prosecutors and want to go to trial. They include key Bonanno crime family member Ernest Aiello, of Wantagh, and Matthew Daddino, of Franklin Square, said by the FBI to be a member of the Genovese family. Also deciding for now to fight the case is Chauncey Billups, the head coach of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers, who is on administrative leave from his job.","publishedDate":"2026-07-28T22:32:34.237Z","updatedDate":"2026-07-29T12:14:25.305Z","url":"https://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/crime/federal-mob-gambling-case-guilty-pleas-long-island-queens-k27ljc2g","headline":"Angelo Ruggiero Jr., of Queens, Nicholas Minucci, of East Northport, plead guilty in sprawling mob gambling case","teaserTitle":"Queens, LI defendants plead guilty in mob gambling case","newsLabel":"none","newsLabel2":"none","subType":"article","gridFilter":[],"authors":[{"id":"contentid/MDZmYTMzMzYtODJmNi00","name":"Anthony M. DeStefano","role":"Newsday special writer, crime","imageUrl":"https://cdn.newsday.com/image-service/version/c:YTNlMjkxYzQtM2U2OS00:YzQtM2U2OS00YzBmODhm/image.jpg","authorUrl":"/author/anthony-m-destefano","authorPage":"","authorBio":"\n\tAnthony M. 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Angelo Ruggiero Jr., 53, son of the late Gambino crime family captain Angelo Ruggiero — who was once a confidante of the mob boss John Gotti — pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud conspiracy before U.S. Magistrate Clay Kaminsky in federal court in Brooklyn, said a spokesman for U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. Also pleading guilty to wire fraud conspiracy Tuesday was Nicholas Minucci, 39, of East Northport. With Tuesday’s proceedings, the number of defendants who have pleaded guilty number 15, officials said, almost half of the those originally indicted. Minucci’s defense attorney, Scott Leemon, said his clients accepts responsibility for his actions and wants to put it all behind him. Ruggiero had been in custody since his arrest in October 2025 and will remain so until sentencing on Dec. 8, authorities said. While the length of Ruggiero’s possible prison sentence is to be determined later, a legal source familiar with federal sentencing guidelines said he face a possible term of 46 to 57 months, although he will receive credit for time already spent in jail. Ruggiero’s defense attorney, James Froccaro, declined to comment. Nocella’s office issued no statement. Ruggerio was among several reputed Mafia members and associates linked to the Gambino, Genovese and Bonanno crimes families indicted in the federal case that alleged they rigged card games in Manhattan, Las Vegas and East Hampton. The scheme allegedly cheated unwitting gamblers out of as much as $7 million through the use of electronic card counting machines and special playing tables. Earlier in the week, Joseph Lanni, 54, of Staten Island, whom the FBI considers a captain in the Gambino crime family, pleaded guilty to a single count of running an illegal gambling business. 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Many young people on Long Island — and nationwide — have been similarly driven to this field of work: LinkedIn recently ranked real estate as the second fastest-growing sector for new college graduates over the last three years. On Long Island, where home prices have hit record highs, the job can present lucrative opportunities. Brokerages on Long Island have seen increased entry-level interest in recent years, with their owners citing the job's connection to social media marketing, entrepreneurial spirit and ability to work outside of an office as other factors driving interest. But the commission-based earnings (as opposed to a steady salary), overhead costs and competition among agents across the Island are challenges, experts say. These self-starters must remain motivated and focused to succeed in this realm: \"It's definitely hard work,\" said Mark Stempel, owner of Blue Island Homes. \"It's not all glamorous.\" Not quite 'Selling Sunset' The glamorization of real estate, thanks to television shows like \"Selling Sunset\" and the \"Million Dollar Listing\" franchise, has played a part in young people pursuing this career path, Stempel said. The reality shows do not necessarily reflect what the job is really like, he added. But it gets young people in the door, putting resumes on his desk. Blue Island Homes, which has offices in Bellmore and Greenvale, has a wide age range in their agents, from 20 to 60, Stempel said. The newer agents often team up with the more experienced ones to learn the ropes. I think that they can see success very early on, whereas when you start at the bottom … in corporate life, it may take many years for you to find those types of successes. — Mark Stempel, Blue Island Homes owner \"I think that they can see success very early on, whereas when you start at the bottom … in corporate life, it may take many years for you to find those types of successes,\" Stempel said. Data shows that real estate professionals early into their careers skew younger. In the National Association of Realtors (NAR), members with two years or less of experience are a median age of 45, compared to the overall median age in the organization, which is 57, according to its 2026 Member Profile. Among those with two years or less of experience, 12% are under 30, which indicates early career entrants into the real estate field, Jessica Lautz, the NAR's deputy chief economist, told Newsday via email. Stempel started seeing an increase in interest from 20-somethings in the early 2020s, coming into the profession out of college or, sometimes, right after high school. A lot of younger agents are still living at home with their families, saving up before entering Long Island's pricey market themselves. In the meantime, \"working for a local real estate company becomes not only convenient, but also gives them the feeling they're doing something important,\" Stempel said. Social media assets Real estate has been \"heavily influenced\" by social media, Stempel said, which is one reason young people are drawn to the career. This generation's ease and familiarity with social media is a great skillset to bring to a real estate sales position, added David Cohen, co-owner of Corcoran SRG Residential in Syosset. \"Younger agents have grown up with these different social media avenues,\" he said. \"They use it to their advantage to get business.\" Cohen has recently hired and interviewed several job candidates who were either fresh out of college or about to graduate. \"I would just say from our point of view, we're really trying to go after younger, aggressive agents or people that are aspiring to be agents,\" he said. The flexibility of the job seems to be especially intriguing to the younger crowd: \"It's very entrepreneurial,\" Cohen said. \"You're out and about and it's more exciting than your typical desk job.\" As the buyer pool gets younger, there is a \"huge need\" for real estate agents within that age group to help those clients, Cohen added: There is a \"changing of the guard\" approaching as more newcomers come onto the scene. But until then, there is stiff competition throughout Long Island, said Chad Lupinacci, former Town of Huntington supervisor and current lecturer of business law at Farmingdale State College. noted. \"When you look at the Long Island region, there are thousands of licensed agents,\" he said. STORYWIDGET: HOGRAD260731_ticker Competition is one challenge young agents might face right away. But just to get started, there are several costs new real estate agents can expect, said Shaan Khan, president of the Long Island Board of Realtors (LIBOR). That includes payments toward obtaining a real estate salesperson license: $65 for the initial application and $15 for the written exam, according to the New York State requirements listed online. The cost of the qualifying course varies widely: LIBOR offers it online for $335, while Molloy University holds the class in person for $595. Once an agent passes the exam, they must get sponsored by a brokerage, which could come with a cost as well, Khan said. LIBOR fees include a one-time $600 initiation fee, then $596 annually, which covers local, state and national dues. It also costs $650 to initially join OneKey MLS, a statewide multiple listing service, with a $190 payment per month. And the various professional startup costs abound: Business cards, marketing, whatever it takes \"to get your name out there\" will come at a price, Khan added. \"Right off the bat, you're probably looking at over $1,000,\" he said. Real estate agents generally earn between 2% and 3% commission per sale, and as Long Island home prices remain high, it signals the possibility of significant earnings for agents, Lupinacci said. Plus, buyers in need of representation are continuing to enter this competitive market all the time: \"Even though there is limited inventory, there is still a huge buyer demand in the area,\" Lupinacci said. STORYWIDGET: HOGRAD260731_incomes It all comes with downsides: Working in a commission-based role without a steady salary can bring income instability, especially in New York State, which can be prone to lengthy closing processes. \"It could be multiple months before closing on a property, either on the buyer's side or the seller's side,\" Lupinacci said. And making that first sale can also take time, but it depends — no two entry points into real estate are the same, Khan said. \"Some agents just hit the ground running: Things line up for them right away, maybe they have a hot lead and they know someone who's looking to sell or buy,\" he said. \"Other folks have to work their sphere of influence, do some marketing or maybe start working under another agent.\" Real estate agents with two years of experience or less reported a gross median income of $8,000 in 2025, according to the NAR Member Profile, which surveys real estate agents nationwide. For agents of all experience levels, the gross median income was $59,200. It is common for real estate professionals with two years of experience or less to have another job, Lautz said. Per NAR's findings, 52% of those who have two years or less experience cite that real estate is not their only occupation. STORYWIDGET: HOGRAD260731_bignum2 For NAR members of that experience level, they typically had a median of two transactions in the year, while real estate agents with 16 years of experience or more closed a median of 10 transactions, the report shows. There are other realms of the industry to explore for more earnings on the side, Lupinacci said. For example, \"you're in sales, but maybe you want to work on title work in your spare time when sales aren't going that well,\" he said. \"Or learn the mortgage business a little bit more. They all coincide, so if one area slows down, you can always concentrate on the other area.\" Earning the rewards Real estate agent Jonathan Schuman, 26, recently sold this home in Wantagh. I love seeing everybody happy in the end. — Jonathan Schuman According to the NAR Member Profile, 74% of real estate agents with two years of experience or less are very certain they will remain active in the real estate profession for the next two years. Schuman, an agent for Blue Island Homes, knew he wanted to work in real estate from an early age. His interest was sparked with renovation, and he started going to open houses to familiarize himself with Long Island's architectural landscape. \"I wanted to learn all the styles of the houses in the neighborhood,\" said Schuman, who grew up in Merrick. STORYWIDGET: HOGRAD260731_BIGNUM1 Meghan Mikalsen, who was raised in Suffolk County and now lives in Pennsylvania, worked as a real estate agent for Signature Premier Properties and The Real Brokerage after graduating from Stony Brook University. The 24-year-old was inspired by the influx of real estate-based reality shows like \"Selling Sunset.\" Once she started working, she quickly saw how competitive it is, and that it's not possible to have \"overnight success,\" she said. Meghan Mikalsen is a young real estate professional, raised in Suffolk County. You just have to be hungry for it. Young people need to be ambitious, and not fearful of rejection. — Meghan Mikalsen, former Long Island agent Mikalsen kept going and now, as an asset manager for a property management company, she works in investments. \"I would encourage young people to stick it out, if it's really a passion for them,\" Mikalsen said. \"You just have to be hungry for it. Young people need to be ambitious, and not fearful of rejection.\" For Schuman, closings are \"very uneventful.\" The agents mostly \"show up there for moral support,\" he said. But what happens after all the paperwork is signed — that's his favorite part of the job. \"At the end when they're handing over the keys to the new owner, and you see everyone really happy, either moving on or starting a new chapter; I love that,\" he said. \"I love seeing everybody happy in the end.\"","publishedDate":"2026-07-29T09:00:00Z","updatedDate":"2026-07-29T15:26:25.151Z","url":"https://www.newsday.com/real-estate/postgrad-jobs-gen-z-n72oghz7","headline":"Why many recent college grads are going into real estate on Long Island","teaserTitle":"Recent grads are going into real estate more than ever. 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It's unusual for a real estate agent to juggle that many contracts at once, and for Schuman, it hasn't happened since then. Out of the 13 contracts, 11 of them closed. Many young people on Long Island — and nationwide — have been similarly driven to this field of work: LinkedIn recently ranked real estate as the second fastest-growing sector for new college graduates over the last three years. On Long Island, where home prices have hit record highs, the job can present lucrative opportunities. Brokerages on Long Island have seen increased entry-level interest in recent years, with their owners citing the job's connection to social media marketing, entrepreneurial spirit and ability to work outside of an office as other factors driving interest. But the commission-based earnings (as opposed to a steady salary), overhead costs and competition among agents across the Island are challenges, experts say. These self-starters must remain motivated and focused to succeed in this realm: \"It's definitely hard work,\" said Mark Stempel, owner of Blue Island Homes. \"It's not all glamorous.\" Not quite 'Selling Sunset' The glamorization of real estate, thanks to television shows like \"Selling Sunset\" and the \"Million Dollar Listing\" franchise, has played a part in young people pursuing this career path, Stempel said. The reality shows do not necessarily reflect what the job is really like, he added. But it gets young people in the door, putting resumes on his desk. Blue Island Homes, which has offices in Bellmore and Greenvale, has a wide age range in their agents, from 20 to 60, Stempel said. The newer agents often team up with the more experienced ones to learn the ropes. I think that they can see success very early on, whereas when you start at the bottom … in corporate life, it may take many years for you to find those types of successes. — Mark Stempel, Blue Island Homes owner \"I think that they can see success very early on, whereas when you start at the bottom … in corporate life, it may take many years for you to find those types of successes,\" Stempel said. Data shows that real estate professionals early into their careers skew younger. In the National Association of Realtors (NAR), members with two years or less of experience are a median age of 45, compared to the overall median age in the organization, which is 57, according to its 2026 Member Profile. Among those with two years or less of experience, 12% are under 30, which indicates early career entrants into the real estate field, Jessica Lautz, the NAR's deputy chief economist, told Newsday via email. Stempel started seeing an increase in interest from 20-somethings in the early 2020s, coming into the profession out of college or, sometimes, right after high school. A lot of younger agents are still living at home with their families, saving up before entering Long Island's pricey market themselves. In the meantime, \"working for a local real estate company becomes not only convenient, but also gives them the feeling they're doing something important,\" Stempel said. Social media assets Real estate has been \"heavily influenced\" by social media, Stempel said, which is one reason young people are drawn to the career. This generation's ease and familiarity with social media is a great skillset to bring to a real estate sales position, added David Cohen, co-owner of Corcoran SRG Residential in Syosset. \"Younger agents have grown up with these different social media avenues,\" he said. \"They use it to their advantage to get business.\" Cohen has recently hired and interviewed several job candidates who were either fresh out of college or about to graduate. \"I would just say from our point of view, we're really trying to go after younger, aggressive agents or people that are aspiring to be agents,\" he said. The flexibility of the job seems to be especially intriguing to the younger crowd: \"It's very entrepreneurial,\" Cohen said. \"You're out and about and it's more exciting than your typical desk job.\" As the buyer pool gets younger, there is a \"huge need\" for real estate agents within that age group to help those clients, Cohen added: There is a \"changing of the guard\" approaching as more newcomers come onto the scene. But until then, there is stiff competition throughout Long Island, said Chad Lupinacci, former Town of Huntington supervisor and current lecturer of business law at Farmingdale State College. noted. \"When you look at the Long Island region, there are thousands of licensed agents,\" he said. STORYWIDGET: HOGRAD260731_ticker Competition is one challenge young agents might face right away. But just to get started, there are several costs new real estate agents can expect, said Shaan Khan, president of the Long Island Board of Realtors (LIBOR). That includes payments toward obtaining a real estate salesperson license: $65 for the initial application and $15 for the written exam, according to the New York State requirements listed online. The cost of the qualifying course varies widely: LIBOR offers it online for $335, while Molloy University holds the class in person for $595. Once an agent passes the exam, they must get sponsored by a brokerage, which could come with a cost as well, Khan said. LIBOR fees include a one-time $600 initiation fee, then $596 annually, which covers local, state and national dues. It also costs $650 to initially join OneKey MLS, a statewide multiple listing service, with a $190 payment per month. And the various professional startup costs abound: Business cards, marketing, whatever it takes \"to get your name out there\" will come at a price, Khan added. \"Right off the bat, you're probably looking at over $1,000,\" he said. Real estate agents generally earn between 2% and 3% commission per sale, and as Long Island home prices remain high, it signals the possibility of significant earnings for agents, Lupinacci said. Plus, buyers in need of representation are continuing to enter this competitive market all the time: \"Even though there is limited inventory, there is still a huge buyer demand in the area,\" Lupinacci said. STORYWIDGET: HOGRAD260731_incomes It all comes with downsides: Working in a commission-based role without a steady salary can bring income instability, especially in New York State, which can be prone to lengthy closing processes. \"It could be multiple months before closing on a property, either on the buyer's side or the seller's side,\" Lupinacci said. And making that first sale can also take time, but it depends — no two entry points into real estate are the same, Khan said. \"Some agents just hit the ground running: Things line up for them right away, maybe they have a hot lead and they know someone who's looking to sell or buy,\" he said. \"Other folks have to work their sphere of influence, do some marketing or maybe start working under another agent.\" Real estate agents with two years of experience or less reported a gross median income of $8,000 in 2025, according to the NAR Member Profile, which surveys real estate agents nationwide. For agents of all experience levels, the gross median income was $59,200. It is common for real estate professionals with two years of experience or less to have another job, Lautz said. Per NAR's findings, 52% of those who have two years or less experience cite that real estate is not their only occupation. STORYWIDGET: HOGRAD260731_bignum2 For NAR members of that experience level, they typically had a median of two transactions in the year, while real estate agents with 16 years of experience or more closed a median of 10 transactions, the report shows. There are other realms of the industry to explore for more earnings on the side, Lupinacci said. For example, \"you're in sales, but maybe you want to work on title work in your spare time when sales aren't going that well,\" he said. \"Or learn the mortgage business a little bit more. They all coincide, so if one area slows down, you can always concentrate on the other area.\" Earning the rewards Real estate agent Jonathan Schuman, 26, recently sold this home in Wantagh. I love seeing everybody happy in the end. — Jonathan Schuman According to the NAR Member Profile, 74% of real estate agents with two years of experience or less are very certain they will remain active in the real estate profession for the next two years. Schuman, an agent for Blue Island Homes, knew he wanted to work in real estate from an early age. His interest was sparked with renovation, and he started going to open houses to familiarize himself with Long Island's architectural landscape. \"I wanted to learn all the styles of the houses in the neighborhood,\" said Schuman, who grew up in Merrick. STORYWIDGET: HOGRAD260731_BIGNUM1 Meghan Mikalsen, who was raised in Suffolk County and now lives in Pennsylvania, worked as a real estate agent for Signature Premier Properties and The Real Brokerage after graduating from Stony Brook University. The 24-year-old was inspired by the influx of real estate-based reality shows like \"Selling Sunset.\" Once she started working, she quickly saw how competitive it is, and that it's not possible to have \"overnight success,\" she said. Meghan Mikalsen is a young real estate professional, raised in Suffolk County. You just have to be hungry for it. Young people need to be ambitious, and not fearful of rejection. — Meghan Mikalsen, former Long Island agent Mikalsen kept going and now, as an asset manager for a property management company, she works in investments. \"I would encourage young people to stick it out, if it's really a passion for them,\" Mikalsen said. \"You just have to be hungry for it. Young people need to be ambitious, and not fearful of rejection.\" For Schuman, closings are \"very uneventful.\" The agents mostly \"show up there for moral support,\" he said. But what happens after all the paperwork is signed — that's his favorite part of the job. \"At the end when they're handing over the keys to the new owner, and you see everyone really happy, either moving on or starting a new chapter; I love that,\" he said. \"I love seeing everybody happy in the end.\"","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]},"url":{"value":"https://www.newsday.com/real-estate/postgrad-jobs-gen-z-n72oghz7","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]},"headline":{"value":"Why many recent college grads are going into real estate on Long Island","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]},"byline":{"value":"Rachel Weiss","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]},"search_tags":[{"value":"Real Estate","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]}]}}},{"content":{"id":"contentid/cddb5541-015f-47db-a36a-41081a276924","title":"FDSTEREO260722","__typename":"Article","lead":"It's the first restaurant the chef owned, and he's in it for the long haul.","body":"It’s become a springtime ritual for the East End glutterati: As soon as the restaurant season gets underway, the Googling starts: Where is chef Cheo Avila popping up this year? Since he ran his first North Fork spot — KonTiki in Greenport (2017 to 2022) — Avila went on to create some of the area’s most creative and delicious concepts, including Minnow at the Galley Ho in New Suffolk (2023), Nookies at the Silver Sands Motel in Greenport (2024) and Maizeat, which started in 2024 as an empanada-centric pop-up at Lumber + Salt in Jamesport and Little Creek Oysters in Greenport and expanded, last year, into a full-fledged, truck-based eatery at The Shoals suites hotel in Southold. Now, with partner Ai Ito, he is settling down on Front Street in Greenport, where the chef-partners have opened Stereo East End. \"I never wanted to be a ‘one-year guy,’ \" Avila said. \"I didn’t want to be always starting from zero. What I wanted was a place to be creative, to cook for myself, not for an owner. I was trying to find ... this.\" \"This\" is the chic-homey Stereo East End, which opened June 21 and whose kitchen draws on the backgrounds of both chefs: Avila is from Venezuela and Itois from Japan. It’s a combination that Avila concedes \"isn’t a natural fit.\" Venezuelan cooking, he noted, is \"very easy to work with — there are already lots of influences from Europe, Indigenous South American, even Indian.\" But, Ito explained, \"Japanese food is very settled in its flavor profile.\" Nevertheless, the chefs’ skills are so honed and their palates are so in sync, they are making beautiful music together in the kitchen. Chef-partners Ai Ito , left, and Cheo Avila at Stereo East End in Greenport. The menu is dominated by small plates ($12 to $25) such as tuna tostada with garlicky wasabi ajillo and local herbs; guasacaca, a Venezuelan guacamole, with beluga lentils, popped rice and flowering cilantro; yakitori pincho, skewered chicken Japanese-spiced garlic sauce; clams steamed with dashi (Japanese tuna stock) with baby lima beans. Larger plates ($27 to $45) include deep-fried pork katsu with local vegetables and black bean-miso sauce; chilled ramen with vegetables and jammy egg; papillote alla plancha — local fish wrapped in collard leaves and served over buttery mashed yuca. The chefs lard every preparation with local produce and also present specials such as the midsummer \"corn ribs,\" sheared from Latham farm corn and then covered with miso-lime mayo, cotija cheese and scallions. With its brick floor, wood-paneled walls and curved bar, the room is equal parts chic and homey. Avila said the team designed it with winter in mind. It’s no great challenge for a Greenport restaurant to be busy during the summer, but staying open during the off season is what is going to give this concept staying power. In other words, Avila and Ito expect to be here next spring, and for many springs to come. Stereo East End, 110 Front St., Greenport. Reservations: resy.com. Open for dinner Thursday to Monday 5 to 9 p.m., lunch Friday to Sunday noon to 3:30. 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Since he ran his first North Fork spot — KonTiki in Greenport (2017 to 2022) — Avila went on to create some of the area’s most creative and delicious concepts, including Minnow at the Galley Ho in New Suffolk (2023), Nookies at the Silver Sands Motel in Greenport (2024) and Maizeat, which started in 2024 as an empanada-centric pop-up at Lumber + Salt in Jamesport and Little Creek Oysters in Greenport and expanded, last year, into a full-fledged, truck-based eatery at The Shoals suites hotel in Southold. Now, with partner Ai Ito, he is settling down on Front Street in Greenport, where the chef-partners have opened Stereo East End. \"I never wanted to be a ‘one-year guy,’ \" Avila said. \"I didn’t want to be always starting from zero. What I wanted was a place to be creative, to cook for myself, not for an owner. I was trying to find ... this.\" \"This\" is the chic-homey Stereo East End, which opened June 21 and whose kitchen draws on the backgrounds of both chefs: Avila is from Venezuela and Itois from Japan. It’s a combination that Avila concedes \"isn’t a natural fit.\" Venezuelan cooking, he noted, is \"very easy to work with — there are already lots of influences from Europe, Indigenous South American, even Indian.\" But, Ito explained, \"Japanese food is very settled in its flavor profile.\" Nevertheless, the chefs’ skills are so honed and their palates are so in sync, they are making beautiful music together in the kitchen. Chef-partners Ai Ito , left, and Cheo Avila at Stereo East End in Greenport. The menu is dominated by small plates ($12 to $25) such as tuna tostada with garlicky wasabi ajillo and local herbs; guasacaca, a Venezuelan guacamole, with beluga lentils, popped rice and flowering cilantro; yakitori pincho, skewered chicken Japanese-spiced garlic sauce; clams steamed with dashi (Japanese tuna stock) with baby lima beans. Larger plates ($27 to $45) include deep-fried pork katsu with local vegetables and black bean-miso sauce; chilled ramen with vegetables and jammy egg; papillote alla plancha — local fish wrapped in collard leaves and served over buttery mashed yuca. The chefs lard every preparation with local produce and also present specials such as the midsummer \"corn ribs,\" sheared from Latham farm corn and then covered with miso-lime mayo, cotija cheese and scallions. With its brick floor, wood-paneled walls and curved bar, the room is equal parts chic and homey. Avila said the team designed it with winter in mind. It’s no great challenge for a Greenport restaurant to be busy during the summer, but staying open during the off season is what is going to give this concept staying power. In other words, Avila and Ito expect to be here next spring, and for many springs to come. Stereo East End, 110 Front St., Greenport. Reservations: resy.com. Open for dinner Thursday to Monday 5 to 9 p.m., lunch Friday to Sunday noon to 3:30. 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His daughter, Allison Bekoff, described him as \"larger than life,\" a man who could enter a room and make each person feel like his best friend. Bekoff, a prominent Long Island criminal defense attorney whose work helped establish a landmark court decision, died of heart failure on July 14. He was 83. Known for his passion and playful spirit, Bekoff also was famous for his collection of more than 1,500 empty ice cream pint containers that filled shelves, climbed stairways and spread through rooms of his Woodbury home. His longtime friend Sandy Kurtz, of Easthampton, Massachusetts, said the collection was never really the point. \"What Ron really collected was people,\" Kurtz said. Courtroom advocate Bekoff spent six years as a Nassau County prosecutor before entering private practice and becoming a founding member of Hession & Bekoff. He defended clients in state and federal court on charges ranging from murder and narcotics offenses to conspiracy and driving while intoxicated. He earned a business degree from the University of Toledo in Ohio in 1965 and graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1968. His clients included Wall Street securities analyst Joseph Pikul, whom Bekoff represented during a widely covered 1989 murder trial. Joseph Lo Piccolo, Bekoff’s former law partner in Garden City, said Bekoff handled front-page cases and the smallest matters with equal care. \"He treated everyone the same,\" Lo Piccolo said. \"He always wanted to know about you.\" Kurtz said Bekoff’s commanding presence was backed by exacting preparation. He drafted arguments longhand and often identified issues others overlooked. Landmark case Bekoff represented Sebastian Ventimiglia at trial in the People v. Ventimiglia, the landmark case that established the procedure judges use to decide, outside the jury’s presence, whether prosecutors may present evidence that a defendant committed other crimes not charged in the case. Bekoff’s objection allowed the state’s highest court to consider the issue, he said. \"Without the protest, it would never have gotten to the Court of Appeals,\" retired State Supreme Court Justice William Donnino said. That care extended to clients facing some of the most difficult moments of their lives. Retired Nassau County Court Judge Jerald Carter, a longtime friend of Bekoff’s, said Bekoff never treated clients or cases as interchangeable, instead considering each person and family. \"He did not put clients in the same paper bag, so to speak,\" Carter said. \"He looked at each client and the families and adopted an approach that was unique.\" Outside the courtroom, Bekoff was a regular at the Orient in Bethpage, where he inspired a combination of two noodle soups that customers ordered as the \"Bekoff soup,\" his daughter, Allison Bekoff, said. He had a gift for knowing what everyone at the table would enjoy and making sure each person was represented in the meal. \"Watching him at a table was like watching him in a courtroom,\" Allison Bekoff said. \"Food really was his love language.\" 'Ultimate cheerleader' A lifelong Mets, Jets and Islanders fan, Bekoff spent over 20 years compiling a handwritten book ranking the greatest collegiate basketball players. Allison Bekoff called him \"the ultimate cheerleader,\" as eager to support a child at a neighborhood game as a professional team. She described her father as \"a big kid\" at heart, a quality children throughout the community recognized immediately. During the final six months of his life, three neighborhood boys routinely came to his home to play cards, watch television and share ice cream. \"They became his best buddies,\" his daughter said. \"He made them feel special and made them laugh and really added something to their lives.\" It was the same gift that allowed Bekoff to sustain relationships throughout every stage of his life, from childhood friends and fraternity brothers to neighbors he met while walking his dog. With treats always in his pockets, he became the neighborhood \"cookie dealer,\" Allison Bekoff said. \"He could walk into a room and make anyone feel special,\" she said. \"He made every single person feel like they mattered, they were heard and they were accepted.\" In addition to his daughter, of California, he is survived by his wife, Carolyn Bekoff, of Woodbury; brother, Barry Bekoff, of Woodbury; his daughter's husband, Omar Bailey; son, Steven Bekoff, of Syosset, his wife, Jodi Bekoff, and their children, Avery and Zachary Bekoff. A funeral was held July 17 at Gutterman’s Woodbury Chapel, where more than 300 mourners packed the venue.","publishedDate":"2026-07-29T06:00:00Z","updatedDate":"2026-07-29T12:07:17.950Z","url":"https://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/defense-attorney-ronald-bekoff-obituary-c0ufsnx0","headline":"Ronald Bekoff, prominent defense attorney from Woodbury, dies at 83","teaserTitle":"Prominent defense attorney from Woodbury dies at 83","newsLabel":"none","newsLabel2":"none","subType":"article","gridFilter":[],"authors":[{"id":"contentid/970eedee-7c6d-45d3-8ef7-c130e783b666","name":"Tamilore Oshikanlu","role":"","imageUrl":"","authorUrl":"/author/tamilore-oshikanlu","authorPage":"","authorBio":"","deactivated":false,"twitterId":"","tikTokId":"","instagramId":"","emailAddress":"Special to Newsday","__typename":"Author"}],"reviewStars":"","displayType":"","seoTitle":"","seoDescription":"","noIndex":false,"relevance":"","relevanceInt":-1,"ETag":"ba5a090b950346f0e641aeb474624868","byline":"Tamilore Oshikanlu","organization":"Special to Newsday","externalLink":"","premiumType":"inherit","fullImageTop":false,"dropCap":false,"desktopAdzone":"","mobileAdzone":"","videoAdzone":"","mobileVideoAdzone":"","chapterNav":"","sportsLink":"","updateTag":"","customCSS":null,"customJS":null,"teaserImage":null,"footer":null,"publishingInfo":{"contentId":"onecms:132ac2e6-9796-44bf-b84a-5fb45809f7c4","__typename":"ADMPublishingInfo"},"parent":{"title":"Obituaries","__typename":"Section"},"tags":[{"name":"Obituaries","url":"/tag/Obituaries","__typename":"Tag"}],"location":[{"name":"Woodbury","__typename":"Location"}],"source":[{"name":"Newsday","__typename":"Source"}],"topElement":{"__typename":"Image","id":"contentid/b2a6f214-0070-4e0a-ba77-bc5a2654dd2e","width":1290,"height":1699,"title":"Copy Of obBEKOFF260729_photos","headline":"","baseUrl":"https://cdn.newsday.com/image-service/version/c:MzQzZmQ3MzYtYmE2NS00:OWYyOTQyOWItYWI4NS00/copy-of-obbekoff260729_photos.jpg","caption":"Ronald Bekoff spent decades defending clients as a criminal defense attorney on Long Island.
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His daughter, Allison Bekoff, described him as \"larger than life,\" a man who could enter a room and make each person feel like his best friend. Bekoff, a prominent Long Island criminal defense attorney whose work helped establish a landmark court decision, died of heart failure on July 14. He was 83. Known for his passion and playful spirit, Bekoff also was famous for his collection of more than 1,500 empty ice cream pint containers that filled shelves, climbed stairways and spread through rooms of his Woodbury home. His longtime friend Sandy Kurtz, of Easthampton, Massachusetts, said the collection was never really the point. \"What Ron really collected was people,\" Kurtz said. Courtroom advocate Bekoff spent six years as a Nassau County prosecutor before entering private practice and becoming a founding member of Hession & Bekoff. He defended clients in state and federal court on charges ranging from murder and narcotics offenses to conspiracy and driving while intoxicated. He earned a business degree from the University of Toledo in Ohio in 1965 and graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1968. His clients included Wall Street securities analyst Joseph Pikul, whom Bekoff represented during a widely covered 1989 murder trial. Joseph Lo Piccolo, Bekoff’s former law partner in Garden City, said Bekoff handled front-page cases and the smallest matters with equal care. \"He treated everyone the same,\" Lo Piccolo said. \"He always wanted to know about you.\" Kurtz said Bekoff’s commanding presence was backed by exacting preparation. He drafted arguments longhand and often identified issues others overlooked. Landmark case Bekoff represented Sebastian Ventimiglia at trial in the People v. Ventimiglia, the landmark case that established the procedure judges use to decide, outside the jury’s presence, whether prosecutors may present evidence that a defendant committed other crimes not charged in the case. Bekoff’s objection allowed the state’s highest court to consider the issue, he said. \"Without the protest, it would never have gotten to the Court of Appeals,\" retired State Supreme Court Justice William Donnino said. That care extended to clients facing some of the most difficult moments of their lives. Retired Nassau County Court Judge Jerald Carter, a longtime friend of Bekoff’s, said Bekoff never treated clients or cases as interchangeable, instead considering each person and family. \"He did not put clients in the same paper bag, so to speak,\" Carter said. \"He looked at each client and the families and adopted an approach that was unique.\" Outside the courtroom, Bekoff was a regular at the Orient in Bethpage, where he inspired a combination of two noodle soups that customers ordered as the \"Bekoff soup,\" his daughter, Allison Bekoff, said. He had a gift for knowing what everyone at the table would enjoy and making sure each person was represented in the meal. \"Watching him at a table was like watching him in a courtroom,\" Allison Bekoff said. \"Food really was his love language.\" 'Ultimate cheerleader' A lifelong Mets, Jets and Islanders fan, Bekoff spent over 20 years compiling a handwritten book ranking the greatest collegiate basketball players. Allison Bekoff called him \"the ultimate cheerleader,\" as eager to support a child at a neighborhood game as a professional team. She described her father as \"a big kid\" at heart, a quality children throughout the community recognized immediately. During the final six months of his life, three neighborhood boys routinely came to his home to play cards, watch television and share ice cream. \"They became his best buddies,\" his daughter said. \"He made them feel special and made them laugh and really added something to their lives.\" It was the same gift that allowed Bekoff to sustain relationships throughout every stage of his life, from childhood friends and fraternity brothers to neighbors he met while walking his dog. With treats always in his pockets, he became the neighborhood \"cookie dealer,\" Allison Bekoff said. \"He could walk into a room and make anyone feel special,\" she said. \"He made every single person feel like they mattered, they were heard and they were accepted.\" In addition to his daughter, of California, he is survived by his wife, Carolyn Bekoff, of Woodbury; brother, Barry Bekoff, of Woodbury; his daughter's husband, Omar Bailey; son, Steven Bekoff, of Syosset, his wife, Jodi Bekoff, and their children, Avery and Zachary Bekoff. 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It is a time of, to borrow from the title of one of the chapters from Robert A. Caro’s The Power Broker: “Rumors and the Report of Rumors.” Speculation is endless — this reporter certainly isn’t separating himself from that — as everyone involved in the sport, from those in the know to those partially in the know to those miles away from it, tries to piece together who will go where and for how much. The Yankees, of course, are expected to be among the busiest teams before the deadline as general manager Brian Cashman attempts to upgrade a roster that continues to lose bodies but a roster that, of late, has managed to win more that it has lost. Entering Tuesday night’s game against the White Sox, the Yankees had won 10 of their last 14. From the start of the season, the Yankees anticipated being in the market for a late-inning bullpen arm (or two) and a righthanded hitting catcher. But a new potential need has arisen of late: a bat, preferably one from the right side, as sluggers Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge still don’t seem all that close to returning and outfielder Cody Bellinger was lost over the weekend for the next 4-6 weeks because of a Grade 2 left hamstring strain. The Yankees have had their pro scouts fanned out across both leagues for the better part of the last month, something many clubs do this time of year. Among the teams the Yankees have been scouting most heavily, according to rival talent evaluators who have run into Yankees scouts at various ballparks, are, but not limited to: Atlanta, the Padres, Marlins, Twins, Nationals and Mets. The latter team is intriguing for multiple reasons, not the least of which is the Yankees and Mets don’t frequently match up as trade partners, the last deal involving the clubs coming in 2024 when the Yankees sent catcher Luis Torrens to the Mets for cash considerations. The risk of one team being able to lord “winning” a given trade over the other — and, really, that’s more about the respective fan bases doing the lording than the clubs themselves — is what typically keeps the Mets and Yankees from pulling the trigger on deals, especially involving players of significance. So, could they match up before Monday? It can’t be ruled out as, for better or worse, Mets GM David Stearns has demonstrated emotion, and certainly the potential of public backlash, isn’t a driving force in his baseball decisions. And he has plenty of pieces the Yankees are interested in, primarily bullpen arms like Brooks Raley, former Yankee Luke Weaver and Huascar Brazobán. One interesting name that has been loosely — very loosely — linked to the Yankees is shortstop Francisco Lindor. There is no shortage of factors for why such a deal is highly unlikely, starting with the fact Lindor, who turns 33 in November, is owed five years and $160 million after this season. And the Yankees already have big money, and years, tied up in Judge, Stanton and Bellinger, not to mention starting pitchers Gerrit Cole, Max Fried and Carlos Rodon. For those reasons, and others, a Mets-Yankees deal involving Lindor has little chance of happening. And it’s not as if the Mets, who do see themselves as a contender in 2027, are flush with shortstop options. Still . . . Strictly from the Yankees’ standpoint, and looking at their needs for the rest of this season to further securing their spot as the favorite to win a watered-down American League, a baseball argument can be made for Lindor. The offense, though looking better the first two games against the White Sox, is in need of a potent bat, especially given the uncertainty with Judge, Stanton and Bellinger. And shortstop has been particularly a black hole, whether it’s been Anthony Volpe (a bit better of late) or Jose Caballero in the lineup. The switch-hitting Lindor, besides winning two Gold Gloves at the position, is a five-time All-Star and four-time Silver Slugger Award winner. He does have a full no-trade clause, but it is believed he would waive it to play for the Yankees. As for the Yankees' top position prospect, shortstop George Lombard Jr., it’s difficult to find anyone in the game — both inside the organization and outside — who don’t predict big things for Lombard in the majors. But that could also be said of past can’t-miss, sure-to-be-stars organizational prospects like Gary Sanchez, Greg Bird, Jasson Dominguez, Oswald Peraza and Volpe, just to name a handful. Again, the chances of a Bronx-bound Lindor rests just north of zero %. But that doesn’t mean, looking just at 2026 and how it might improve the Yankees chances to break their title drought, it isn’t without merit.","publishedDate":"2026-07-29T01:07:49.896Z","updatedDate":"2026-07-29T01:19:12.967Z","url":"https://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/erik-boland/yankees-francisco-lindor-curprjmd","headline":"Erik Boland: Mets sending Francisco Lindor to Yankees? It's not an automatic out","teaserTitle":"Boland: Lindor to Yankees? It's not an automatic out","newsLabel":"none","newsLabel2":"none","subType":"column","gridFilter":[],"authors":[{"id":"contentid/YzAwODZkODYtODM1Ni00","name":"Erik Boland","role":"Yankees reporter","imageUrl":"https://cdn.newsday.com/image-service/version/c:NjZiMzM0ZjgtYTY0Mi00:ZTFjOWUxNmQtNzZkMS00/image.jpg","authorUrl":"/author/erik-boland","authorPage":"","authorBio":"\n\tErik Boland started in Newsday's sports department in 2002. He covered high school and college sports, then shifted to the Jets beat. 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It is a time of, to borrow from the title of one of the chapters from Robert A. Caro’s The Power Broker: “Rumors and the Report of Rumors.” Speculation is endless — this reporter certainly isn’t separating himself from that — as everyone involved in the sport, from those in the know to those partially in the know to those miles away from it, tries to piece together who will go where and for how much. The Yankees, of course, are expected to be among the busiest teams before the deadline as general manager Brian Cashman attempts to upgrade a roster that continues to lose bodies but a roster that, of late, has managed to win more that it has lost. Entering Tuesday night’s game against the White Sox, the Yankees had won 10 of their last 14. From the start of the season, the Yankees anticipated being in the market for a late-inning bullpen arm (or two) and a righthanded hitting catcher. But a new potential need has arisen of late: a bat, preferably one from the right side, as sluggers Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge still don’t seem all that close to returning and outfielder Cody Bellinger was lost over the weekend for the next 4-6 weeks because of a Grade 2 left hamstring strain. The Yankees have had their pro scouts fanned out across both leagues for the better part of the last month, something many clubs do this time of year. Among the teams the Yankees have been scouting most heavily, according to rival talent evaluators who have run into Yankees scouts at various ballparks, are, but not limited to: Atlanta, the Padres, Marlins, Twins, Nationals and Mets. The latter team is intriguing for multiple reasons, not the least of which is the Yankees and Mets don’t frequently match up as trade partners, the last deal involving the clubs coming in 2024 when the Yankees sent catcher Luis Torrens to the Mets for cash considerations. The risk of one team being able to lord “winning” a given trade over the other — and, really, that’s more about the respective fan bases doing the lording than the clubs themselves — is what typically keeps the Mets and Yankees from pulling the trigger on deals, especially involving players of significance. So, could they match up before Monday? It can’t be ruled out as, for better or worse, Mets GM David Stearns has demonstrated emotion, and certainly the potential of public backlash, isn’t a driving force in his baseball decisions. And he has plenty of pieces the Yankees are interested in, primarily bullpen arms like Brooks Raley, former Yankee Luke Weaver and Huascar Brazobán. One interesting name that has been loosely — very loosely — linked to the Yankees is shortstop Francisco Lindor. There is no shortage of factors for why such a deal is highly unlikely, starting with the fact Lindor, who turns 33 in November, is owed five years and $160 million after this season. And the Yankees already have big money, and years, tied up in Judge, Stanton and Bellinger, not to mention starting pitchers Gerrit Cole, Max Fried and Carlos Rodon. For those reasons, and others, a Mets-Yankees deal involving Lindor has little chance of happening. And it’s not as if the Mets, who do see themselves as a contender in 2027, are flush with shortstop options. Still . . . Strictly from the Yankees’ standpoint, and looking at their needs for the rest of this season to further securing their spot as the favorite to win a watered-down American League, a baseball argument can be made for Lindor. The offense, though looking better the first two games against the White Sox, is in need of a potent bat, especially given the uncertainty with Judge, Stanton and Bellinger. And shortstop has been particularly a black hole, whether it’s been Anthony Volpe (a bit better of late) or Jose Caballero in the lineup. 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Heuermann's Massapequa Park home Tuesday night before being scared off by a dog, according to police and the family's attorney. A nine-second Ring doorbell camera video, obtained by Newsday, shows two people clad in black masks, T-shirts and shorts running from the porch of the First Avenue home as the family's dog, a black Lab mix named Stewie, is heard barking loudly from the inside. Asa Ellerup, Heuermann's ex-wife, and her two children, Victoria and Christopher, were home at the time of the incident, said Robert Macedonio, the family's attorney. The people scurry off without entering the home or interacting with the family, the video shows. Macedonio said his client, who filed a police report, believes it was an attempted break-in. A Nassau police spokesman confirmed the incident, which occurred around 8 p.m. Tuesday, but said it did not meet the criteria of an attempted break-in because there was no attempt to enter the Heuermann home. The individuals, the spokesman said, appear to have only banged on the door of the home before running off. Nassau police sent a patrol car around the neighborhood but did not find the pair, the spokesman said. \"This is the constant harassment that she faces on a daily basis, with people driving by, saying stuff as they walk by,\" Macedonio said of Ellerup. \"They leave stuff on the door or throw stuff. They make comments when they drive by; pointing, taking pictures on a regular basis.\" Last month, Rex Heuermann, who admitted strangling eight women between 1993 and 2010, was sentenced to multiple terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole, closing the door on a case that had haunted Long Island for years. Heuermann, 62, who had an architectural consulting firm in midtown Manhattan before he was arrested on July 13, 2023, pleaded guilty to the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Amber Lynn Costello, Jessica Taylor, Valerie Mack and Sandra Costilla, and admitted the uncharged killing of Karen Vergata. All the women were sex workers who encountered Heuermann when he sought their services. 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The individuals, the spokesman said, appear to have only banged on the door of the home before running off. Nassau police sent a patrol car around the neighborhood but did not find the pair, the spokesman said. \"This is the constant harassment that she faces on a daily basis, with people driving by, saying stuff as they walk by,\" Macedonio said of Ellerup. \"They leave stuff on the door or throw stuff. They make comments when they drive by; pointing, taking pictures on a regular basis.\" Last month, Rex Heuermann, who admitted strangling eight women between 1993 and 2010, was sentenced to multiple terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole, closing the door on a case that had haunted Long Island for years. Heuermann, 62, who had an architectural consulting firm in midtown Manhattan before he was arrested on July 13, 2023, pleaded guilty to the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Amber Lynn Costello, Jessica Taylor, Valerie Mack and Sandra Costilla, and admitted the uncharged killing of Karen Vergata. All the women were sex workers who encountered Heuermann when he sought their services. 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The soft cheese, which the FDA said contained listeria monocytogenes, was distributed by Nelson & Isa Lacteos LLC, of Bay Shore, in 1-pound, hand-labeled, clear plastic containers marked requeson. It was sold at stores in Nassau and Suffolk between May 15 and 18 and had a best buy date of June 14, according to the FDA. The cheese was subject to a so-called Class 1 recall, the highest threat level, with the FDA noting listeria can cause a range of symptoms, including \"high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea,\" but can also cause far more serious, even fatal, health implications for young children, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems. The FDA said it could even cause miscarriages and stillbirths. Best buy dates tell purchasers about when cheese will taste best, but they are not indicators of safety, according to the FDA. The FDA said the contamination was discovered during a sampling by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Market Food Inspectors — and confirmed by \"subsequent analysis by Food Laboratory personnel\" of an 18-pound plastic container marked Clover Hill Dairy Requeson Cheese. The product was repacked into the 1-pound containers sold to consumers. The FDA said Tuesday that, to date, no illnesses or complaints have been reported related to the cheese. But, it asked anyone who bought the cheese not to consume it — and to return the product to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers seeking additional information also can contact the company hotline at 631-334-1055 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., the FDA said. The FDA said the cheese was sold at the following stores: Bay Shore Exelencia Bakery, 3 Candlewood Rd. 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On Monday in village court, the village conditionally dismissed the charges against St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church stemming from a summons issued to the church for holding a fundraiser on its East Main Street property in Smithtown. Village officials claimed the sale violated village law that prohibited holding such events in the historic district, where the front of the church is located. Officials previously stated that past fundraisers took place in the back of the church, outside the historic district in an area considered residential. Christopher Ring, the village’s attorney, said in an interview Monday after the brief court hearing that the village issued a conditional dismissal to the church. That means the church pleaded guilty, but the ticket will be dismissed with no monetary fines issued as long as the church doesn't violate village code again within the next six months, according to Ring. “The condition is that St. Patrick’s will comply with the code going forward,” he said. St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church in December. Erik Snipas, an attorney for the church from the Greenberg Traurig law firm, of Garden City, said in a statement that the village issued no fine to the church Monday. Ryan Gardner, an attorney with the nonprofit Plano, Texas-based First Liberty Institute, which served as co-counsel with Greenberg Traurig on the case, issued a statement Tuesday saying the firm is \"pleased that the village has agreed to dismiss the citation.\" \"While we remain concerned about some of the village’s recent treatment of the church compared to other secular organizations in the community, we hope that this dismissal will be a significant step in reestablishing a cooperative relationship,\" Gardner said. Church officials could not immediately be reached for comment. During December's fundraiser, the church sold Christmas trees, plants, grave blankets and holiday items. First Liberty Institute previously stated the church’s tradition of selling trees dates back 25 years. Village Mayor Mark Delaney said Tuesday that over the last 20 years, the church has sold wreaths and other items, but not trees, closer to the church entrance, without issues from the village. Gardner in a statement Tuesday reiterated the firm's stance that the church has sold trees during that span \"on its property without any objection from the village regarding the location of the event or otherwise.\" \"The village’s sudden focus about the location of the event ignores this longstanding history and its own shifting rationale for its objection to the event,\" he said.","publishedDate":"2026-07-29T06:00:00Z","updatedDate":"2026-07-29T00:11:42.571Z","url":"https://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/village-of-the-branch-church-christmas-fundraiser-czigucqj","headline":"Village of the Branch opts not to fine St. Patrick's Church for Christmas fundraiser","teaserTitle":"Village forgives church it had cited for Christmas tree fundraiser","newsLabel":"none","newsLabel2":"none","subType":"article","gridFilter":[],"authors":[{"id":"contentid/MDU2OThjYmEtNzhlNS00","name":"Jean-Paul Salamanca","role":"Newsday towns reporter","imageUrl":"","authorUrl":"/author/jean-paul-salamanca","authorPage":"","authorBio":"Jean-Paul Salamanca covers the Town of Smithtown for Newsday.
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On Monday in village court, the village conditionally dismissed the charges against St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church stemming from a summons issued to the church for holding a fundraiser on its East Main Street property in Smithtown. Village officials claimed the sale violated village law that prohibited holding such events in the historic district, where the front of the church is located. Officials previously stated that past fundraisers took place in the back of the church, outside the historic district in an area considered residential. Christopher Ring, the village’s attorney, said in an interview Monday after the brief court hearing that the village issued a conditional dismissal to the church. That means the church pleaded guilty, but the ticket will be dismissed with no monetary fines issued as long as the church doesn't violate village code again within the next six months, according to Ring. “The condition is that St. Patrick’s will comply with the code going forward,” he said. St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church in December. Erik Snipas, an attorney for the church from the Greenberg Traurig law firm, of Garden City, said in a statement that the village issued no fine to the church Monday. Ryan Gardner, an attorney with the nonprofit Plano, Texas-based First Liberty Institute, which served as co-counsel with Greenberg Traurig on the case, issued a statement Tuesday saying the firm is \"pleased that the village has agreed to dismiss the citation.\" \"While we remain concerned about some of the village’s recent treatment of the church compared to other secular organizations in the community, we hope that this dismissal will be a significant step in reestablishing a cooperative relationship,\" Gardner said. Church officials could not immediately be reached for comment. During December's fundraiser, the church sold Christmas trees, plants, grave blankets and holiday items. First Liberty Institute previously stated the church’s tradition of selling trees dates back 25 years. Village Mayor Mark Delaney said Tuesday that over the last 20 years, the church has sold wreaths and other items, but not trees, closer to the church entrance, without issues from the village. Gardner in a statement Tuesday reiterated the firm's stance that the church has sold trees during that span \"on its property without any objection from the village regarding the location of the event or otherwise.\" \"The village’s sudden focus about the location of the event ignores this longstanding history and its own shifting rationale for its objection to the event,\" he said.","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]},"url":{"value":"https://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/village-of-the-branch-church-christmas-fundraiser-czigucqj","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]},"headline":{"value":"Village of the Branch opts not to fine St. Patrick's Church for Christmas fundraiser","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]},"byline":{"value":"Jean-Paul Salamanca","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]},"search_tags":[{"value":"Local","matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[]}]}}},{"content":{"id":"contentid/4e5dc020-5a5e-40b2-bca5-2feb8bf54ed8","title":"BZCENTRALISLIP260728","__typename":"Article","lead":"The developer opened the lottery for One Carleton Green, a mixed-use development in Central Islip, on July 16, with applications due by Sept. 14.","body":"Apartment hunters rejoice: A new housing lottery is open for 80 affordable apartments at One Carleton Green, a mixed-use development in Central Islip. Developer Georgica Green Ventures opened the lottery on July 16, with applications due by Sept. 14. The lottery drawing will be Sept. 28 for apartments renting from $863 to $2,864 per month. The average asking rent in Central Islip for market-rate units is $2,726 per month, according to CoStar, which provides commercial real estate data and analytics. The apartments are open to Long Islanders earning between 30% and 100% of the area median income. Program guidelines indicate that could range from $25,890 for a single person looking for a studio, to $164,300 for a 2- to 4-person household seeking a two-bedroom apartment. “This lottery represents another milestone in our commitment to revitalizing downtown Central Islip,” Town of Islip Supervisor Angie Carpenter said in an emailed statement, referencing efforts following a $10 million downtown revitalization grant from the state in 2018. “One Carleton Green, financed through New York State Homes and Community Renewal, brings 80 affordable units to a neighborhood that continues to transform through the state’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative, giving families the opportunity to call our community home.” The project on Carleton Avenue has received more than $40 million in tax credit and grant programs from New York State Homes and Community Renewal; $5.5 million from Empire State Development through Central Islip's downtown revitalization grant and a fund for development on Long Island; and nearly $3.5 million from Suffolk County. The Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency also provided tax breaks for the project, Newsday has reported. Through a payment in lieu of taxes agreement, the developers will pay nearly $3.9 million over 30 years to the town. Other IDA tax breaks include a $1.6 million sales tax exemption and nearly $541,000 in mortgage recording tax savings. STORYWIDGET: bzCENTRALISLIP260728_table The $65 million development will open before the end of the year, said Jana Gale, director of communications and creative for Georgica Green Ventures, which developed the project with Hauppauge-based Kulka. The 96-unit three-story apartment building includes nine studios, 62 one-bedroom and 25 two-bedroom apartments. Fifteen of the apartments will be accessible for tenants with mobility, hearing and vision impairments. One apartment will be for the building superintendent, Gale said in an email. The development includes 15 units for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities, with services provided by Family Residences and Essential Enterprises Inc., according to Georgica Green Ventures. Amenities include 15 vehicle charging stations, bike racks and a fitness room. The apartment complex also includes an open lobby, two elevators, an on-site management office, a mail and package room, trash rooms, and a laundry room on each floor. The development features 5,626 square feet of ground-floor retail space, with tenants still to be determined, according to Gale. The transit-oriented development is near the Central Islip Long Island Rail Road station, a Suffolk County Transit bus stop and major highways. The building parking lot was once home to MacKenzie Chemical Works, a chemical manufacturer that operated at the site until 1987, Newsday has reported. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency designated the location a Superfund site in 2001. A cleanup was concluded in 2020. Apartment hunters interested in the units at One Carleton Green can apply online through the New York State Housing Search Portal at housingsearch.hcr.ny.gov, or mail their application to Georgica Property Management, PO Box 151, Glen Cove, NY 11542. Each household may submit only one application. Georgica Green Ventures plans to host two webinars on Thursday, July 30 at 12 p.m. and 7 p.m. for interested applicants. The links to join are available at ggvllc.com/webinar. Further details about the lottery and eligibility guidelines are available online at ggvllc.com/lottery.","publishedDate":"2026-07-27T19:51:37.764Z","updatedDate":"2026-07-29T10:53:02.556Z","url":"https://www.newsday.com/business/carleton-green-apartments-lottery-central-islip-ij3v2dct","headline":"Lottery opens for 80 affordable apartments in One Carleton Green project Central Islip","teaserTitle":"Lottery opens for 80 affordable apartments with rents starting at $863 per month","newsLabel":"none","newsLabel2":"none","subType":"article","gridFilter":[],"authors":[{"id":"contentid/ZDk3Mzk0N2UtZDAxZC00","name":"Brianne Ledda","role":"Newsday business reporter","imageUrl":"https://cdn.newsday.com/image-service/version/c:NjgxODAzYmMtODVmOC00:YmIyY2FlZGUtYzk2Yy00/image.jpg","authorUrl":"/author/brianne-ledda","authorPage":"","authorBio":"Brianne Ledda covers personal finance and affordability for Newsday. 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Developer Georgica Green Ventures opened the lottery on July 16, with applications due by Sept. 14. The lottery drawing will be Sept. 28 for apartments renting from $863 to $2,864 per month. The average asking rent in Central Islip for market-rate units is $2,726 per month, according to CoStar, which provides commercial real estate data and analytics. The apartments are open to Long Islanders earning between 30% and 100% of the area median income. Program guidelines indicate that could range from $25,890 for a single person looking for a studio, to $164,300 for a 2- to 4-person household seeking a two-bedroom apartment. “This lottery represents another milestone in our commitment to revitalizing downtown Central Islip,” Town of Islip Supervisor Angie Carpenter said in an emailed statement, referencing efforts following a $10 million downtown revitalization grant from the state in 2018. “One Carleton Green, financed through New York State Homes and Community Renewal, brings 80 affordable units to a neighborhood that continues to transform through the state’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative, giving families the opportunity to call our community home.” The project on Carleton Avenue has received more than $40 million in tax credit and grant programs from New York State Homes and Community Renewal; $5.5 million from Empire State Development through Central Islip's downtown revitalization grant and a fund for development on Long Island; and nearly $3.5 million from Suffolk County. The Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency also provided tax breaks for the project, Newsday has reported. Through a payment in lieu of taxes agreement, the developers will pay nearly $3.9 million over 30 years to the town. Other IDA tax breaks include a $1.6 million sales tax exemption and nearly $541,000 in mortgage recording tax savings. STORYWIDGET: bzCENTRALISLIP260728_table The $65 million development will open before the end of the year, said Jana Gale, director of communications and creative for Georgica Green Ventures, which developed the project with Hauppauge-based Kulka. The 96-unit three-story apartment building includes nine studios, 62 one-bedroom and 25 two-bedroom apartments. Fifteen of the apartments will be accessible for tenants with mobility, hearing and vision impairments. One apartment will be for the building superintendent, Gale said in an email. The development includes 15 units for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities, with services provided by Family Residences and Essential Enterprises Inc., according to Georgica Green Ventures. Amenities include 15 vehicle charging stations, bike racks and a fitness room. The apartment complex also includes an open lobby, two elevators, an on-site management office, a mail and package room, trash rooms, and a laundry room on each floor. The development features 5,626 square feet of ground-floor retail space, with tenants still to be determined, according to Gale. The transit-oriented development is near the Central Islip Long Island Rail Road station, a Suffolk County Transit bus stop and major highways. The building parking lot was once home to MacKenzie Chemical Works, a chemical manufacturer that operated at the site until 1987, Newsday has reported. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency designated the location a Superfund site in 2001. A cleanup was concluded in 2020. Apartment hunters interested in the units at One Carleton Green can apply online through the New York State Housing Search Portal at housingsearch.hcr.ny.gov, or mail their application to Georgica Property Management, PO Box 151, Glen Cove, NY 11542. Each household may submit only one application. Georgica Green Ventures plans to host two webinars on Thursday, July 30 at 12 p.m. and 7 p.m. for interested applicants. The links to join are available at ggvllc.com/webinar. 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According to a news release, “Current users of The Gotham Sports App will continue to receive uninterrupted access to the content they love as YES and MSG prepare to migrate users to DAZN during the 2026-2027 NBA and NHL seasons. Exact timing and other details of the migration will be announced in the coming months.” The Gotham Sports App was created by MSG and YES Networks in 2024. It has been plagued by technical issues, but showed growth as fans migrated to the app to watch games. The DAZN app will be free to those who have a subscription to MSG and YES Networks through their cable or satellite provider, as the Gotham Sports App currently is. There was no word on what pricing will be for DAZN as a standalone app. The Gotham Sports App has various pricing tiers for viewers who do not have subscriptions to MSG and YES. Phil Bellomo of Massapequa, who watches Yankees and Islanders games on the Gotham Sports App, wrote in an email to Newsday: \"I can’t say I’m sad to see the Gotham App go, it was frustrating at best. I don’t know too much about DAZN but I am surprised the Yankees didn’t partner with the MLB app like the Mets did. . . . I hope the DAZN app offers the stability the Gotham App never had.\" DAZN currently is best known in the U.S. for airing combat sports and international soccer. It also brings U.S. sports such as the NFL and NBA to international audiences. “The New York sports landscape has a rich heritage of teams and DAZN is honored to partner with both the YES Network and MSG Networks to become their exclusive direct-to-consumer streaming home, bringing the Yankees, Knicks, Rangers, Nets, Devils, Islanders, and Sabres to more fans than ever before,” Shay Segev, CEO of DAZN Group, said in a statement. “This is what DAZN does best — connecting fans to the sport they love and creating immersive digital experiences that go far beyond the game. It is a defining moment for us and underscores our commitment to expanding our footprint in the United States.” Kevin Marotta, senior vice president of content and marketing for MSG Networks, said in a statement: “DAZN is a premier platform that operates all over the world and we couldn’t be happier to offer our fans this opportunity to watch MSG Networks content on their state-of-the-art platform. 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Phil Bellomo of Massapequa, who watches Yankees and Islanders games on the Gotham Sports App, wrote in an email to Newsday: \"I can’t say I’m sad to see the Gotham App go, it was frustrating at best. I don’t know too much about DAZN but I am surprised the Yankees didn’t partner with the MLB app like the Mets did. . . . I hope the DAZN app offers the stability the Gotham App never had.\" DAZN currently is best known in the U.S. for airing combat sports and international soccer. 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There is \"no threat to public health,\" Suffolk County spokesman Michael Martino stressed, of the positive Legionella test that was taken for routine mandatory state screening. The contaminated air did not circulate through the court building, county health officials said in a statement. And the cooling tower, utilized only to cool refrigerant for a closed-loop system, was disinfected Tuesday and will be rescreened in 3-7 days. \"Out of an abundance of caution, all outside air intake dampers have been shut down,\" and \"we are notifying staff of this test result,\" the Suffolk County Health Department said in the statement. Although found in the wild, Legionella thrives in warm water like hot water tanks, hot tubs and cooling towers, officials said. People can then become sickened after inhaling bacteria-laden mists. Humans cannot spread the bacteria to other individuals, the state Department of Health said on its website. Healthy people tend not to be sickened from it, though those 50 and older or with existing health conditions like cancer or kidney failure can fall ill. The disease can bring about flu-like conditions like high fever and cough that typically appear within a week and a half after contact with the bacteria, officials said. In New York City, a community cluster on the Upper East Side this summer has been associated with six deaths and 90 positive tests, health officials said. Roughly 70 people were hospitalized; six remain so. Dozens of cooling towers in the Manhattan neighborhood have been cleaned after testing positive for the live Legionella bacteria, officials said. No additional cases have been found since July 17, and city officials believe the root of the outbreak has been removed. 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There is \"no threat to public health,\" Suffolk County spokesman Michael Martino stressed, of the positive Legionella test that was taken for routine mandatory state screening. The contaminated air did not circulate through the court building, county health officials said in a statement. And the cooling tower, utilized only to cool refrigerant for a closed-loop system, was disinfected Tuesday and will be rescreened in 3-7 days. \"Out of an abundance of caution, all outside air intake dampers have been shut down,\" and \"we are notifying staff of this test result,\" the Suffolk County Health Department said in the statement. Although found in the wild, Legionella thrives in warm water like hot water tanks, hot tubs and cooling towers, officials said. People can then become sickened after inhaling bacteria-laden mists. Humans cannot spread the bacteria to other individuals, the state Department of Health said on its website. 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The decision, at least for now, sidesteps calls for his prosecution if he is accused of lying at the hearing, part of a yearslong campaign for his arrest spearheaded by some Republicans in Congress. Though the now-retired infectious-disease expert received a presidential pardon from Democratic President Joe Biden, critics have suggested he could still face charges if he perjures himself under oath. In response to angry, sometimes mocking, questions from Republican senators, Fauci declined to answer more than 50 times, injecting new drama into partisan divides that have festered for years about the origins and handling of the pandemic. Fauci, who helped lead the nation’s COVID-19 response, has long been a target of those frustrations. But to his supporters he is an emblem of sound scientific expertise. The scientist had been subpoenaed to appear before the committee by Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who has long had a fraught relationship with Fauci and led the charge seeking that he testify, again, under oath. In his opening statement, Fauci said Paul has an “obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution.” “The only conclusion I can reach is that the sole reason he is calling me before this committee is to get me to say something, anything, that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up, in his words, quote, behind bars, unquote.” Fauci said, adding that while it pains him to do so, he is following his attorney’s advice by taking the Fifth. Paul releases some of Fauci's diary Paul on Wednesday sought to build the case that Fauci helped produce the COVID-19 pandemic by approving funding of research on virus mutations and then covered up his complicity. Democratic members of the committee said the hearing was a backward-looking and politically motivated attempt at entrapping Fauci, and they used it instead as a platform to criticize the Trump administration's healthcare policies. Leading up to the hearing, Paul released more than 1,000 pages of Fauci’s personal diary covering the pandemic years. Pointing to some notes about early efforts at understanding how the virus emerged, Paul said on social media that what Fauci “wrote privately and what he told the country are two different stories.” Some of the diary entries – including Fauci’s uncertainty in the pandemic’s earliest days as scientists around the world raced to understand the new virus and how best to curb it before vaccines could be created – already were reflected in a 2024 memoir and in interviews at the time. But they have nonetheless drawn attention from people who blame Fauci for mask mandates, school closures and other policies they believe infringed on their rights as hundreds of thousands of people were dying. Earlier Wednesday, President Donald Trump wrote on social media that he stopped relying on Fauci over the course of the pandemic because he felt the scientist made bad decisions on masks, shutdowns and other issues. In one heated moment of the hearing, Paul ejected Fauci attorney David Schertler from the room after he tried to speak without being recognized. In a statement, Schertler said the removal was “outrageous and demonstrates the completely biased and baseless nature of this proceeding.” In another statement, he called Paul’s accusations about Fauci “false and disgraceful.\" Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist before he entered public office, said Monday that his department gave the diary entries, which were created on a government computer, to the committee. He told a Fox News Channel host that he thought Fauci might lie before the committee, opening him to perjury prosecution. Paul told Fauci that he may still face repercussions for obstructing a congressional investigation by refusing to testify. That could include a contempt of Congress citation, which would be referred to the Justice Department for consideration. Democrats and dozens of disease experts defend Fauci Democratic senators praised Fauci and said he didn’t deserve the treatment he was getting. “This hearing is designed to entrap you,” said Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire. Scientists also scrambled to Fauci’s defense ahead of the unusual hearing — the second time the longtime National Institutes of Health scientist has been back before Congress to discuss pandemic origins since leaving the government in 2022. While the COVID-19 pandemic introduced him to millions of Americans, he talked the nation through numerous outbreaks over decades, including HIV, Ebola and the 2001 anthrax attacks, while advising seven presidents. In a public letter, more than 150 infectious-disease experts and other scientists wrote that “no credible evidence has been produced to support these absurd charges” and that they are “urging our elected representatives in Congress stop these witch-hunts.” Among topics discussed at Wednesday's hearing was whether NIH-funded research in China may have played a role in how the pandemic started. Many scientists believe the virus most likely emerged in nature and jumped from animals to people, coming to light when it spread at a wildlife market in the Chinese city of Wuhan. There’s no new scientific information supporting that the virus might instead have leaked from a laboratory, a theory Paul champions. A GOP-led subcommittee that studied the question in 2024 did not find any evidence linking Fauci to wrongdoing. Fauci has long said publicly that he was open to both theories but that there’s more evidence supporting COVID-19’s natural origins. Republicans also have accused Fauci of lying about whether his agency funded what's known as gain of function research — the practice of enhancing a virus in a lab to study its potential real-world impact — at a lab in Wuhan. The NIH for years gave grants to a New York nonprofit called EcoHealth Alliance, which used some of the funds to work with a Chinese lab studying coronaviruses commonly carried by bats. But the definition of gain of function covers both general research and especially risky experiments to enhance the ability of potential pandemic viruses to spread or cause severe disease in humans. Fauci has previously stressed he was using the risky experiment definition and that “it would be molecularly impossible” for those bat virus experiments to have turned into the pandemic virus. Trump, a Republican, last year paused some federally funded gain of function research, and on Tuesday his administration announced new rules to tighten oversight. ___ Swenson reported from New York. ___ The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 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The decision, at least for now, sidesteps calls for his prosecution if he is accused of lying at the hearing, part of a yearslong campaign for his arrest spearheaded by some Republicans in Congress. Though the now-retired infectious-disease expert received a presidential pardon from Democratic President Joe Biden, critics have suggested he could still face charges if he perjures himself under oath. In response to angry, sometimes mocking, questions from Republican senators, Fauci declined to answer more than 50 times, injecting new drama into partisan divides that have festered for years about the origins and handling of the pandemic. Fauci, who helped lead the nation’s COVID-19 response, has long been a target of those frustrations. But to his supporters he is an emblem of sound scientific expertise. The scientist had been subpoenaed to appear before the committee by Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who has long had a fraught relationship with Fauci and led the charge seeking that he testify, again, under oath. In his opening statement, Fauci said Paul has an “obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution.” “The only conclusion I can reach is that the sole reason he is calling me before this committee is to get me to say something, anything, that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up, in his words, quote, behind bars, unquote.” Fauci said, adding that while it pains him to do so, he is following his attorney’s advice by taking the Fifth. Paul releases some of Fauci's diary Paul on Wednesday sought to build the case that Fauci helped produce the COVID-19 pandemic by approving funding of research on virus mutations and then covered up his complicity. Democratic members of the committee said the hearing was a backward-looking and politically motivated attempt at entrapping Fauci, and they used it instead as a platform to criticize the Trump administration's healthcare policies. Leading up to the hearing, Paul released more than 1,000 pages of Fauci’s personal diary covering the pandemic years. Pointing to some notes about early efforts at understanding how the virus emerged, Paul said on social media that what Fauci “wrote privately and what he told the country are two different stories.” Some of the diary entries – including Fauci’s uncertainty in the pandemic’s earliest days as scientists around the world raced to understand the new virus and how best to curb it before vaccines could be created – already were reflected in a 2024 memoir and in interviews at the time. But they have nonetheless drawn attention from people who blame Fauci for mask mandates, school closures and other policies they believe infringed on their rights as hundreds of thousands of people were dying. Earlier Wednesday, President Donald Trump wrote on social media that he stopped relying on Fauci over the course of the pandemic because he felt the scientist made bad decisions on masks, shutdowns and other issues. In one heated moment of the hearing, Paul ejected Fauci attorney David Schertler from the room after he tried to speak without being recognized. In a statement, Schertler said the removal was “outrageous and demonstrates the completely biased and baseless nature of this proceeding.” In another statement, he called Paul’s accusations about Fauci “false and disgraceful.\" Health Secretary Robert F. 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Scientists also scrambled to Fauci’s defense ahead of the unusual hearing — the second time the longtime National Institutes of Health scientist has been back before Congress to discuss pandemic origins since leaving the government in 2022. While the COVID-19 pandemic introduced him to millions of Americans, he talked the nation through numerous outbreaks over decades, including HIV, Ebola and the 2001 anthrax attacks, while advising seven presidents. In a public letter, more than 150 infectious-disease experts and other scientists wrote that “no credible evidence has been produced to support these absurd charges” and that they are “urging our elected representatives in Congress stop these witch-hunts.” Among topics discussed at Wednesday's hearing was whether NIH-funded research in China may have played a role in how the pandemic started. Many scientists believe the virus most likely emerged in nature and jumped from animals to people, coming to light when it spread at a wildlife market in the Chinese city of Wuhan. There’s no new scientific information supporting that the virus might instead have leaked from a laboratory, a theory Paul champions. A GOP-led subcommittee that studied the question in 2024 did not find any evidence linking Fauci to wrongdoing. Fauci has long said publicly that he was open to both theories but that there’s more evidence supporting COVID-19’s natural origins. Republicans also have accused Fauci of lying about whether his agency funded what's known as gain of function research — the practice of enhancing a virus in a lab to study its potential real-world impact — at a lab in Wuhan. The NIH for years gave grants to a New York nonprofit called EcoHealth Alliance, which used some of the funds to work with a Chinese lab studying coronaviruses commonly carried by bats. 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He ran into a Deadhead friend and the two men spent the evening sipping brews while listening to live bootleg tapes of their favorite band. \"I said, ‘This was fun, but next year, we have to make this a real party,’ ” says Cino, 69. With that thought, Jerry Jam was born. Now celebrating 20 years, Jerry Jam is a three-day concert, to be held July 31-Aug. 2 in Cathedral Pines County Park in Middle Island, in honor of Garcia’s birthday. \"It’s like a big family gathering. But it’s not for everyone because you have to want to hear over 25 hours of Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead music in one weekend,\" Cino says. \"For those who come, there is a real connection. It’s a close-knit crowd.\" Catch 18 Dead-inspired bands spread across two stages throughout the weekend. Here are some of the acts on the bill. JELLYBAND Since 2010, Jellyband has been playing all around Long Island, establishing itself as a jam band that brings the party. They play a variety of music from groups like Phish, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Leon Russell, Nine Inch Nails, as well as the Grateful Dead. \"The Dead are rooted in Americana folklore. There’s no political message. It’s all about let’s have a good time and dance,\" keyboard player and vocalist Mike Katzman says. \"Grateful Dead music has that air of unexpectedness. You never knew what you were going to get in the set, which made it exciting. We try to delight and surprise our audience by picking some unusual stuff that’s off the beaten path.\" SET TIME 6:50 p.m. July 31 RECKONING Reckoning will perform at Jerry Jam in Cathedral Pines County Park in Middle Island on July 31. From the first Jerry Jam, Reckoning has been on the roster, performing the music of the Grateful Dead, which the band has done for 35 years throughout Long Island. \"The best thing about the Grateful Dead music is that everyone puts their own spin on it,\" lead guitarist and vocalist Charlie Mirro says. \"The music can be interpreted in many different ways.\" Mirro even cites the Jerry Jam crowd as being as unique as the music. \"Everybody is really cool and nice,\" Mirro says. \"It’s the most well-behaved crowd you can find. They even clean up after themselves.\" SET TIME 8 p.m. July 31 THE ELECTRIX Another band that has performed with Jerry Jam from the beginning is The Electrix, which has been running for more than 30 years and is dedicated to playing the music of the Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers Band. \"Once you get on the bus it’s hard to get off,\" bassist Ray Kairys says. \"The Dead’s music hits you right in the soul.\" This year, The Electrix plans to pay tribute to Dead singer-guitarist Bob Weir, who died in January. \"We are going to hit on some of the ‘Ace’ album to give a shout-out to Bob,\" Kairys says. \"For the most part, we don’t use a set list. We call out songs as we feel the vibe.\" SET TIME 9:20 p.m. July 31 STELLA BLUE’S BAND Stella Blue's Band, from left: Greg Solomon, Steve Liesman, Amy Stahlin, Ron Cohen, Ken Aigen and Bill Bonacci. Named after the Dead song \"Stella Blue,\" this group has been a presence at Jerry Jam since 2022. The focus is on \"authentic realization\" when it comes to delivering the tunes. \"Deadheads have all the hallmarks of a religion,\" keyboardist Ken Aigen says. \"The lyrics are the sacred texts. They are an essential element of articulating life.\" According to Aigen, Garcia has wisdom embedded in his songs. \"There was a vulnerability and a pathos in his voice and lyrics,\" Garcia says. \"His music conveys the complexities and subtleties of the human experience.\" SET TIME 7 p.m. Aug. 1 SHAKEDOWN CITI Last year, Shakedown Citi made its Jerry Jam debut and this year will headline on Aug. 1. The band has 260 songs in its repertoire, which includes not only the Grateful Dead but music from Crosby, Stills & Nash, Little Feat, Neil Young and The Band. \"We will channel the stylings of the musicians but we don’t copy what they do verbatim,\" vocalist-guitarist David Mendelsohn says. \"The spirit of the music is in improvisation.\" Despite everyone drawing from the Dead’s catalog, Mendelsohn says there’s no competition going on. \"I think there’s a camaraderie amongst Grateful Dead bands,\" Mendelsohn says. \"We are all in this together. Our goal is to give everyone a unique experience.\" SET TIME 8:40 p.m. Aug. 1 TIGER ROSE As opposed to the Grateful Dead, the focus of Tiger Rose is on the music of the Jerry Garcia Band, Garcia’s side project. \"Jerry was all about having fun and turning people on to music they haven’t heard before like blues, gospel, reggae as well as R&B,\" bassist and manager Don Zottarelli says. \"We are in a unique position to offer something different but in the same vein.\" Songs like \"Run for the Roses,\" \"Cats Under the Stars,\" \"Rubin and Cherise\" and \"Rhapsody in Red\" tend to pop up in the set list. \"We are always going to change it up a bit,\" Zottarelli says. \"This music is so open to interpretation you can take it anywhere.\" SET TIME 3:35 p.m. Aug. 2 HALF STEP Guitarist/singer Tom San Filippo, of Half Step, will perform at Jerry Jam in Cathedral Pines County Park in Middle Island on Aug. 2. Of all the performers at Jerry Jam, Half Step guitarist-singer Tom San Filippo evokes Garcia the most with his beard, glasses, long curly hair and round face. \"What can I say?,\" he says. \"It’s convenient.\" For San Filippo, he’s drawn to the Dead’s sense of adventure in their music. \"Lyrically the songs are very storytelling and vast,\" he says. \"There’s always something you learn from it, which keeps it fresh.\" SET TIME 6:40 p.m. Aug. 2 ACCOMMODATIONS Attendees can camp out on the groundsm and food trucks making smoothies, ice cream, pretzels, barbecue, Mexican food and acai bowls will be available. Picnicking is allowed, and a vendor’s market will offer T-shirts, jewelry, tie-dye products, artwork and more.","publishedDate":"2026-07-29T06:00:00Z","updatedDate":"2026-07-28T18:50:16.198Z","url":"https://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/long-island-events/jerry-jam-20th-anniversary-celebration-scn1m2mm","headline":"Jerry Jam celebrates 20 years of Grateful Dead music at Cathedral Pines County Park","teaserTitle":"Grateful Dead fans unite at LI Jerry Jam","newsLabel":"none","newsLabel2":"none","subType":"article","gridFilter":[],"authors":[{"id":"contentid/YTQxMWQxZTUtYTNjNy00","name":"David J. Criblez","role":"ExploreLI Reporter","imageUrl":"https://cdn.newsday.com/image-service/version/c:YjEyM2JkYWMtMjRlYy00:YWMtMjRlYy00YmE1Mjg4/image.jpg","authorUrl":"/author/david-j-criblez","authorPage":"","authorBio":"\n\tDavid J. Criblez is a reporter for Newsday's exploreLI, covering entertainment-related events from local music to stand-up comedy to festivals.\n
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He ran into a Deadhead friend and the two men spent the evening sipping brews while listening to live bootleg tapes of their favorite band. \"I said, ‘This was fun, but next year, we have to make this a real party,’ ” says Cino, 69. With that thought, Jerry Jam was born. Now celebrating 20 years, Jerry Jam is a three-day concert, to be held July 31-Aug. 2 in Cathedral Pines County Park in Middle Island, in honor of Garcia’s birthday. \"It’s like a big family gathering. But it’s not for everyone because you have to want to hear over 25 hours of Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead music in one weekend,\" Cino says. \"For those who come, there is a real connection. It’s a close-knit crowd.\" Catch 18 Dead-inspired bands spread across two stages throughout the weekend. Here are some of the acts on the bill. JELLYBAND Since 2010, Jellyband has been playing all around Long Island, establishing itself as a jam band that brings the party. They play a variety of music from groups like Phish, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Leon Russell, Nine Inch Nails, as well as the Grateful Dead. \"The Dead are rooted in Americana folklore. There’s no political message. It’s all about let’s have a good time and dance,\" keyboard player and vocalist Mike Katzman says. \"Grateful Dead music has that air of unexpectedness. You never knew what you were going to get in the set, which made it exciting. We try to delight and surprise our audience by picking some unusual stuff that’s off the beaten path.\" SET TIME 6:50 p.m. July 31 RECKONING Reckoning will perform at Jerry Jam in Cathedral Pines County Park in Middle Island on July 31. From the first Jerry Jam, Reckoning has been on the roster, performing the music of the Grateful Dead, which the band has done for 35 years throughout Long Island. \"The best thing about the Grateful Dead music is that everyone puts their own spin on it,\" lead guitarist and vocalist Charlie Mirro says. \"The music can be interpreted in many different ways.\" Mirro even cites the Jerry Jam crowd as being as unique as the music. \"Everybody is really cool and nice,\" Mirro says. \"It’s the most well-behaved crowd you can find. They even clean up after themselves.\" SET TIME 8 p.m. July 31 THE ELECTRIX Another band that has performed with Jerry Jam from the beginning is The Electrix, which has been running for more than 30 years and is dedicated to playing the music of the Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers Band. \"Once you get on the bus it’s hard to get off,\" bassist Ray Kairys says. \"The Dead’s music hits you right in the soul.\" This year, The Electrix plans to pay tribute to Dead singer-guitarist Bob Weir, who died in January. \"We are going to hit on some of the ‘Ace’ album to give a shout-out to Bob,\" Kairys says. \"For the most part, we don’t use a set list. We call out songs as we feel the vibe.\" SET TIME 9:20 p.m. July 31 STELLA BLUE’S BAND Stella Blue's Band, from left: Greg Solomon, Steve Liesman, Amy Stahlin, Ron Cohen, Ken Aigen and Bill Bonacci. Named after the Dead song \"Stella Blue,\" this group has been a presence at Jerry Jam since 2022. The focus is on \"authentic realization\" when it comes to delivering the tunes. \"Deadheads have all the hallmarks of a religion,\" keyboardist Ken Aigen says. \"The lyrics are the sacred texts. They are an essential element of articulating life.\" According to Aigen, Garcia has wisdom embedded in his songs. \"There was a vulnerability and a pathos in his voice and lyrics,\" Garcia says. \"His music conveys the complexities and subtleties of the human experience.\" SET TIME 7 p.m. Aug. 1 SHAKEDOWN CITI Last year, Shakedown Citi made its Jerry Jam debut and this year will headline on Aug. 1. The band has 260 songs in its repertoire, which includes not only the Grateful Dead but music from Crosby, Stills & Nash, Little Feat, Neil Young and The Band. \"We will channel the stylings of the musicians but we don’t copy what they do verbatim,\" vocalist-guitarist David Mendelsohn says. \"The spirit of the music is in improvisation.\" Despite everyone drawing from the Dead’s catalog, Mendelsohn says there’s no competition going on. \"I think there’s a camaraderie amongst Grateful Dead bands,\" Mendelsohn says. \"We are all in this together. Our goal is to give everyone a unique experience.\" SET TIME 8:40 p.m. Aug. 1 TIGER ROSE As opposed to the Grateful Dead, the focus of Tiger Rose is on the music of the Jerry Garcia Band, Garcia’s side project. \"Jerry was all about having fun and turning people on to music they haven’t heard before like blues, gospel, reggae as well as R&B,\" bassist and manager Don Zottarelli says. \"We are in a unique position to offer something different but in the same vein.\" Songs like \"Run for the Roses,\" \"Cats Under the Stars,\" \"Rubin and Cherise\" and \"Rhapsody in Red\" tend to pop up in the set list. \"We are always going to change it up a bit,\" Zottarelli says. \"This music is so open to interpretation you can take it anywhere.\" SET TIME 3:35 p.m. Aug. 2 HALF STEP Guitarist/singer Tom San Filippo, of Half Step, will perform at Jerry Jam in Cathedral Pines County Park in Middle Island on Aug. 2. Of all the performers at Jerry Jam, Half Step guitarist-singer Tom San Filippo evokes Garcia the most with his beard, glasses, long curly hair and round face. \"What can I say?,\" he says. \"It’s convenient.\" For San Filippo, he’s drawn to the Dead’s sense of adventure in their music. \"Lyrically the songs are very storytelling and vast,\" he says. \"There’s always something you learn from it, which keeps it fresh.\" SET TIME 6:40 p.m. Aug. 2 ACCOMMODATIONS Attendees can camp out on the groundsm and food trucks making smoothies, ice cream, pretzels, barbecue, Mexican food and acai bowls will be available. 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