Long Island
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A second coronavirus shutdown could result in a drop in Nassau sales tax revenues of up to 45% next year, a county comptroller report says.
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They worry immigrants are dying at home, fearful of getting deported or losing their jobs if they are tested and hospitalized, which results in inaccurate local and state numbers.
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"Jericho is very residential with sidewalks, where you can push baby carriages and kids can ride their bikes. It makes it easy to get to know your neighbors," a real estate agent says.
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Newsday is memorializing the lives of Long Islanders lost to COVID-19 in a special series of obituaries.
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Visits to the East Meadow jail were suspended in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Visitors must make appointments, wear masks and practice social distancing.
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Hempstead Town is donating $2.1 million that it received in federal funds to start the Island Harvest program. Advocates across the Island say demand for food has skyrocketed during the pandemic.
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A "once crumbling brick shell of a school building" was transformed into six townhouse-style apartment buildings.
Cost of Living
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First-time home buyers on Long Island are finding creative ways to afford the biggest purchase of their lives.
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A new federal mandate calls for hospitals to post their prices online. But lists of costs show that the medical world speaks a language all its own.
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A record 20 percent of the U.S. population lived in multigenerational households in 2016, according to the latest census data, up 5.6 percent from 2014.
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Suffolk residents said not knowing how to find available doctors was one of the biggest obstacles to obtaining health care.
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Law enforcement supporters show appreciation for police
In Nassau, a campaign encourages tying blue ribbons around poles, trees, windows and doors; in Suffolk, a crowd waved Thin Blue Line and American flags. Read more
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The protesters say they want Cuomo to raise taxes on the state's 118 billionaires to help make up for a gaping revenue shortfall.
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A "once crumbling brick shell of a school building" was transformed into six townhouse-style apartment buildings.
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The Long Island Rail Road Commuter Council on Tuesday elected Gerard Bringmann as its new chairman, replacing Mark Epstein, who died last month.
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More than half of filers will receive a refund, officials said. This year's average refund is estimated to be $1,450.
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