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Dr. Alan Bulbin, director of infectious disease at Catholic Health St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center, on COVID-19: "Every time you thought there was a pattern, you get a curveball, a new variant."
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Chembio Diagnostics Inc. had closed the overseas plant in 2020 to focus on making COVID tests for the U.S. market.
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The man was crossing Route 110 when he was hit, police said.
A Port Washington developer's foundation made the gift to help fund the new suite at the Manhasset hospital.
1m read1m readRain and possible storms will mar Friday, the getaway day for the Memorial Day weekend, as well as Saturday, the National Weather Service said. But Sunday and Monday should be sunny.
1m read1m readAcidification stunts shell growth, but the study found kelp could offset that impact for species such as oysters, hard-shelled clams and blue mussels.
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The Blue Angels and other air performers gave the crowd at Republic Airport in Farmingdale a taste of what's coming this weekend at the Bethpage Air Show.
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The Blue Angels are getting ready to strut their stuff in their F-18 Super Hornets at 600 miles an hour over Jones Beach. Newsday TV's Steve Langford reports.
Suffolk police will beef up patrols and establish checkpoints across the county to target motorists driving under the influence as well as aggressive and distracted drivers. Authorities will also crack down on those operating boats while intoxicated, officials said.
1m read1m readThere will be beefed up patrols in Suffolk County this holiday weekend. Officials say if you're going to be drinking, have a designated driver or take a rideshare. Newsday TV's Cecilia Dowd reports.
Terms of the federal suit were not disclosed, but the elementry school educator alleged in her complaint that respomding officers from the Southampton Town police department "brutally and violently" threw her down and handcuffed her.
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Long Island leaders said the region's high cost of housing, economics and social inequities are slowly pushing some Blacks to move to other parts of the country, the South in particular.
Long read7m readGeorge Ingram said of South Floral Park, "I loved it. I was a village trustee there for over 20 years. I held every position except for mayor. I was deputy mayor, fire commissioner."
"I do not like Long Island. ... It's very heavily segregated. It's ridiculous," Burke said, adding, "You're not welcome." She spoke of encountering of "a lot of microaggressions."
Three women were killed in a late-night crash Saturday near a New Hyde Park event venue and a driver was charged with drunken driving and vehicular manslaughter, Nassau police said.
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Jury selection was to start in the murder trial, but instead the judge heard arguments about whether jurors could consider lesser charges against Michael Valva and Angela Pollina.
2m read2m readCory Zeidman operated the sports betting fraud scheme from Long Island and Florida, convincing people he had inside information that would help them win bets, officials said.
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The crashes occurred within about 15 minutes of one another, in Hauppauge and West Islip, police said. One of the victims was the mother of five children.
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The state education commissioner stated that content in the exam, which was to be given June 1, had the potential to "compound student trauma caused by the recent violence in Buffalo."
2m read2m readJones Beach, Long Beach, Robert Moses and more Long Island beaches to explore this summer.
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Residents say developers continue to mislabel their community as part of "an implicit bias" to make it more appealing to new residents while forgetting its diverse heritage.
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A representative for the Brooklyn-based developer FBE, said his client plans to build two- and three-bedroom condominiums in a four-story, 340,000 square foot building with underground parking on the site.
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