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Downtown parking woes divide Patchogue business owners
Some call a proposed moratorium on bars and restaurants necessary to figure out solutions for parking, but others say the move would be going overboard.
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At 3.6%, the Island's unemployment rate is slightly higher than a year ago but still at a level economists consider full employment.
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Teen sentenced to 7 years in prison for fatal Christmas Day shooting
The 2017 Christmas shooting killed a father who was walking to pick up his daughter at Hempstead train station.
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Ahmaad Moore already faces charges that he scammed a Floral Park grandmother out of $9,800.
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Nassau DA: 2 charged in mailbox fishing scheme
The couple was arrested after an incident outside the Atlantic Beach Post Office, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said Tuesday.
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The boy's mother is in police custody, awaiting charges on a Family Court warrant, authorities said. She had failed to bring him to Suffolk's Family Court on Jan. 22, police said.
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The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, or VITA, is available to those who make $56,000 or less annually.
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Thomas Valva died Jan. 17 in his father's custody after he was allegedly forced to sleep in the unheated garage of his Center Moriches home when the temperature fell to 19 degrees outside.
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All eastbound lanes were closed between Exit 28N, Willis Avenue, and Exit 29, Roslyn Road, according to the state Department of Transportation.
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Republicans have selected Assemb. Anthony Palumbo to run for the Senate seat now held by Sen. Ken LaValle.
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A candy business, AirPods and an at-home exam are some ways parents are educating their children about finances.
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Young people are skeptical of traditional financial advisers and many might not seek their help.
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Long Island ranks third nationally for highest average wedding costs, behind Manhattan and North/Central New Jersey, according to a study by The Knot.
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Some parents spring for dinner for their sitters, and many say they "round up" payments.
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County panel to probe death of boy, 8, from alleged abuse
Thomas Valva died Jan. 17 in his father's custody after he was allegedly forced to sleep in the unheated garage of his Center Moriches home when the temperature fell to 19 degrees outside.
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Wyandanch, Wantagh and Hempstead are among the districts facing varying levels of fiscal stress, the report said.
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All eastbound lanes were closed between Exit 28N, Willis Avenue, and Exit 29, Roslyn Road, according to the state Department of Transportation.
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Sen. Gaughran had charged LIPA and National Grid weren't properly filing emissions reports and raised concerns about health impacts.
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More than a year of research and design culminates in a quilt that depicts scenes of the community where freed slaves from the South had settled.
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A reorganization of the MTA is expected to save hundreds of millions of dollars, and a recently-approved capital program will invest $51.5 billion in infrastructure, but legislators had questions.