Long Island
The region is in line with national trends showing an aging and more racially and ethnically diverse population, as its white population continued to show a small decline, according to new census estimates.
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Grant applications will be available in the next couple of days, said a state official overseeing the new Long Island Investment Fund.
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The five-year grant awarded to the Long Island Federally Qualified Health Center will fund programming for women in areas with significant populations of at-risk women.
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"If you are drinking, have a plan," Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said.
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The crash, reported early this morning, involved a tractor trailer and a vehicle, Suffolk police said.
A body pulled out of the waters off Long Beach on Thursday morning matches the description of a man reported missing hours earlier, the city's police commissioner said.
The Department of Environmental Conservation closes the areas during busy holidays to protect the public from potentially contaminated shellfish associated with increased boating activity.