Long Island
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Fundraiser for Hempstead supervisor probed over COVID rules
A Republican fundraiser for Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin with 200 people is being investigated for possible violations of state COVID-19 protocols for social gatherings.
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The readers collect the license plate numbers on every car that passes, but not other information, such as the owner's name, except to point out if a car has been stolen, officials said.
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Officials: Dead humpback whale found on Fire Island
The male humpback was about 28 feet long and had moderate decomposition, according to the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society. It likely was an older juvenile or a young adult.
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A few months after being named CEO, Wynne Nowland took a deep breath and walked into work. She had just sent an email to her staff: She had legally changed her gender.
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A freeze watch has been issued for Long Island for Friday night through Saturday morning with low temperatures in the mid-20s, the National Weather Service said.
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The menu features items like tacos, empanadas and cemitas (overstuffed sandwiches).
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DA: Car salesman scammed would-be buyers, sellers
Jose Amezquita, 37, made false promises as he scammed customers out of thousands of dollars, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini said
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Newsday analysis: Suffolk police stopped, searched minority drivers at higher rates
A Newsday analysis found officers pulled over Black drivers almost four times more often than white drivers, and Hispanic drivers twice as often. Read more
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NuHealth, which runs Nassau University Medical Center, "cannot continue operating as it currently does," a report commissioned by the financial control board says.
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A Stony Brook resident was expecting a record low bill after his power was off for 14 days in August; he got the opposite.
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Far from a solution to its massive deficit, Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman Patrick Foye suggested borrowing the federal funds would only buy the agency more time.
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A quirk in federal law allowed Hempstead Town $133 million in CARES Act money, while Nassau County got only $103 million. The county argues it should get some of the town's funding.
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The state has taken more actions to enforce COVID-19 rules than the two Long Island counties, with a small percentage of local cases involving violation of social distancing and mask-wearing rules leading to court summonses and potential fines for businesses.
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Some of the options include the highest fare increases in seven years, cutting Long Island Rail Road service by 50%, and shuttering more of the railroad's ticket offices.
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Patients isolated inside. Loved ones kept in the dark. See how COVID-19 ravaged LI’s second-largest nursing home.
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Thirty-eight teachers called out Oct. 22 and 45 called out Oct. 23, Superintendent Lynda Adams said in an email. The president of the teachers association said teachers were feeling uneasy about being in the building last week after the positive cases emerged.
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Officers seized crack cocaine, methamphetamines, marijuana and fentanyl at residences in Central Islip, Ronkonkoma and Coram in September, officials said.
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The now ex-New York City police officer is accused of killing his son Thomas Valva, 8, who died in January after, authorities said, he was forced to sleep in a freezing garage at their Center Moriches home.
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The pandemic is giving parents even more to think about this Halloween.
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The bomb threat was made in an anonymous phone call to St. John Paul II Regional School on Marcy Avenue at 9:34 a.m., Riverhead Police Chief David Hegermiller said.
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He stole about 90% of the payout from the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund that authorities said was owed to John Ferreyra, a retired NYPD officer from Kings Park.
