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The Labor Department reported on Friday that the

February job levels on Long Island

Long Island gained 9,400 jobs in February 2019 compared with 2018, a 0.7 percent increase.

Education Suffolk County Community College 2018 payroll
Suffolk County Community College paid $130.8 million in 2018 to 4,018 employees filling 5,519 positions.
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Data How New York counties rank on health
Nassau County is the second healthiest county in the state, and Suffolk is ranked 16th, according to annual county health rankings.
Data Projected school district tax levies
Long Island school districts are planning to ask for more than $8.9 billion in tax levies this spring for their 2019-20 budgets, a 2.5 percent increase.
Long Island State park attendance for 2018
New York State had a net gain of 2.6 million visitors to state parks in 2018, according to figures from the New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation Department, a 3.6 percent increase to more than 74 million.
Data LI home prices in February 2019
The median price of a home sold in February in Suffolk County jumped 7 percent compared with a year earlier, the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island reported. In Nassau, prices were flat.
Data Teacher demographic breakdowns for LI districts
Minorities account for 45 percent of public school students on Long Island but just a little more than 8 percent of the teaching staff.
Long Island Pensions for teachers and administrators
More than 158,000 retired educators in the state were eligible to be paid collectively more than $558 million a month during the fiscal year that ended in March, 2018. LIers get 22 of the 25 highest payments.
Data How probable are accidents at LIRR crossings
The Federal Railroad Administration assigns a value to each railroad crossing in the country indicating the probability that a collision between a train and a motor vehicle will occur at the crossing in a year.
Long Island Insurance premiums by community
Drivers in some western Nassau County communities pay higher annual auto insurance premiums than their fellow motorists in Suffolk, but not as much as residents of Brooklyn and Queens.
Politics How your neighborhood affects your property tax
One of several factors in Nassau County's new system for assessing the value of property is a "neighborhood assessment" number.