Long Island by the Numbers
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How much aid will your school district get?
The State Legislature has approved a plan for more than $3.6 billion in aid to public school districts on Long Island.
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Which state park did LIers love the most in 2020?
State parks on Long Island saw 32.1 million visitors last year, up from 26.9 million visitors in 2019.
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How much state aid will your school district get?
Federal and state financial aid to Long Island school districts would rise by just 1.15% next year, according to a Newsday analysis of Gov. Cuomo's proposed budget.
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Search graduation rates in your district
Long Island's high school Class of 2020 had a graduation rate of 91.5%, according to state Education Department data.
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Compare the snowfall of winters past
See the latest official snowfall totals from Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton and the National Weather Service.
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In person, remote or hybrid: How are LI schools teaching?
The majority of LI public schools started the school year teaching students both in-person and online under a hybrid model, according to a Newsday analysis.
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How the Senate has voted on Supreme Court nominees
The Senate has voted on 24 Supreme Court nominees since Lyndon Johnson took office in the 1960s, confirming 21 and rejecting three.
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Raises given to Oyster Bay town employees
The town board approved raises for 151 town employees from May through August, paying these employees $1 million more than it did in 2019.
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See which local businesses received PPP loans
More than 65,000 Payment Protection Program loans have been made out to LI businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.
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How much money does your school district have in its 'rainy day' fund?
Reserve funds are up to a record $2.6 billion across Long Island, and questions about state and federal funding could mean districts will dig into them soon.
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See your school district's spending and tax plans
Long Island school districts plan to spend $13.4 billion in the 2020-21 school year, which would represent an average spending hike of 1.8%, or about $242 million, if approved.
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How much state aid will your school district get?
The State Legislature has approved a plan for slightly more than $3.3 billion in aid to public school districts on Long Island.
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See your school district's projected tax levy
Long Island school districts are planning to ask for more than $9.2 billion in tax levies this spring for their 2020-21 budgets, a 2.58% increase.
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See how Nassau's reassessment plan would impact property taxes
Tax bills for more than 205,000 properties are projected to rise under Laura Curran’s plan, according to new county projections.
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School district reserve funds 2020-21
Cash reserves held by Long Island school districts have grown to a record $2.6 billion regionwide, including money earmarked for dealing with emergencies such as the coronavirus pandemic, according to the state Education Department.
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See AP, IB exam performance by school district
See how many students achieved passing grades on AP and IB exams in your school district.
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Search graduation rates in your district
Long Island's high school Class of 2019 had a graduation rate of 89.1%, according to state Education Department data.
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Search LI teacher, administrator salaries
Nearly 250,000 educators were paid more than $16.6 billion during the 2018-19 school year.
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See radon levels in Long Island homes
Radon has been detected at 96 of 1,804 of LI homes tested at or above the EPA's recommended safety levels, state data show.
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What are the most common types of cancer on LI?
An average of more than 18,000 cases of cancer per year occurred on LI from 2012 through 2016, according to the state Department of Health.
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Search state math, ELA exam opt-out rates by district
The median opt-out rate on LI in 2019 for both math and English Language Arts was 43.1 percent.
Business by the numbers
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212 top executives at LI's top publicly traded companies were paid more than $280.7M last year.
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Long Island's top 50 publicly traded companies collectively made $36.6 billion in sales in 2018.
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See what grades inspectors gave to the places where you shop for food.
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Long Island gained 3,400 jobs in May 2019 compared with May 2018, a 0.2 percent increase, according to data from the state Labor Department.
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LI's unemployment rate for May was 3.2 percent, down 0.1 percentage points from a year ago.