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Curran wants to spend $100 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to send $375 payments to property owners who qualify for New York's STAR program.

She replaces Mark Lesko, who will be appointed acting assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice's National Security Division.

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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran's statement backing Commissioner Patrick Ryder came as a diverse group of about 200 community leaders and police unions rallied in Mineola to support him.

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Wai Law, 54, will also be pushing a baby stroller stocked with 50 pounds of supplies on his run along the entire length of the Empire State Trail to raise funds for Parkinson's research.

The Independence Day fireworks are returning after the pandemic forced their cancellation last summer. 

A factor for those who say darker days remain is a concern over a relative contracting COVID-19 and becoming seriously ill, according to the poll.

There are races in primaries in East Hampton, Huntington, Islip and Southhampton in Suffolk County, and in the cities of Glen Cove and Long Beach in Nassau.

12,000 general admission season tickets have been sold for inaugural season.

Visitors to the museum, which is still undergoing restoration work, will now see a ticket office, expanded exhibits, a gift shop and larger model trains in the station where President Theodore Roosevelt disembarked on his sojourns to Sagamore Hill. 

The Long Island Rail Road is reporting trains on or close to schedule following a morning of delays Monday on the Babylon branch after an unauthorized person was struck on the tracks in Bellmore, railroad officials said.