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Gradual rise in minimum wage better for businesses, workers, Hochul says
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned on a pledge to raise the city's minimum wage from $17 per hour to $30 by 2030.
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Hochul has big money edge on Blakeman in reelection quest
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AG: Shirley business owner sentenced in $1.5M Medicaid scheme
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NUMC to get near $110M infusion of state money, CEO confirms
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Former Huntington supervisor appointed to Suffolk's traffic violations agency
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Hot topic in Albany: How to regulate AI without stifling innovation
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Hochul wants 'speed limiters' for NYC residents with poor driving records
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Hochul proposals would limit ICE enforcement in NY
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Blakeman: Talk with mom influenced support for abortion rights
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Hempstead councilwoman lands $10G raise for her job as deputy supervisor
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Blakeman compares Gov. Hochul's address to a 'Saturday Night Live skit'
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State of the State: Hochul focuses on affordability and Trump
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Hochul presses ahead with plans to boost clean energy
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State of the State: Hochul's key proposals
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Hochul to pitch education agenda in State of the State speech
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Garbarino: 'Independence is essential' for Federal Reserve
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Garden City seeks to nullify rezoning done for casino plan at Nassau Coliseum site
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Hochul to propose measures to help LI combat coastal erosion
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Blakeman sworn in as county executive as he mounts bid for governor
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Howard Kopel starts second term as presiding officer of Nassau Legislature
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Mamdani and his wife make it official with Gracie Mansion
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Hochul: Blocking fraud will bring down car insurance rates
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Facing reelection, Hochul is being pressured from left and right
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LI House members split over crackdown on visits to ICE facilities
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Education leaders: State funding formula comes up short for districts, needs updating
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Meet Suffolk's new county legislators
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What to know about Trump's crackdown on immigration programs
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on child care money
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Islander Insider: Blakeman runs for governor, Mamdani takes office
On this month's editon of Island Insider, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman's plans to run for governor, Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as NYC mayor, Nassau County's border security, and more.
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Journalists in Bangladesh demand protection amid rising attacks
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni wins seventh term as opposition rejects results
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Sen. Thom Tillis takes on the White House, but not Trump
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Venezuelan opposition leader is confident about return of democracy but says little of her plans
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Virginia lawmakers back redrawing congressional maps, paving the way for a voter referendum
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Trump to pardon ex-Puerto Rico governor Vázquez in campaign finance case, official says
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Myanmar military-backed party extends lead ahead of final election round
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Uganda's president leads in tense election marred by internet shutdown and voting interference
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White House and governors pressure grid operator to boost power supply, slow electricity price hikes
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Senators worry that US Postal Service changes could disenfranchise voters who cast ballots by mail
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Brazil's Supreme Court moves Bolsonaro to larger cell with outdoor area
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Tanzania president remorseful over internet shutdown on election day
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Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate raises 10 times more than conservative
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Control of the House is at the center of midterms. These charts help explain the fight
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UK's Conservative Party leader torpedoes defection of chief rival by firing him first
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Alaska court weighs voter misconduct charges in case that casts light on status of American Samoans
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Delays plague voting in Uganda's presidential election
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Venezuela's Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump during their meeting
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House GOP's new Jan. 6 committee questions what happened that day
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Federal judges allow California to use new US House map ahead of 2026 election
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Ice cream dipped in melted butter? Stew Leonard's has it
Despite 30% increase in Hispanic officers, LI police forces still overwhelmingly white
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'The Diplomat' films on LI
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Declining number of family owned hardware stores
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The great grocery store sheet cake taste test
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LI Works: A wizard at fixing pinball machines
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Energy, pride and school spirit: Newsday's 3rd annual Cheer Fest
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Volunteers of Long Island: New York Marine Rescue Center
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Out East: Mecox Bay Dairy in Bridgehampton
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Health insurers must cover scalp cooling treatments
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