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Hochul touts data center pause, cites local control, resource protection
Critics say the same issue apply to concerns over an East Hampton toxic plume and a planned high-voltage cable project in Nassau.
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Hochul warns Nassau and other counties to end ICE pacts
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Why did NUMC run its own insurance plan in the Cayman Islands?
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Help wanted: Two key town officials set to retire
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Fracking backers look to reverse NYS's ban
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In support of immigration, these Long Islanders offer sympathy with a condition: Do it right
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Blakeman is releasing generative AI campaign videos, embracing trend experts say has little effect
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Huntington election fallout: State AG's Office subpoenas town
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NUMC in more debt than realized after probe finds $110M shortfall
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Gillibrand urges vote on bill speeding up benefits for first responders
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First the phones. Now tablets? NYS could limit screen time in schools.
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Blakeman seeks to court splintered Jewish vote as state GOP follows suit
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How donors with deep pockets get around candidate contribution limits
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NUMC closes maternity services indefinitely
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Nassau OKs $5M for Taser model other police departments find outdated
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NYS push for solar power eats away at upstate farmland
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Hochul far ahead of Blakeman in campaign funding
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La campaña de control de la inmigración siembra la incertidumbre en las granjas de Long Island. 'Podría ser el fin.'
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Immigration crackdown sowing uncertainty on LI farms. 'It could be game over.'
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Blakeman slams pending ban on gas appliances in new homes
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Suffolk seeks to take over Plum Island from feds
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Earmarks for LI roads are back — if your representative agrees with you
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Critics say Hochul's pause on data centers could hurt state
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Some Kratom sales restricted in Suffolk
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Hochul orders 1-year pause on large data centers
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Nassau backs program to help police with neurodiverse people
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Are you being targeted in a gold bar scam? Here's how to know.
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Trailing Hochul, Blakeman turns to Trump-like claims, analysts say
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Children as young as 5 years old hospitalized with cannabis poisoning
There has been an increase in children ending up in the emergency room after ingesting cannabis, according to a new study from the state Department of Health. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.
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Proximity to schools, homes among LI residents' concerns
'It has a huge human impact'
'Long Island is very very evenly split'
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Maine Democrats are meeting to pick a new Senate nominee to face Republican Sen. Susan Collins
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Trump administration admits grants for clean energy were canceled based on politics
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorses Haley Stevens in Democratic US Senate primary
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Wisconsin voters sue to allow for vote to count if absentee ballot is late
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Poland's biggest opposition party faces split over tensions about its direction
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Bangladesh's president, once a close ally of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina, resigns
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German leader Merz reshuffles top posts as he tries to counter far-right advance
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Democrats select South Carolina to kick off presidential nominating contest in 2028, leave Iowa out
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Federal judges allow new Tennessee congressional map that splits majority-Black district in Memphis
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Nearly 150,000 mail ballots rejected in California's primary despite efforts to count every vote
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Wisconsin absentee voters seek court ruling allowing them to cast new ballots
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The Okefenokee is about to be honored, but some locals aren't celebrating
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More than 24 states sue Trump administration after it put conditions on receiving disaster funding
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House again passes a resolution seeking to halt military action in Iran as the conflict escalates
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House Republican says Smith may have lied about Trump probe and refers him for possible prosecution
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Republicans in Congress continue to back Iran war despite the political risk
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House votes to limit stock trading by members of Congress, elevating a campaign issue
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Nicaragua's parliament moves to abolish elections under Ortega's order, fueling criticisms
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House Republicans adopt $95 billion package for the Iran war and Trump's priorities
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Hungary's Orbán declares resistance movement against Magyar government's 'tyranny'
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TRUMP'S IMPACT ON LI
'They can't survive'
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'I am victim, I have nothing'
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'Workers are ... more worried than ever'
'It's just beyond upsetting that we have to fight for this'
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'I fought so hard'
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'It has a huge human impact'
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'Praying that everything is gonna change'
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'We've got to invest in those types of things'
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