Watchdog
Officer Weldon Drayton Jr. was docked four days off after the 2014 crash. The other driver has permanent injuries.
In a fit of alcohol-fueled road rage, an off-duty Nassau officer shot an innocent man, who was then arrested. A secret file reveals police brass pressed internal affairs to delete evidence in the wrongful arrest investigation.
At the height of the pandemic, New York's organ transplant system shut down for two months, causing life-and-death dilemmas for hundreds of patients, many from Long Island. Thomas Maier reports.
A 781-page file kept secret by Nassau police for more than a decade detailed the repeated policing failures leading up to her murder in 2009.
LI's top federal prosecutor called EIDL grants "catnip for criminals" because they required little documentation from the applicant and were deposited into their bank account within three days.
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Over the last seven years, attorneys representing the two counties have secured so-called confidentiality orders in at least 60 federal civil rights lawsuits that allege wrongdoing by members of the Nassau or Suffolk County police departments, according to the dockets of the U.S. District Court with jurisdiction over Long Island.
Long read7m readMinority applicants weren’t hired nearly as often as white ones in the past decade, and experts see “clear evidence that it is not the people, it is the process” causing the disparity.
LIPA wants PSEG, which operates the Long Island grid under an $80 million-a-year contract, to conduct another test of all the systems at once, during regular business hours.
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The number of county employees paid more than $200,000 jumped by 13% in Nassau County and 26% in Suffolk, according to payroll data obtained and analyzed by Newsday.
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PSC doesn't think the rate increase will be delayed and one state senator calls for review of higher-cost "conservation" rates.
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Employees of firms in the program followed Cuomo's directive to work remotely, but state law requires in-office work to qualify for tax-exempt status.
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A family faces a $3,700 electric bill after spending $27,000 on a heat-pump heating and cooling system they were told would lead to savings.
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Newly uncovered court records show Grumman was aware at least 35 years ago that pollution generated by its work for the Navy had the potential to migrate below the surface.
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One produced a documentary on 9/11, another is going to Ireland for college. Get to know more than 135 of the top seniors from high schools across LI.
Are gas stations benefiting from rising prices? Is it price-gouging? Is it worth it to buy premium grade, or turn off the A/C? Here are some answers.
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While some fixtures have remained the same over the past several decades, others are gone or are hardly recognizable today. Revisit some of these places and see what they look like now.
Scoop up flavors like Rose-Pistachio, banana fudge crunch and more.
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