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Restricted editorial. Many street drugs including cocaine, ecstasy and those known as \"bath salts\" have been found to be laced with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine.1

Nassau's Democratic caucus has repeatedly urged Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman's administration to more quickly distribute funds from the county's portion of the state's 2022 settlement with opioid manufacturers and distributors 2.

https://www.newsday.com/ 3

Tangen thinks things are going in the right direction. Here are the Nassau County Departments who are in control of distributing Narcan:4

1. Town of Hempstead located on Hempstead Turnpike 5.

2. City of Long Beach in South Nassau 6.

3. Village of Island Park also in South Nassau 7

4. Fire Island - Located off the Great South Bay 8.

5. Town of Brookhaven encompasing over 20 hamlets 9.

In a statement, Blakeman said his administration is “always trying to make a safer environment for our kids\" and \"one death is one too many.\" Here are the things the county wants: 10

• All hospitals need to have Narcon on every floor.
• All schools - including Middle Schools must have Narcon available in the nurse's office.
• Any office space with more than 3 workers
• Public Parks should have a box with Narcan

“We found significant operational deficiencies and have provided detailed recommendations that can help the building department improve efficiency and increase transparency,” Nassau County Comptroller Elaine Phillips said in a statement her office released Tuesday with an 88-page audit report 11.

Moving to another story about eclipse and earthquake 12.

WHEN | WHERE 8 p.m., April 5, Vanderbilt Museum & Planetarium, 180 Little Neck Rd., Centerport 13

MORE INFO 631-854-5579, vanderbiltmuseum.org 14

ADMISSION $17, $14 ages 11 and younger, free for members, includes museum admission 15

Phone lines lit up, people sent each other panicked texts, and news shows stopped in their tracks to report on what officials said was a 4.8 magnitude earthquake centered in central New Jersey, but felt across much of the East Coast 16.

Why are my legs vibrating? 17

Is that roadwork? 18

Why is the reflection in the mirror shaking? 19

Are planes still flying? 20

Airplanes are arriving and departing at area airports. There had been delays and some closures briefly after the quake. People who are planning to fly should check with their airports. 21

Did everyone feel the quake? 22

Not everyone. Some who were driving felt nothing, but the majority of residents, especially those inside, felt an intense shaking for several seconds 23 .

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake shook regions where about 42 million people live. The intensity of the quake varied somewhat throughout the region, scientists say. 24

What should you do if there are stronger aftershocks or another earthquake? 25

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these instructions are recommended for stronger quakes 26.

The most dangerous place in a quake is being next to the outer walls of a building. If you are inside, drop to the floor, cover your head and arms and hold on until the shaking stops. Move away from furnishings or anything else that can fall on you. Do not use elevators 27.

If you are outside, 1- get down low, 2 - away from trees, 3 - poles and buildings. If you are in a moving vehicle, pull over and set the parking brake. If you are near the shore, drop, cover yourself and move inland once the shaking stops. 28

Was there any damage reported? 29

What should you do if there are stronger aftershocks or another earthquake? 30

Concerns: 31

• Have other quakes hit the Northeast?
• What kind of psychological reactions can people have to earthquakes

Server Brenda Lasorsa, 60, of Center Moriches said she felt her legs start to shake 32.

“I could feel it through my feet … I thought maybe somebody hit the building. I felt like I was sinking,” she said. 33

RICHMOND, Va. — A K-9 was killed “heroically” protecting a correctional officer, who was responding to a violent attack involving apparent gang members, Virginia prison officials said. 34

Rivan, a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois, died despite life-saving measures after being “violently and repeatedly stabbed and kicked" by the inmates involved in the assault, the Virginia Department of Corrections said in a news release Wednesday. 35

Three inmates affiliated with the MS-13 gang attacked another inmate Tuesday inside a housing unit at the Sussex I State Prison, with another inmate appearing to supervise the assault, the department said. Corrections Officer Kharmishia Phillip Fields and Rivan, her assigned K-9, were working in the area and responded to stop the attack and protect the inmates, the department said in a news release. 36

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3. I want to confirm lists are parsed correctly.
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5. Are these numbers being announced?

While falling short of the resounding victory some LIRR employees hoped for, the five railroad unions that went on strike two weeks ago surpassed many observers’ expectations — by securing raises higher than transit workers have seen in years, while giving up relatively little and cementing themselves as major players in New York’s labor relations landscape, union leaders, MTA officials and sources with knowledge of the negotiations said. 38

It was on May 28, 2025, that Long Island Rail Road locomotive engineers’ head Kevin Sexton, speaking at a meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board, first warned of the potential for the first LIRR union strike in more than three decades. MTA managers would have to come to the table with an offer that "reflects the value, skill and sacrifice of the workers who keep the railroad running every day." 39

At the time, MTA chairman Janno Lieber largely dismissed the threat, saying, ‘We don’t see that happening in the near-term." He suggested the five unions, representing about half the LIRR’s 7,000-member organized workforce, would ultimately fall in line and take the same deal ratified by "other, larger Long Island Rail Road unions." 40

International Association of Machinists, the Transportation Communication Union and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers — and the LIRR’s largest union, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers 41.

For more than 20 years, SMART general chairman Anthony Simon had taken the lead on all LIRR labor negotiations, including in the eleventh-hour deal struck with then-Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo that averted a strike in 2014 42.

In 2023, Simon signed off on a new three-year contract that gave members raises of 3%, 3% and 3.5% per year — the same terms as had been accepted by other MTA unions, including those representing bus and subway workers. 43

Simon did not respond to a request for comment 44.

The unions demanded a fourth contract year with a raise of 6.5%. MTA leaders, saying such a deal would break the pattern set with other unions, initially resisted adding a year to the contract, but eventually offered a fourth year at 3% earlier this year 45.

For wage increases above that, the MTA said repeatedly unions would have to agree to major concessions, including doing away with costly work rules and restrictions, such as paying engineers double if they operate an electric and diesel train on the same shift, and forcing clerks to take on extra duties outside of ticket sale windows 46.

The unions lowered their demands to 5% in a fourth contract year, but with no concessions. After coming up to a first strike deadline in September, unions requested two White House interventions allowed under federal labor law. They were buoyed when the emergency mediation boards both found the unions’ proposal to be more reasonable than the MTA's 47.

As the clock ticked toward a final strike deadline of May 16 at 12:01 a.m., one union insider, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive negotiations before the contracts are ratified, said the eventual settlement — with a 4.5% raise in a fourth year and minor concessions — was there to be made on May 15 before the strike, but MTA officials could not get Hochul to give final approval for the deal, which was finally closed the night of May 48.

In exchange for the 4.5% raise, the unions agreed to extend the final year of their contract by six weeks, to undergo up to 16 hours of computer-based training each year outside of work hours and using their personal electronic devices — saving the MTA on overtime costs from having to backfill jobs while workers are in classroom training — and to switch to fully electronic paychecks — saving the MTA on some costs related to distributing paper checks, according to the union source. 49

Hochul's office did not respond to a request for comment for this story 50.

In announcing the agreement outside of the MTA's Manhattan headquarters, Hochul said the deal achieved two key goals: "protecting affordability for Long Islanders and commuters, while giving fair wages to employees." 51

With concessions, about 4% Although the unions are selling the agreement to members as a 4.5% raise in the fourth year, some labor leaders disputed that figure, arguing the concessions — particularly the one extending the length of the contract — dilutes its value. Samuelsen, the New York City bus and subway union head, estimated that without the givebacks the agreement would be worth the equivalent of about 4% in raises for his members. Another labor source, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive negotiations, estimated it at 3.8% and believes earlier offers made by the MTA may have been worth more. 52

Some workers also lost up to three days’ wages in the strike, although many would have been off anyway during the first two days of the work stoppage — a Saturday and Sunday. Still, Arthur Wheaton, director of labor studies at Cornell University, believes the unions scored "just a massive, big win" in securing a 4.5% wage increase, when the MTA had been insisting on giving workers extra compensation in the form of a lump-sum payment. 53

Wheaton said, in seeing the contract fight through to a three-day strike that didn’t cause "long-standing damage," the union leaders signaled to their members, "We got the best we could and we used all of the tools in our toolbox to get there." 54

One MTA official, also speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the deal before it's finalized, said one "win" for the transit authority was raising the public’s awareness of the LIRR collective bargaining process, and of "archaic work rules" that can significantly pad worker pay. 55