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Nassau and Suffolk counties team up to start new task force
Nassau and Suffolk county law enforcement officials announced a new task force to combat crimes being committed across Long Island. Both counties are seeing patterns where people coming to Long Island to commit burglaries, leave and return to do it again. Officials say criminals are coming from New Jersey to steal cars and break into…
9/11 victim’s remains identified nearly 23 years later as Long Island man
NEW YORK (AP) — The remains of a Long Island man killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11 have been identified more than two decades after the 2001 attacks, the New York City medical examiner’s office announced Thursday. John Ballantine Niven, 44, of Oyster Bay, was an executive at Aon Risk Services, an insurance…
Hunter Biden agrees to deposition with House Republican after months of defiance, committee says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden has agreed to appear before House Republicans for a private deposition next month, ending months of defiance from the president’s son, who had insisted on testifying publicly. The House Oversight Committee announced Thursday that the two parties have agreed for Hunter Biden to sit for a deposition on Feb. 28.…
Congress votes to avert a shutdown and keep the government funded through early March
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March. The House approved the measure by a vote of 314-108, with opposition coming mostly from the more conservative members of the Republican conference. Shortly before the vote,…
Baldwin midwife accused of falsifying vaccination records
Jeanette Breen a Baldwin midwife is accused of falsifying vaccination records for nearly 1,500 children. The New York State Department of Health says, Breen who ran Baldwin Midwifery, gave children a oral pellets as an alternative to vaccinations, starting in 2019. She has been fined $300,000 for falsifying the vaccine records. The children’s’ immunization records…
Blakeman claims Hofstra partnered with casino rival to slow Las Vegas Sands’ application process
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman claims Hofstra University and one of Las Vegas Sands’ competitors were working in coordination to block the Sands’ ability to get an application to build a casino at the Nassau coliseum site.Hofstra University sued last April, claiming the county’s planning commission violated state law because it did not properly notify…
Alec Baldwin trying to sell Hamptons estate after $10 million price cut
Alec Baldwin is once again trying to sell his estate in Amagansett for just under 19 million dollars. The home came on the market in October 2022 and was listed for $29 million. The price was dropped several times before being taken off the market in November. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Federal lawsuit accuses NY Knicks owner James Dolan, media mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman has alleged that New York Knicks owner James Dolan sexually assaulted her a decade ago and then set her up to be molested by now-imprisoned film producer Harvey Weinstein, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles. In 2013, plaintiff Kellye Croft was a 27-year-old licensed massage…
Judge threatens to boot Donald Trump from courtroom over loud talking as E. Jean Carroll testifies
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was threatened with expulsion from his Manhattan civil trial Wednesday after he repeatedly ignored a warning to keep quiet while writer E. Jean Carroll testified that he shattered her reputation after she accused him of sexual abuse. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan told the former president that his right to…
Judge denies request to dismiss case against man charged in NYC subway chokehold death
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Wednesday declined to dismiss the case against a U.S. Marine veteran charged with manslaughter for placing a man in a deadly chokehold aboard a New York City subway train. Daniel Penny has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death last…
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2025 Budget Leaves LI Schools with Less Funding
A total of 44 Long Island school districts would see decreased state funding next year, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed 2025 executive budget including 10 Nassau County and 34 Suffolk County schools. Hochul discussed the proposed budget Tuesday in Albany. State budget officials say the change to amend funding measures is meant to help…