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While MSG Stalls and Refuses to Give Fans a Financial Break – Optimum Has Ways for Customers to Watch the Knicks, Islanders, Devils, and Rangers
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)Optimum issues the following statement about customer friendly options available to customers:” At Optimum, we have a clear mission: to provide the programming that our customers want and give it to them at an affordable price. The problem: MSG Networks demanded that customers who don’t watch their content – who are the majority…
Visiting the Big Apple? Prepare to pay more if you drive to busiest part of Manhattan
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s much-debated plan to charge drivers to enter the center of Manhattan is set to take effect Sunday, following years of bureaucratic and legal roadblocks.The goals of what is known as “congestion pricing” are to reduce gridlock and pollution and raise revenue for public transit. Gov. Kathy Hochul said this…
Trump says he is planning to attend Jimmy Carter’s funeral
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter.Asked about it as he walked into a New Year’s Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump responded, “I’ll be there.” Pressed on whether he’d spoken to members of Carter’s family, Trump…
Flu cases up on Long Island
New York State health officials are urging people to get a flu shot due to a dramatic increase in flu cases state wide and on Long Island in recent weeks. Nassau County saw an 87% jump in confirmed cases the week before Christmas for a total of 4,348 cases this flu season. Suffolk County saw…
MTA service for New Year’s 2025
Here’s what you need to know about subway, bus, LIRR, and Metro-North service for the New Year’s holiday. MTA Holiday travel tips Long Island Rail Road On Tuesday, December 31, the LIRR will run on a regular weekday schedule. Additional trains will run on the Babylon, Montauk, Ronkonkoma, Port Jefferson, and Port Washington branches to…
An appeals court upholds a $5 million award in a sexual abuse verdict against President-elect Trump
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury’s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written opinion upholding the $5 million award that the Manhattan jury granted…
Linda Lavin, Tony-winning Broadway actress who starred in the sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87
NEW YORK (AP) — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actress who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing waitress on the TV sitcom “Alice,” has died. She was 87.Lavin died in Los Angeles on Sunday of complications from recently discovered lung cancer, her representative, Bill Veloric, told The Associated Press in an…
Santos must pay more than $200,000 next month
Former Long Island Congressman George Santos will be required to pay more than $200,000 next month.Santos pleaded guilty to federal charges of aggravated identity theft and wire fraud in August. A U.S. District Court Judge has orders Santos to pay $205,000 at least 30 days before his sentencing scheduled for Feb. 7.Santos faces a minimum…
Minimum wage for Long Island to increase on New Year’s Day
On New Year’s Day several new state laws are set to take effect in New York.The minimum wage for Long Island, New York City and Westchester will increase by 50 cents to $16.50 per hour. For the rest of New York state, the minimum wage will be $15.50 per hour.
Charles Dolan, HBO and Cablevision founder, dies at 98
By BRIAN P. D. HANNON Associated PressCharles F. Dolan, who founded some of the most prominent U.S. media companies including Home Box Office Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp., has died at age 98, according to a news report.A statement issued Saturday by his family said Dolan died of natural causes, Newsday reported late Saturday.“It is…
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old.The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, more…
Child found alone outside on Christmas
A 4-year-old boy was found outside alone in freezing temperatures on Christmas night in Wantagh.The child was discovered late that evening and was not reunited with family members until the following morning.Nassau County police say the case is under investigation by Child Protective Services.