“Nassau’s Democratic legislators want to cut the property tax levy by $128 million, hire 100 more police officers and boost staffing in the Inspector General’s office, according to their proposed changes to County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s 2024 budget plan. The amendments, filed Tuesday, would not affect the size of the $4.1 billion budget that Blakeman, a Republican, filed Sept. 15. Republicans hold a 12-7… Read more
“WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he plans to hold a vote Thursday to pass a U.S. Senate resolution supporting Israel and that he expects the Senate to approve a major package of aid to Israel in the next few weeks. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he also plans to hold a Senate vote next week… Read more
Long Island public assistance recipients with at least one child under 17 are among 120,000 statewide to get an extra $100 one-time payment from federal pandemic-era emergency funds other states failed to use, Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced. New York received the $12 million in federal funding to provide a “one-time Family Economic Support payment… Read more
“NASSAU COUNTY (WABC) — Dust samples from the attics of 12 homes in Bethpage, Levittown, and Plainview tested positive for an airborne, cancer-causing chemical, according to environmental experts retained by a law firm that is attempting to file a class action lawsuit against Northrop Grumman for polluting the air around its Bethpage manufacturing plant decades ago…. Read more
“NEW YORK — James Burke, a former Long Island police chief who served federal prison time for beating a suspect, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly soliciting sex and exposing himself at a public park. Burke, 58, was taken into custody by park rangers in a Farmingville, Long Island park shortly after 10 a.m., according to a… Read more
“Immigrant-rights groups have filed a federal class-action lawsuit alleging that the Nassau County Police Department has failed to provide proper translation services for Latinos and other groups. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern Region, states that Nassau has failed to comply with federal civil rights laws along with 2013 Nassau County… Read more
“Hempstead Harbor and Cold Spring Harbor were ranked “poor,” with low water clarity and oxygen levels, as well as elevated levels of coliform bacteria and algal blooms. The warmer weather, heavy rains, and the more stagnant bays and bodies of water that are not refreshed by the ocean are factors. But the main issue is… Read more
“Long Island commuters will pay more to ride the LIRR, subways and buses, or to drive across an MTA bridge or tunnel, by the end of this summer, as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday approved its first fare hike in four years. At a Manhattan meeting, the MTA board unanimously voted in favor of the… Read more
“A Manhattan architect from Massapequa Park was charged Friday in the long-unsolved Gilgo Beach serial killer case with first-degree murder in the killings of three women, partly solving the mystery that has vexed investigators, left heartbroken families and haunted Long Island for over a decade. Rex A. Heuermann, 59, pleaded not guilty to three counts… Read more
“NASSAU COUNTY, Long Island (WABC) — Nassau County lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of approving the transfer of the Nassau Coliseum lease to Las Vegas Sands. The vote passed, 17 to 1.” “Nassau Community College supports the project and already has a partnership in place with the casino-resort company. But the deal has its critics. Hofstra… Read more
