News by Deborah Williams

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May 8, 2025

‘LETITIAGATE’ –Hochul Pushes for Defense Slush Fund For NY Attorney General Letitia James

Hochul Pushes for Defense Slush Fund For NY Attorney General Letitia James

May 8, 2025

Suffolk County Police Department is Holding a Property Auction

Stop by the Suffolk County Police Department's property auction on May 14

May 8, 2025

Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is Saturday, May 10th

Each year, letter carriers across the country head out on their routes on the second Saturday in May to collect donations of non-perishable food items to benefit local food pantries. This year the second Saturday is May 10th.

May 7, 2025

Arrests Made in Officer Stabbing in Amity Harbor

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina announced the arrest of a man who stabbed an officer in Amity Harbor.

May 6, 2025

Man Dies in Intense House Fire on Overlook Drive

Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad and Arson Section detectives are investigating a residential fire that killed a man in Mastic.

May 6, 2025

Albany Democrats Want to Give More Taxpayer Dollars to Would Be Politicians

New York State already has an election dollar matching program using tax payer funds and now Governor Hochul and Democrats in the state legislature want to give even more of your money to political campaigns.

May 5, 2025

DOGE Report: What Are the Highlights 100 Days In?

DOGE Report: What Are the Highlights 100 Days In?

May 5, 2025

Thousands of Students To Visit SCPD Headquarters To Celebrate Police Week

The Suffolk County Police Department is getting ready for the Department’s annual Police Week and Police Memorial Service.

May 5, 2025

Stony Brook Student Visas Revoked, Then Reinstated – What Happened?

Stony Brook University had Eleven International Students Whose Visas Were Revoked by the Trump Administration.

May 2, 2025

Assisted Suicide Bill Passes New York Assembly, Heads to Senate

The New York State Assembly passed an Assisted Suicide bill (A136/S138) that amends the state’s public health law to allow a terminally ill adult with a prognosis of six months or less to be prescribed a medication that would cause death.

May 1, 2025

Tobacco Action Coalition of Long Island (TACLI) offers free New York Landlord Smoke-Free Housing Toolkit

The Tobacco Action Coalition of Long Island (TACLI) hopies to expand smoke-free environments all over New York.

May 1, 2025

Governor Hochul Wants to Give You $400 of Your Own Money

Governor Kathy Hochul is touting her $400 rebate back to New York taxpayers in her recent budget proposal.

Apr 29, 2025

National Grid is Raising Rates Again to Pay for NY Green New Deal

The Public Service Commission will vote on this proposal in the coming months. If approved, it means starting sometime this year, you could be paying a higher electric bill so National Grid can update its infrastructure to meet demands of the Green New Deal.

Apr 29, 2025

President Donald Trump Marks 100 Days in Office

President Donald Trump Marks 100 Days in Office

Apr 29, 2025

Suffolk County Restaurant Week is Here

Long Island Restaurant Week is here! This year it coincides with New York State’s first ever statewide Restaurant Week.

Apr 29, 2025

DOGE Report: The Department of Justice Takes a Whack at Wasteful Spending of Taxpayer Funds

Attorney General Pam Bondi took her turn with the DOGE chain saw announcing some of what she has found and cut at the Department of Justice.

Apr 28, 2025

Zero Emission Trucks to be Mandated in New York, but There’s No Way to Charge Them

Governor Kathy Hochul in 2021, in a rush to emulate the Green New Deal policies of California, enacted the Advanced Clean Truck Act (ACT) requiring the transition statewide to zero emission trucks that mirrored California’s legislation of the same name.

Apr 25, 2025

New York to Risk $40 Billion in State Pension Funds on Green New Deal Investments

New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced $2.4 billion in additional investments of The New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund) into what they call “climate solution opportunities.”

Apr 24, 2025

NY Got Back $1.06 for Every $1 in Taxes Sent to DC

NY Got Back $1.06 for Every $1 in Taxes Sent to DC

Apr 23, 2025

Good News for Hochul and AOC Overshadows Schumer

New Siena poll shows Governor Hochul improving in the polls along with AOC, while Senator Schumer wanes.

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Education

Stony Brook students blend fitness and ecology in 3K EcoWalk

Stony Brook University students participated in the "Running Wild 3K EcoWalk," a new Earthstock event conducted on April 21 at the Ashley Schiff Preserve.


Local

Twisted Cycles’ motorcycle audio showdown returns to Long Island: ‘It’s not all about volume’

Twisted Cycles’ annual motorcycle audio competition is returning Sunday, June 29, with a larger venue and hopes of drawing a bigger crowd to Scott’s Pointe in Calverton.


Brooklyn man sues NYPD over injuries from alleged police vehicle collision

A Brooklyn man has filed a lawsuit against the City of New York and several NYPD officers, alleging excessive force, defamation, and civil rights violations.