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By Amy Gernon April 30, 2012
New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Assembly Labor Committee Chairman Keith Wright are building support for a statewide minimum wage increase.
By Amy Gernon April 23, 2012
Beginning in July, the interest rates on federally subsidized student loans will double from 3.4 to 6.8 percent.
By Amy Gernon April 16, 2012
Gov. Cuomo issued an Executive Order on Thursday establishing a statewide Health Exchange that will connect individual consumers and small businesses to low-cost coverage offered by the Affordable Care Act.
By Amy Gernon April 09, 2012
The supervising pharmacist at MOMS Pharmacy in Melville, along with three others, has been indicted for accepting bribes to sell illegally obtained black market HIV/AIDS medications, distributing the drugs to patients and defrauding Medicaid by ...
By Amy Gernon April 03, 2012
The constitutionality of President Obama's principal health care reform, known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has been debated in front of the nine justices of the Supreme Court last week.
By Amy Gernon March 26, 2012
Governor Cuomo and the State Legislature have agreed to put a constitutional amendment allowing live table gambling in New York on the ballot for 2013.
By Amy Gernon March 20, 2012
Good-government critics have denounced Gov. Cuomo's decision to approve the State Legislature's partisan district lines.
By Amy Gernon March 13, 2012
A fundraising event in East Northport puts a spotlight on St. Baldrick's Foundation whose mission is to conquer childhood cancer.
By Hannah M. February 24, 2012
Huntington Station Man Please Not Guilty to DWI, Arson; Five Injurd in House Fire; Gunman Sought in Sound Beach Shooting; Woman Hits 3 With Car;
By Hannah M. February 23, 2012
Teen Breaks Arresting Officers Thumb; More Cars See Vandalism on Long Island; Man Accused of Lewd Behavior at Chuck E. Cheese; Nassau County Urges Red Light Violators to Pay Up;
By Hannah M. February 22, 2012
One Dead and One Hurt in Fire; Man Arrested for DWI with Kids and Drug Possession; Bay Shore Man Denies Killing Ex-Girlfriend and her Child; Long Island Journalist Killed in Syria;
By Hannah M. February 21, 2012
Suspects Wanted in Massapequa Car Vandalism; Man Stole Vases from Cemetery to Melt Down; Clerk Beaten and Tied Up by Burglars; Mineola Man Beats Girlfriend with Branch;
By Hannah M. February 20, 2012
Skeletal Remains Found on Eastern Long Island; Long Island Man Killed Outside Party; Two Suspects Arrested in String of Burglaries; Man Shot Dead While Driving on Sunrise Highway;
By Hannah M. February 16, 2012
Suspect Wanted for Pool Game Stabbing; Former LI Man Executed in Fla. After More Than 30 Years on Death Row; Video of Credit Card Thief Suspect Released; Riverhead Mom Drives While Intoxicated with Tot in ...
By Hannah M. February 15, 2012
NYPD Officer Becomes Fourth Officer to Commit Suicide This Year; Two Woman Killed by LI Train; Woodbury Co-op Sued Over Banning Ailing Woman's Dog; LIRR Smoking Ban Enforcement Begins Today;
By Hannah M. February 14, 2012
Islip Blaze Destroys Laundromat, Long Island Gas Prices Refuse to Quit, DWI Suspect Clocked at Over 100MPH, Second Man Arrested in N. Valley Stream Home Invasion
By Hannah M. February 13, 2012
Belligerent Robbery Suspect Injures Three Officers, Two Injured in DWI Car Accident, Skimming Devices Found on Two Gas Station ATMs, Swastika Graffiti Found on Mineola School
By Hannah M. February 13, 2012
Commack Fire Kills Man, Injuries Son, Same-Sale Couple OK-ed to Stay on Long Island, Light Snow Falls Over Long Island
By Hannah M. February 10, 2012
One dead and three injured in Glen Cove crash, Post Workers steal $4K from Long Island Post Office, Man Arrested for Inappropriately Touching Teen's Feet, Shot Cop Set to Leave Hospital
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