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By Long Island News & PR February 22, 2017
On the final weekend of the season for Youth and Junior World Cup racing, the USA Luge doubles team of Dana Kellogg and Duncan Segger capped a consistent first season together, by taking the overall ...
By Long Island News & PR February 21, 2017
Senate Majority Leader John J. Flanagan called upon to bring the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, better known as GENDA, to a vote in the Senate during 2017 legislative session.
By Long Island News & PR February 21, 2017
Congressman Tom Suozzi spoke on the House floor as part of a bipartisan pledge by the Freshman class to encourage civility in the chamber and in political discourse generally.
By Long Island News & PR February 20, 2017
USA Luge finished fourth in Sunday’s Viessmann Team Relay World Cup, presented by BMW.
By Long Island News & PR February 17, 2017
The U.S. Senate confirmed on Tuesday President Donald Trump’s nomination of Linda E. McMahon as the 25th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
By Long Island News & PR February 17, 2017
South Korean Olympic organizers and USA Luge hit it off immediately.
By Christian Abbatecola February 16, 2017
Political discussions can quickly become impolite in a heated environment, but it is important to realize how such arguments can impact interpersonal relationships.
By Long Island News & PR February 16, 2017
AG Eric T. Schneiderman announced that his office sent a joint letter with 10 AGs to Senators Mitch McConnell and Charles Schumer urging opposition to the Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Act.
By Long Island News & PR February 15, 2017
Specialty Longhorn Colby cheese supplied to Sargento must be recalled due to a potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes.
By Long Island News & PR February 14, 2017
Rep. Tom Suozzi (D - Long Island, Queens) spent the past week meeting with military officials and colleagues to tackle pressing issues facing residents of New York’s 3rd congressional district.
By Long Island News & PR February 14, 2017
The U.S. House of Representatives tonight passed H.R. 974, the Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment (BRAVE) Act, introduced by Rep. Kathleen Rice and co-lead sponsor Rep. Paul Cook (R-CA).
By Long Island News & PR February 11, 2017
PetSmart has issued a voluntary recall of one production lot of its Grreat Choice® Adult Dog Food.
By Long Island News & PR February 10, 2017
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman issued a statement following the Ninth Circuit ruling.
By Long Island News & PR February 10, 2017
After reports that White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer made numerous public references to a terrorist attack in Atlanta that never occurred, Rep. Rice issues a statement.
By Long Island News & PR February 09, 2017
Today, representatives of nine states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are meeting to discuss taking stronger action to cut global warming pollution.
By Long Island News & PR February 08, 2017
Capping off a highly productive first month in Congress, Rep. Tom Suozzi (D - Long Island, Queens) was named Vice-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional “Problem Solvers Caucus.”
By Long Island News & PR February 07, 2017
16 Attorneys General announced the filing of an amicus brief in support of Washington and Minnesota in the federal lawsuit against the Trump Administration’s executive order on immigration.
By Long Island News & PR February 07, 2017
The guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard maritime law enforcement personnel began its support of Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) Jan. 31.
By Long Island News & PR February 06, 2017
Put the dominant luge nation on one of their home tracks, combine it with an Oberhof course where few teams have extensive experience, and the outcome can sometimes be predictable.
By Long Island News & PR February 03, 2017
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman issued a statement regarding recent threats to JCCs across New York and sever other states, as well as in Canada.