January 2025 - Page 7 of 24 - Long Island Life & Politics

GOP Assembly: Look into Early Intervention Hub Failures

January 24, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

By Hank Russell Members of the Republican Assembly Minority, as well as local advocates from Long Island and service providers in the early intervention field, recently held a press conference on the Million Dollar Staircase […]

Federal Buildings Should Only Fly the U.S. Flag

January 24, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

Lost in the avalanche of executive orders over the first week of the second Trump administration was an edict declaring that only one flag, the American flag, shall be flown at federal buildings and U.S. […]

The Daily Rant: Why Did Trump’s Team Pick That Pastor?

January 24, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

By Steve Levy After watching President Trump, his family, and his closest associates having to sit hostage as a radical priest in an Episcopal church railed on his efforts to control illegal immigration, one has […]

Hochul’s Budget Has Some Good Ideas — from the GOP

January 24, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

By Will Barclay Governor Kathy Hochul’s budget presentation included a number of Assembly Minority Conference ideas, but at its core, the plan still fails to properly prioritize policies that will truly make New York more […]

Hempstead Man Sentenced for Robbery, Fatal Shooting

January 24, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

A Hempstead man was sentenced to 24 years to life in prison after he was found guilty by a jury of robbery and murder charges last October in the shooting death of a man sleeping […]

State Expands Suffolk’s Crime Analysis Center

January 24, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

The Suffolk Crime Analysis Center, one of 11 in the nationally recognized, one-of-a-kind network funded and supported by the State Division of Criminal Justice Services in partnership with local law enforcement agencies statewide will be […]

Police Union Blasts Trump’s Pardons of Violent Jan. 6 Demonstrators

January 24, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

By Lindsay Press President Donald Trump signed an executive order pardoning those who were arrested and jailed for taking part in the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol Building. Some of those who were […]

Town Shares Water Quality Program’s Achievements, Goals

January 24, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

The Town of East Hampton recently reviewed its Community Preservation Fund (CPF) Water Quality Program and noticed the program has made significant strides in 2024, focusing on wastewater treatment, septic upgrades, and stormwater management to […]

Op Eds

Saving Lives, Not Politics, Should Be Our Common Goal

January 24, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

By Seth Koslow In politics, disagreements are inevitable. They’re part of a system designed to encourage debate and foster diverse perspectives. But some issues transcend politics — or at least they should. The fight to […]

Man Steals Beer from Blue Point Supermarket

January 24, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and officers from the Suffolk County Police Fifth Precinct Crime Section are asking for the public’s help to identify and locate the man who stole beer from a Blue Point store […]