May 2026 - Page 12 of 20 - Long Island Life & Politics

Suffolk Police Issues 45 Tickets during Operation Hard Hat

May 15, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off

Suffolk County Police participated in Operation Hard Hat on May 13 to promote public awareness of the dangers of unsafe or distracted driving within work zones. Officers issued a total of 45 tickets during the […]

Iranian National from Nassau County Pleads Guilty to Alien Smuggling, Child Porn

May 15, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off

An Iranian national living in Nassau County pleaded guilty to unlawfully smuggling aliens into the United States and intentionally receiving child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Sharon Gohari appeared in a Brooklyn federal court on May […]

Bay Shore Teacher Faces up to 50 Years in Prison

May 15, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off

Sexually Abused Students, Had Sexually Explicit Images A Babylon man who taught at the Bay Shore School District was sentenced to 33⅓ to 50 years in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing two former […]

Why Do We Allow Railroad Workers to Strike?

May 15, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off

We don’t allow police officers or firefighters to go on strike. Why? Because if they do, people would die. We made a collective societal decision that there are some positions that are essential for our […]

Ecuadorian National Indicted for Allegedly Kidnapping Child from Laundromat

May 15, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off

An Ecuadorian national was indicted for allegedly luring a four-year-old child away from her family while they did laundry at a Patchogue laundromat. On March 28 at approximately 11:20 a.m., the four-year-old child was with […]

Blakeman Calls $4B Bailout for City ‘Robbery’

May 14, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off

By Hank Russell Nassau County Executive and GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman accused Governor Kathy Hochul of “robbery” after she announced that she would provide New York City with an additional $4 billion to close […]

State Moves to Defend Offshore Wind Project

May 14, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off

By Hank Russell New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul moved to intervene in a lawsuit that they said threatens the successful completion of the Sunrise Wind Project. James and Hochul said […]

Crime Victims Center President/CEO Receives Legal Education Award

May 14, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off

Laura A. Ahearn, Esq., LMSW, the executive director and CEO of the Crime Victims Center, Inc. and associate dean of the Suffolk County Bar Association (SCBA) Academy of Law, received the Eileen Coen Cacioppo Excellence […]

MTA Warns of Possible LIRR Strike

May 14, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off

Previously Published in The Messenger By Matt Meduri The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), North America’s busiest commuter railroad – about 300,000 daily riders – is facing possible service disruptions if an agreement is not […]

Suffolk Buys Farmland Development Rights at Fire Chicken Farm

May 14, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off

Land to Remain Privately Owned, Permanently Restricting Non-Agricultural Development Suffolk County has closed on the purchase of development rights for approximately 34 acres of farmland in the hamlet of Calverton. The county executive’s office said […]