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Stats of the Week
Mortgage Payments, Gas & Grocery Prices Keep Going Up The monthly mortgage payment for a $400,000 loan in January 2021 was $1,612. In January 2024, the same payment was $2,555 a month — a 58.5% […]
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State & Regional News
Hempstead Village Receives $5 Million in Housing Grants
The Village of Hempstead has received $5 million in housing grants which will be distributed to minority homeowners, who will use the money to pay for repairs to their houses. The money is part of […]
Crime
Homeless Man Sentenced to 20+ Years for Deadly Machete Attack
A homeless man was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for a March 2023 machete attack inside of a 24-hour laundromat in Valley Stream that left a man dead. Roberto Velasquez, 32, pleaded […]
Crime
S. Hempstead Woman Charged with Stealing More than $22K in Rental Subsidy Benefits
A South Hempstead woman was arrested and charged with allegedly falsely applying for and receiving more than $22,000 of rental assistance benefits from the Nassau County Housing Choice Voucher Program to which she was not […]
Crime
Man Steals Clothes from Commack Store
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Fourth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who stole from a Commack store two months ago. A man […]
Crime
Merchandise Taken from Patchogue Store
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Fifth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the woman who stole merchandise from a Patchogue store. A woman stole clothing […]
Politics
GOP Assembly Members Introduce Child Care Legislative Package
Includes Increasing Tax Credits By Hank Russell A group of Republican Assembly members have introduced a series of bills that they say will make child care more affordable for New York families. Five of these […]
Crime
W. Hempstead Man Charged with Hate Crime for Making Threatening Calls to Fla. Politician
A West Hempstead man was indicted on aggravated harassment as a hate crime and other charges for calls he allegedly made to a Florida elected official in November 2023 that were threatening in nature and […]
Op Eds
One-House Budget Is Filled with Unrealistic Goals, False Promises
By Keith Brown While I commend the Assembly Majority for taking steps to offset steep financial costs for our state’s education system and senior programs, the one-house budget in its entirety is bloated, riddled with […]
Long Island News
South Fork Wind Project Is Completed
Turbines Will Deliver Electricity Across Long Island and the Rockaways Governor Kathy Hochul joined U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and other distinguished officials, for a press conference on March 14 to announce the […]