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Pols SNAP Back at Hochul’s Claims about Food Assistance Cuts

October 17, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off on Pols SNAP Back at Hochul’s Claims about Food Assistance Cuts

By Hank Russell Two local politicians clapped back at Governor Kathy Hochul’s claim that the Republicans in Congress are hurting the state’s poor by withholding funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Plan (SNAP). Hochul accused […]

Politics

Town Council Candidates Face off in Smithtown

October 16, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off on Town Council Candidates Face off in Smithtown

Previously Published in The Messenger By Matt Meduri On the general election ballot this year, voters will be afforded the opportunity to elect two members of Smithtown’s at-large Town Council. Incumbents Councilman Thomas J. McCarthy […]

Crime

Crime Alert: Wanted for Huntington Assault

October 16, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off on Crime Alert: Wanted for Huntington Assault

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Second Precinct Crime Section officers are asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating two men who allegedly assaulted a man at a Huntington Station bar […]

Crime

Crime Alert: Wanted for Riverhead Petit Larceny

October 16, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off on Crime Alert: Wanted for Riverhead Petit Larceny

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and the Riverhead Police Department Crime Control Unit are asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating the woman who allegedly stole merchandise from a Riverhead store last month.   […]

Politics

Internal Poll Has Stefanik Slightly Up over Hochul

October 16, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off on Internal Poll Has Stefanik Slightly Up over Hochul

By Hank Russell A recent internal poll now has U.S. Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-Plattsburgh) leading incumbent Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul by less than one percentage point. According to internal polling data from GrayHouse that was […]

Business

Car Insurance Companies to Pay $14.2M over Data Breaches

October 16, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off on Car Insurance Companies to Pay $14.2M over Data Breaches

By Hank Russell Eight car insurance companies were ordered to pay a collective $14.2 million over data breaches of the online quote sites, where customers’ driver’s licenses and personal information were stolen. According to Attorney […]

Crime

Center Moriches Man Indicted for 1984 Lynbrook Murder

October 16, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off on Center Moriches Man Indicted for 1984 Lynbrook Murder

Allegedly Raped, Killed 16-Year-Old Girl A Center Moriches man was indicted on murder charges for the death of a 16-year-old girl near a roller-skating rink in Lynbrook more than 40 years ago. Richard Bilodeau, 63, […]

Long Island News

LI Police Agencies Receive $21M in Tech Grants

October 16, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off on LI Police Agencies Receive $21M in Tech Grants

By Hank Russell Governor Kathy Hochul visited the Village of Garden City Police Department on October 15 to highlight more than $21 million in state investments that are modernizing law enforcement technology and equipment across […]

Op Eds

Focus on the Hostages, Not the Protestors

October 15, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off on Focus on the Hostages, Not the Protestors

By Steve Levy As I was flipping through Newsday the other day, I hit page 5 and saw this big picture of a bearded man returning from overseas with his mother giving him a big […]

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Audit: State Tax Receipts Remain above Mid-Year Projections

October 15, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off on Audit: State Tax Receipts Remain above Mid-Year Projections

State tax receipts totaled $59.9 billion through September, the middle of State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025-26. That is $702.2 million higher than financial plan estimates from the Division of Budget (DOB), according to the monthly […]

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