Crime
Empire Rules — Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction
Business
January 16, 2026
Hank Russell
Business
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Wind Project Can Resume Construction By Hank Russell A District Court judge granted a preliminary injunction to a wind energy company, allowing it to resume construction of a project off the Long Island coast, handing [...]
Hochul Appears Desperate to Appease All
Op Eds
Previously Published in The Messenger Governor Kathy Hochul’s (D-Hamburg) 2026 State of the State Address was, not to our surprise, underwhelming and mostly rhetorical. For New York, the stakes could not be higher. The Empire [...]
Crime
Crime Alert: Wanted for Port Jefferson Station Petit Larceny
January 15, 2026
Hank Russell
Crime
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Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Precinct Crime Section officers are asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating the woman who allegedly stole merchandise from a Port Jefferson Station store. [...]
Long Island News
Can the Affordability Crisis Be Solved?
January 15, 2026
Hank Russell
Long Island News
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By Hank Russell On January 13, Governor Kathy Hochul made affordability one of the major themes in her State of the State address. She laid out a platform that she said will “put money back [...]
Crime
Ex-Probation Officer Jailed for Falsifying Records, Inappropriate Relationship with Probationer
January 15, 2026
Hank Russell
Crime
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A former Nassau County Probation Officer was sentenced on January 14 to jail time for his conviction of official misconduct and false filing charges related to a sexual relationship he engaged in with a probationer [...]







