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Thomas Spota was serving a five-year sentence for corruption and witness tampering in connection with ex-police chief James Burke beating a handcuffed man in 2012.
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Sunrise Wind, in the waters south of Rhode Island, will generate enough clean energy to power more than half a million homes in New York.
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Crime across Long Island has dropped by double digits. Compared to this time last year, shootings are down 44% and property crime dropped 16%.
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MTA Board members voted Wednesday to pause the controversial plan to charge drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street, weeks after Governor Kathy Hochul pulled her support.
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The New York Public Service Commission has approved a controversial battery storage facility in Holtsville. Some residents say the location is too close to schools and could be dangerous for students.
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U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut has accused leaders at the Coast Guard of a coverup after a damning report found dozens of mishandled sex assault cases at the academy in New London.
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Amid a nationwide lag in military recruitment, the Connecticut National Guard has announced an incentive program that will reward members with $500 for referring new recruits.
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OLA of Eastern Long Island is staffing up with two new lawyers to grapple with government-backed bans on incoming migrants, and to provide legal assistance for asylum seekers.
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The Safe Center in Bethpage is one of five domestic abuse agencies in the state — and the only one on Long Island — that will study the barriers that members of the LGBTQ community face when they need help in an abusive relationship.
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has introduced a bill to combat fentanyl overdose deaths. The bill would force President Joe Biden to declare international fentanyl trafficking a national emergency, and strengthen sanctions on traffickers.