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A bite-sized look at what we are hearing: Check for road closures after heavy rains caused significant flooding and downed trees in Connecticut. Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road are operating on or close to schedule.
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Following Riverhead’s decision in May, the Town of East Hampton has joined a growing number of Long Island municipalities to explore food scrap composting programs to reduce the amount of waste that is transported out of the region each year — saving taxpayer money and the environment.
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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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Environmentalists are concerned that time is running out to put a referendum on the November ballot about whether to use a sales tax hike to pay for water quality projects in Suffolk County.
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The Suffolk County Legislature will be in session Tuesday to hire an outside attorney to explore blocking New York City from sending migrants to hotels in the county.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul visited Elmont on Tuesday to promote a record $771 million increase in state financial aid to Long Island schools for the 2023-24 academic year.
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WSHU’s J.D. Allen spoke with Dr. Norman Edelman, a Stony Brook University pulmonologist, about how phasing out gas hookups in new buildings will reduce New York’s contribution to climate change — and protect public health.
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New York is hearing feedback from communities that have been disproportionately impacted by waste disposal and transfer facilities. It’s part of the decennial solid waste management plan the state is working on.
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Senate Major Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is calling for the FBI to investigate hoax threats made last week to over 220 schools across New York, including on Long Island.
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Extending a rail spur through protected land and developing two warehouses to store, sort and ship tons of trash from a proposed waste transfer station in Yaphank will have “no significant impact” on the environment or nearby community, according to the Town of Brookhaven.