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Amazon, union face off in a rematch election in New York
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon and the nascent group that successfully organized the company’s first-ever U.S. union drive are headed for a rematch Monday. A federal labor board will tally votes cast by warehouse workers Monday in yet another election on Staten Island. A second labor win could give workers in other Amazon facilities —…
Fight inside mall sends panicked shoppers running to safety
East Garden City, NY- Some shoppers believed they were running for their lives Sunday afternoon after a fight broke out inside the Roosevelt Field Mall in East Garden City. Nassau County Police say the fight happened just before 4pm, in front of the Victoria’s Secret and that panicked shoppers raced to exit the mall though…
Bronx Zoo announces birth of rare kangaroo
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a little fella. But it’s an awfully big deal to officials at the Bronx Zoo. A baby tree kangaroo has been born to the facility — the first of its species since 2008. The kangaroo is a male Matschie’s tree kangaroo — and its arrival was announced Friday. The zoo…
Many Broadway theaters will stop requiring vaccination proof
NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway theaters are ending the policy of requiring customers to show proof of vaccination. The Broadway League says in a statement that beginning Sunday, the owners and operators of all 41 Broadway theaters are extending the mask requirement at least through the end of May but many will no longer check…
PD: Man pulled into alley and robbed at gunpoint
Riverhead, NY- A man was pulled into an alley and robbed a gunpoint Thursday night on West Main Street in Riverhead. Police say the victim, a 32-year-old Riverhead man, was walking westbound near 134 W. Main St, at approximately 8:08pm, when he was pulled into an alley by an unknown man who tried to steal…
Google adds ways to keep personal info private in searches
(AP)-Google has expanded options for keeping personal information private from online searches. The company said Friday it will let people request that more types of information be removed from search results. These include personal contact information like phone numbers and email and physical addresses. The new policy also allows the removal of other information that…
FDA announces plan to ban menthol
(AP) – The U.S. government has released its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The Food and Drug Administration said phasing out the mint-flavored cigarettes would save hundreds of thousands of lives by helping adult smokers quit. Menthol is the only cigarette flavor that was not banned under the 2009 law that…
Task of drawing NY political maps falls to judge and scholar
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The task of redrawing New York’s congressional district maps has fallen to a rural judge and a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University. That’s after New York’s highest court threw out congressional maps drawn by the state Legislature, and the state Court of Appeals ruled those maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered Wednesday. That…
Windsurfer rescued from Cold Spring Harbor
Cold Spring Harbor, NY- Wednesday’s gusting winds, found a windsurfer in some trouble in choppy waters in Cold Spring Harbor. Nassau County Police say they got a call about a distressed wind surfer in the water in Cold Spring Harbor around 5:15pm. Nassau County Police Marine bureau worked alongside the Cold Spring Harbor Master, Suffolk…
Nassau teacher charged with submitting fake vaccine card
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A high school teacher in suburban New York has been charged with submitting a forged COVID-19 vaccination card in an effort to get around the school district’s rule mandating either vaccination or weekly testing for the virus. Sewanhaka High School teacher Tricia Manno was arraigned Wednesday on charges including criminal possession…
In NYC, ads for jobs will have to say what they pay
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has passed one of the nation’s most far-reaching requirements for employers to tell job-seekers what they can make. Such “pay transparency” laws are championed as giving applicants, particularly women and people of color, a better shot at fair pay. But less than three weeks before New York’s law…
New York court rejects congressional maps drawn by Democrats
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s highest court has rejected new congressional maps widely seen as favoring Democrats. The state’s Court of Appeals agreed Wednesday with a group of Republican voters. The voters said the district boundaries were unconstitutionally gerrymandered and that the Legislature didn’t follow proper procedure in passing the maps. The decision may…