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Essential workers will be honored today with a parade in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — The people who helped get New York City through the pandemic are being honored at a parade. City officials say the event Wednesday will honor a range of people, including workers in health care, transportation, education and infrastructure. The parade is kicking off at Battery Park and traveling up Broadway in…
NY declares gun violence a “disaster emergency”
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York can try to sue gun manufacturers over harm caused by their products under legislation that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed. The new law comes at a time when New York City in particular is facing a rise in shootings. Cuomo also said Tuesday he would declare that gun violence…
From hot dogs to fireworks, New York’s 4th of July traditions were back this year
NEW YORK (AP) — After a year lost to the coronavirus, New York City’s most well-known Fourth of July traditions were back. The traditional Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks took place Sunday over the East River, with shells shot from five barges in a televised, choreographed spectacle. Last year, because of pandemic restrictions, there were…
Officials say a NY Judge and her family got preferential COVID-19 testing last year in Southampton
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A state court official says New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and some relatives received COVID-19 testing from the state at her private Long Island residence last summer after a member of the family tested positive. Reports of preferential testing for people connected to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his administration when…
Father missing after falling overboard
NEW YORK (AP) — The Coast Guard is searching off Long Island for a boater who fell overboard Saturday. The man, identified as Christopher Calma, was out with his 14-year-old son in the vicinity of Northport Bay when he fell in about 9:30 a.m. The man, who was identified by different authorities as 50 and…
Man arrested for BWI, one of his passengers is still missing
SAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a motorboat passenger was thrown overboard when the boat he was riding in hit a jetty off Long Island. Suffolk County police say the man remained missing hours later, and the pilot of the boat was arrested for boating while intoxicated. The boat hit a jetty in Sayville shortly…
County Exec warns residents to leave “the booze on the shore” this 4th of July weekend
East Farmingdale, NY- Police in Suffolk County are beefing up patrols for drunk drivers on the roads and in the waters surrounding Long Island this 4th of July holiday weekend. Suffolk Police will be participating in a national campaign called #OperationDryWater, which aims to increase awareness and enforcement of boating while intoxicated. Suffolk County Executive…
During a traffic stop this Suffolk Cop bought a family a new car seat
Centereach, NY- Police in Suffolk County say an officer purchased a new car seat for a family, after noticing that the child wasn’t properly fitted in his seat, during a traffic stop. On their Facebook page, Suffolk County Police say Officer Pete Zotos, of the Sixth Precinct Community Support Unit, had pulled the child’s father…
Rain threatens to dampen holiday weekend plans
East Farmingdale, NY- After a week filled with sweltering heat Long Island goes into the 4th of July weekend with the threat of rain washing out beach days and barbecues. WALK-FM Chief Meteorologist Pat Pagano, predicts cool temperatures with rain on Saturday, with a high temperature only reaching the upper 60’s near 70 degrees. On…
Police look to identify man who smashed storefront door in Huntington
Huntington, NY- Police in Suffolk County are trying to locate a man who was captured on video, damaging a glass store front in Huntington last month. Officials say a person damaged the front glass door of Appliance World, located at 414 New York Ave., on June 26 at approximately 1 a.m. The damage is valued…
PD: Missing Long Island boy, found in Virginia with a man he met online
East Farmingdale, NY- A missing Long Island boy was found sleeping in a car at a rest stop in Virginia with a man, detectives say, he met online. The boy, who has Autism, was reported missing by family on June 29th. According to a press release, police say detectives determined the child had been talking…
Stabbing at Suffolk County Park
Smithtown, NY- There was a stabbing on Wednesday afternoon at a Suffolk County Park. Police say two older men got into an argument near the camp grounds at Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown and one man, stabbed the other. The victim, age 60, was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Brian O’Connor, 62,…