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Essential Workers honored at NYC parade
NEW YORK (AP) — The people who helped get New York City through the pandemic were honored at a parade. City officials say the event Wednesday celebrated a range of people, including workers in health care, transportation, education and infrastructure. The parade kicked off at Battery Park and went up Broadway in lower Manhattan, the…
PSEG Long Island says they are ready for Tropical Storm Elsa
East Farmingdale, NY- PSEG Long Island, says they are ready for any potential power problems that might accompany Tropical Storm Elsa. Last August, when Tropical Storm Isaias passed to the west of Long Island, winds reached 78mph at Republic Airport in Farmingdale and over 500,000 Long Islanders were without power for over a week. In…
Tropical Storm Warning issued for Long Island
East Farmingdale, NY- Today Long Island prepares for the arrival of Tropical Storm Elsa. The National Weather Service has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for Long Island, wind and rain will start to arrive Thursday afternoon into the evening. The effects of the storm will intensify over Thursday evening. On Friday, after midnight through Friday afternoon…
Forecasters eye Elsa’s path
East Farmingdale, NY- Forecasters are keeping a close watch on the path of Tropical Storm Elsa. WALK-FM Chief Meteorologist Pat Pagano says, “as Elsa moves up along the coast Thursday… Showers and thunderstorms are possible late in the day or at night. Late Thursday night into the first half of Friday, rain, maybe heavy at…
Expressway remains closed after serious overnight crash
Hauppauge, NY- The Long Island Expressway was shut down just before 5am on Wednesday morning because of a serious crash that happened in the westbound travel lanes in Hauppauge by Exit 57. Suffolk County Police say they got a call of a two-vehicle accident on the westbound LIE in Hauppauge at approximately at 4:05am. One…
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…