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ICU beds in Suffolk County reach 85% capacity
(East Farmingdale, NY)- Suffolk County Department of Health announced Thursday that the county only has 15% of its ICU beds still available. The limited number of ICU beds comes as the number of people infected with COVID-19 in Suffolk County continues to rise, another 2,194 people tested positive in Suffolk County on Thursday. In recent…
LI students named in science competition
(East Farmingdale, NY)- There are some proud families on Long Island today after the Society for Science announced the top scholars in their Renegeron Science Talent Search. 41 Long Island High School students were among the top 300 in the nation. Each student and their school, will receive $2,000. The finalists will be named later…
Unemployment numbers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell slightly to 787,000, evidence of a job market stumbling in the face of the viral pandemic and the damage it has inflicted on the economy for nearly 10 months. Thursday’s figure from the Labor Department, a slight decline from the previous week, showed that…
Congress confirms President-Elect Joe Biden
(East Farmingdale, NY)- Congressional leaders reconvened at the Capitol last night and continued their work overnight and through the early morning hours before formally validating Joe Biden’s Presidential Election victory. Moments later, just before 4 o’clock Thursday morning, President Donald Trump, issued a statement saying, “there will be an orderly transition on January 20th” (AP…
NY eyes legalized sports betting
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New York’s governor has done an about-face and now embraces mobile sports betting as a way to deal with financial losses stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announcement came as a company that tracks gambling legislation and performance predicted that revenue from legal sports betting could reach…
Legalization efforts in New York State
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling for the legalization and regulation of marijuana for recreational use by adults, his third attempt in as many years to get the drug fully legalized in the state. Cuomo, a Democrat, planned to announce his proposal Wednesday as part of his upcoming State of…
Disagreements over NYPD getting vaccine
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are again at odds, this time over city police officers’ eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines. De Blasio said Wednesday that the city hopes to offer the vaccines to 25,000 officers and to provide shots to 10,000 by this Sunday. But Cuomo…
NY sends National Guard to DC
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Members of New York’s National Guard are being sent to Washington, D.C., to help “the peaceful transition of presidential power.” Gov. Andrew Cuomo says 1,000 troops will be sent for up to two weeks, at the request of U.S. National Guard officials. It comes after a mob of President Donald Trump’s…
Electoral College protests
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is turning up the pressure on his vice president in a futile effort to overturn the results of the Nov. 3 presidential election in Congress. Vice President Mike Pence will preside Wednesday over a joint session of lawmakers for the congressional tallying of electoral votes, but his role is…
WATCH: Man steals from register at Ice Cream Cottage
(Mastic, NY)- Suffolk County Crime Stoppers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate a man who stole from a Mastic business in November. Authorities say that a man entered Ice Cream Cottage, located at 1590 Montauk Highway, at approximately 9:15 p.m. on November 19 and reached under a plastic partition toward the cash register…
Unidentified pedestrian killed in Deer Park crash
(Deer Park, NY)- Authorities report an unidentified pedestrian was struck and killed in a motor vehicle accident on Tuesday night in Deer Park. Officials say Richard Prezzano was driving a 2004 Nissan Sentra westbound on Bay Shore Road near Washington Avenue around 9:30 p. m., when it struck an adult male in the roadway. The…
State prepares to increase vaccination speed
(East Farmingdale, NY)- Governor Andrew Cuomo, announced on Tuesday, that New York State is working to ramp up the pace of COVID-19 vaccination process. Cuomo called on Federal officials to increase the supply of the vaccine to New York, which he says is only allotted 300,000 dosages per week. Cuomo said once health care workers are…