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New Year’s Eve in Times Square incorporates virtual elements
NEW YORK (AP) — Organizers say New Year’s Eve in Times Square will incorporate virtual elements and be scaled down and socially distant on site in response to the coronavirus. The Times Square Alliance, Jamestown Properties and Countdown Entertainment said Wednesday in a news release that the annual event will have an extremely limited group…
A Long Island exterminator died after falling on the job
Police say an exterminator working at a house in Nassau County, fell off a ladder, suffered serious injuries and was later pronounced dead. Nassau Police say the 29 year old man was working at a home on Bayside Avenue in Port Washington on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 when he fell off the ladder, just after…
East Setauket woman’s vehicle stolen from her at the Home Goods parking lot in Port Jefferson Station
Suffolk Police say a 59 year old East Setauket woman’s vehicle was stolen from her on Monday night at the Home Goods shopping center on Nesconset Highway in Port Jefferson Station. Police say on September 21, 2020, the victim had started her 2016 Honda Pilot in the parking lot at 4810 Nesconset Highway, when she…
NYC to name Brooklyn civic building after Justice Ginsburg
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city will celebrate the legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by naming a building after her in Brooklyn, the borough of her birth. De Blasio announced Tuesday that the Brooklyn Municipal Building would be named after Ginsburg, who died Friday. The mayor…
Intrepid museum re-opening to public with virus restrictions
NEW YORK (AP) — The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is joining the ranks of city cultural institutions welcoming the return of visitors. The museum, a former aircraft carrier on Manhattan’s west side, will re-open to the general public on Friday, with coronavirus restrictions. Visitors will have to buy tickets in advance, and the…
Feds say NYPD officer from LI was a spy for China
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer has been charged with spying on Tibetan immigrants in the United States as an “intelligence asset” for the Chinese government. A criminal complaint filed Monday in Brooklyn federal court accuses Baimadajie Angwang of working as an agent for the People’s Republic of China. The 33-year-old…
Suffolk SPCA to hold free rabies clinic and free pet food distribution this weekend
The Suffolk County SPCA will be holding their annual Rabies Vaccination Clinic as well as the fourth free pet food giveaway Sunday, September 20, 2020 from 9 am until 3 pm or until the supply runs out. Suffolk County SCPA Rabies Vaccination Clinic and Pet Food Distribution 9/20/20 9am-3pm Long Island Portugese American Center 17 Third Avenue, Brentwood,…
Holtsville man dies in early morning house fire
Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad and Arson Section detectives are investigating a house fire that killed a Holtsville man on Monday, September 21, 2020. Police say they responded to 9 Pine Street, just before 5am after a 9-1-1 caller reported a fire at the location. The home’s lone resident, Connor Frawley, 32, was transported to Stony…
Giants’ Saquon Barkley out for season with torn ACL
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley will miss the rest of the season with a major injury to his right knee. The Giants announced Monday morning Barkley tore the anterior cruciate ligament in the knee on Sunday against the Chicago Bears. The 2018 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year…
Feds threaten funds to NYC
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department identified New York City, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle as three cities that could have federal funding slashed under a memorandum by President Donald Trump that sought to identify localities that permit “anarchy, violence and destruction in American cities.” The designation drew immediate criticism from local elected officials. It comes…
NY halts commercial evictions
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York commercial tenants are protected from evictions and foreclosures through Oct. 20 under a new executive order announced Monday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the executive order helps commercial tenants and mortgagors hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and economic restrictions to reduce its spread. He said those tenants can use the…
The Tesla Science Center in Shoreham has been vandalized
The Tesla Science Center in Shoreham, has been vandalized. Officials say sometime between September 7 and September 12, 2020, vandals broke a window at the science center at 5 Randall Road and painted graffiti inside the building. Police estimate the cost of the damage around three thousand dollars. Authorities are asking anyone with information to…