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Baldwin man charged with impersonating Federal Trade Commission agent demanding $400G in gold bars
Nassau County prosecutors charged a Baldwin man with defrauding a New Hyde Park man out of nearly $400,000 after the suspect said he was a federal agent and ordered the victim to buy gold bars. Police said the 73-year-old victim received a message on his computer June 6 that his...
New York’s Legal Landscape: Lawsuits Over Transgender Sports Ban
New York’s Attorney General and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) are suing Nassau County over its ban on transgender women participating in female sports teams. This new law replaces an executive order that was recently overturned by a New York court in February. The Nassau County Legislature passed the new law in June with...
Nassau County DA: East Meadow man indicted in April antisemitic graffiti spree
An East Meadow man, arrested and charged in April after he allegedly spray painted antisemitic phrases in front of a hamlet Jewish center and the surrounding area, was indicted Tuesday on multiple related hate crime charges, Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced. Sebastian Patino Caceres, 23, pleaded not...
New measles cases at NYC migrant shelter bring city count to 11
Two people living at one of New York City's migrant shelters have tested positive for measles, the city's health department revealed Friday. The concentration of cases has been tied to the Hall Street shelter in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. It's not clear where the two people contracted the disease, but health officials are is contact tracing through everyone who also stayed on the first floor of the shelter.
Protected Hawk Found Injured In East Rockaway, Rescued By Officers
At about 9 a.m. on Thursday, July 11, Nassau County Police Officers Carlson, Locher, and Gervasio were on the job in East Rockaway when they came across something unusual. The three officers found the injured osprey in a parking lot near Harbor Road. After contacting the state’s Department of Conservation...
NYC weather: Flood advisory issued for New York City Saturday morning
On Saturday at 6:02 a.m. a flood advisory was issued by the National Weather Service in effect until 7 a.m. for the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island as well as Nassau County. The weather service describes, "Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected." "Minor flooding in low-lying and...
Bomb threat at Anthony D’Esposito’s Garden City Office
The Garden City office of Rep. Anthony D’Esposito received what Communications Director Matt Capp said was a “threatening call from a member of a public,” in statement about the July 12 incident. Capp said there was a threat to bomb the office, staff notified police and took...
As a controversial emergency measure, Nassau County is deputizing armed citizens
After stating in March that he was looking to deputize armed residents in the case of a county-wide emergency like a natural disaster, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman officially launched the controversial security plan this week.
Elmont senior condos struck by chronic flooding, leaving residents deep in debt without homes
Zula Brown and her daughter wore hazmat suits and masks as they entered the shuttered Elmont condo building on July 3, where Brown had lived for 10 years before it flooded last fall. The 30-unit co-op building at 1888 Foster Meadow Lane has been closed since Sept. 29, when a...
Nassau County Resident Among 3 Hospitalized After Multi-Vehicle Long Island Crash
It happened around 4:15 p.m. Friday, July 12, in West Islip on Sunrise Highway (Route 27) between Higbie Lane and Udall Road. A 31-year-old man from Ronkonkoma was riding a 2000 Yamaha motorcycle eastbound when he lost control and collided with the rear of a 2023 Tesla, ejecting him from the motorcycle, according to the Suffolk County Police.
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