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NYSP2I selects 10 awardees for 2024-2025 Community Grants Program
The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP2I) has announced selections for its 2024-2025 Community Grants Program as part of the organization’s ongoing efforts to continue improving the health and environmental quality of New York state. NYSP2I, sponsored by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) through...
New York Awards $25 Million to Life Science Startups and Researchers
The New York State Biodefense Commercialization Fund has awarded over $25 million to 11 startups and 16 academic institutions. This funding supports research and commercialization of innovations addressing infectious disease threats, including COVID-19. $3 Million for Rapid Diagnostics and Surveillance. The third round of the Biodefense Commercialization Fund has approved...
The Parrish Art Museum’s Midsummer Dance and Dinner Raised Over $1 Million
The Parrish Art Museum welcomed over 650 guests to Friday and Saturday’s Midsummer Dance and Dinner this past weekend, including actors, artists, art collectors, curators, musicians, philanthropists, and business leaders from the Hamptons, New York City, and beyond. The two-day outdoor event took place on July 12 and 13 at the Museum and raised over $1 million in support of the Museum’s programs and education initiatives.
$500 Million Investment to Benefit Central NY Communities
The Green CHIPS Community Investment Fund, part of the Green CHIPS incentive agreement between Micron and Empire State Development (ESD), will begin accepting Letters of Intent on August 15. This $500 million fund is designed to boost Micron's $100 billion investment in New York, expected to create nearly 50,000 jobs in Central New York.
Cannabis Association of New York to hold cornhole tournament Saturday: What to know
Fans of the backyard game cornhole will have a chance to showcase their skills in the High Toss Cornhole Tournament on Saturday. The tournament, hosted through a collaboration between the Cannabis Association of New York (CANY), the Broome County Urban League and Just Breathe Tomorrows, will be held at noon on Collier Street in downtown Binghamton. Organizers said smoking will be allowed at the event.
Republicans view New York as ripe to flip into GOP control
MILWAUKEE — Republican lawmakers are targeting a handful of battleground states that are prime opportunities to flip in 2024 as part of their efforts to win the White House in November. But GOP leaders are also homing in on one unlikely target: New York. New York has long been a Democratic stronghold in presidential elections […]
Discrimination Lawsuit Against N.Y. City Official Can't Be Totally Sealed at Plaintiff's Behest
From Doe v. City of New York, decided today by Judge Gregory Woods (S.D.N.Y.):. One distinguishing facet of the American legal system is its commitment to public access to the trial process. This legacy of "open justice" is as old as America itself. The plaintiff in this action asks that the Court deviate from that legacy and to permit her to litigate her case under seal in complete secrecy. Because the plaintiff has not overcome the strong presumption to public access that attaches to judicial documents—including her complaint and the existence of the case itself—her motion to seal the case is DENIED….
Riverhead Police blotter: July 17, 2024
A total of 45 incidents were reported by Riverhead Town Police on July 17, 2024. Among them:. 12:21 a.m. Domestic Incident – Criminal, Fairway Avenue, Riverhead. A domestic dispute between a couple was reported and documented. 8:21 a.m. Domestic Incident – Criminal, Roanoke Avenue, Riverhead. A domestic incident was...
Maimonides’ Bay Ridge Emergency Dept. will mark 1st birthday with ceremony and ball game
BAY RIDGE AND CONEY ISLAND — Maimonides’ Bay Ridge Emergency Department, in addition to getting a new state-of-the-art ambulance, will also celebrate its one-year anniversary next week with two events. The first, a 10:30 a.m. ceremony on Thursday, July 25, at the Emergency Department, 9036 Seventh Avenue, will recognize its one-year anniversary of serving Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and beyond at its Bay Ridge Emergency Department. Leaders from Maimonides and the wider community, among them City Councilmember Justin Brannan, State Sen. Iwen Chu and Assemblymember Alec Brook-Krazny, will thank the staff for an exceptional year, during which the Emergency Medicine team has achieved high patient experience, length of stay scores and average wait times of five minutes. Expected participants will be Dr. Eitan Dickman, chair of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Ahmed Rashed, medical director of Maimonides Bay Ridge Emergency Department and Tamar Motov, vice president of Nursing at Maimonides Bay Ridge Emergency Department. The evening segment will be a special ballgame at the namesake Maimonides Park next to the iconic Coney Island Boardwalk and Parachute Jump.
Takkii Ramen, a new Japanese eatery, opens in downtown Riverhead
Downtown Riverhead has a new Japanese eatery. Takkii Ramen, which focuses its menu on the popular noodle and broth based dish, opened in June on West Main Street just west of Griffing Avenue. Takkii Ramen is a part of a small chain of Japanese restaurants started in Pennsylvania. Khalid Masrour...
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