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Trump Taps Billionaire Financier, For Commerce Secretary Trump Taps Billionaire Financier, For Commerce Secretary
Trump Taps Billionaire Financier, For Commerce Secretary President-elect Donald Trump has picked another New Yorker for a top Cabinet post. Howard Lutnick, a Long Island native from Jericho and the chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, is his pick for commerce secretary. “He will lead our tariff and trade agenda, with additional direct responsibility for the Office of the United States Trade Representative,” Trump announced on Truth Social on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Earlier Report: Trump Selects Vaccine-Skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As Secretary Of Health, Human Services Lutnick, a co-chair of the president-elect’s transition team, has spent …

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by Michael Mashburn
Schools
Sacred Heart Denies Wrongdoing In Student's Choking Death During Pancake Eating Contest Sacred Heart Denies Wrongdoing In Student's Choking Death During Pancake Eating Contest
Sacred Heart Denies Wrongdoing In Student's Choking Death During Pancake Eating Contest Sacred Heart University is denying any wrongdoing in a student's choking death during a pancake eating contest in 2017. In court documents filed Tuesday in Superior Court in Bridgeport, the college's attorney's blamed Caitlin Nelson’s own actions in her death in response to a lawsuit brought by Nelson’s mother. Nelson, 20, who was studying social work and was a member of Kappa Delta sorority, was rushed to St. Vincent's Medical Center in March 2017 after choking on the pancakes during a charity fundraiser.  Her mother, Rosanne Nelson, of Clark, New Jersey, who is seeking dam…

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by Kathy Reakes
Politics
Northern Westchester Estate Owner Bloomberg Checking NYC For Possible Presidential Campaign HQ Northern Westchester Estate Owner Bloomberg Checking NYC For Possible Presidential Campaign HQ
Northern Westchester Estate Owner Bloomberg Checking NYC For Possible Presidential Campaign HQ Click here for an updated story: Westchester Estate Owner Michael Bloomberg Rules Out 2020 Presidential Run Billionaire Michael Bloomberg is reportedly looking at potential locations in New York to set up shop if he decides to throw his hat into the ring for what is expected to be a crowded 2020 presidential slate. Bloomberg - who owns a Northern Westchester estate in North Salem - is eyeballing office space as he mulls he makes a run at replacing President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. According to reports, Bloomberg is looking at Offices at 7 World Trade Center and the old Ne…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Maloney Breaks Law By Running For AG, GOP Congressional Candidate Says Maloney Breaks Law By Running For AG, GOP Congressional Candidate Says
Maloney Breaks Law By Running For AG, GOP Congressional Candidate Says A Republican candidate for Congress is accusing U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney of breaking the law by running for state Attorney General -- and reelection to his 18th District seat.  "It's illegal and unethical!" James D. O'Donnell proclaims in a campaign fundraising letter. "For weeks we have known Sean Maloney has had his eyes set on being our next New York Attorney General. For years we have known that Sean Maloney has no interest in serving the people of the Hudson Valley in Congress." When the third-term Democrat from Putnam County announced his candidacy for Attorn…

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by Jon Craig