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One Missing After Boat Overturns Off Long Island Coast One Missing After Boat Overturns Off Long Island Coast
One Missing After Boat Overturns Off Long Island Coast Click here for an updated story - ID Released For Victim Of Fatal Long Island Boating Accident Note: The original version of this report stated one was missing and three were missing. That information, initially reported, has been changed to two rescued, one missing. A third man in the boat who was removed from the water later died. One person is missing and three others were hospitalized after a boat overturned off the Long Island coast. The incident happened late Saturday morning, May 2 south of Point Lookout in Nassau County. At 10:08 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound com…

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by Joe Lombardi
Schools
Real 'Bad Education' Superintendent Speaks Out About HBO Movie, Hugh Jackman's Portrayal Real 'Bad Education' Superintendent Speaks Out About HBO Movie, Hugh Jackman's Portrayal
Real 'Bad Education' Superintendent Speaks Out About HBO Movie, Hugh Jackman's Portrayal Frank Tassone, the disgraced former Long Island school superintendent whose embezzlement scheme was chronicled in a new HBO movie, "Bad Education," has responded to the weekend release of the film. The plot of the film centered on Tassone’s larceny scheme at the Roslyn School District in Nassau County, in which more than $11 million was embezzled through the school district during his tenure before he was ultimately busted and arrested. The scandal was uncovered by a student reporter investigating the district’s budget who had previously been encouraged by Tassone to dig deeper into what wa…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19 Total Cases, Deaths Per County In NY/NJ/CT: NYC Death Toll Tops 10K In Revised Count COVID-19 Total Cases, Deaths Per County In NY/NJ/CT: NYC Death Toll Tops 10K In Revised Count
Covid-19 Total Cases, Deaths Per County In NY/NJ/CT: NYC Death Toll Tops 10K In Revised Count New York City's health department has added more than 3,700 additional people who were presumed to have died of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) but had never tested positive to its overall total number of fatalities related to the virus. This brings the city's death toll to more than 10,000. The following are the latest number of total COVID-19 cases and deaths in New York City and surrounding counties in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey as of Wednesday, April 15. New York  202,208 cases, 14,534 deaths (includes additional 3,700 presumed cases by NYC health department, not yet o…

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COVID-19: Rundown Of Total Cases, Deaths Per County In New York, Connecticut COVID-19: Rundown Of Total Cases, Deaths Per County In New York, Connecticut
Covid-19: Rundown Of Total Cases, Deaths Per County In New York, Connecticut Click here for an updated story - COVID-19 Total Cases, Deaths Per County In NY/CT/NJ: NYC Death Toll Tops 10K In Revised Count The following are the latest number of total novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and deaths in New York City and surrounding counties in New York and Connecticut as of Tuesday, April 14. A total of 195,031 have now tested positive in the state, with 6,337 new cases. New York  New York City (five boroughs) 106,763 cases, 7,349 deaths Nassau 24,358 cases, 910 deaths Suffolk 21,643 cases, 568 deaths Westchester 19,786 cases, 557 deaths Rockland …

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Weather
Severe Weather Alert: Strong Storm System With 50 MPH Wind Gusts Could Cause Power Outages Severe Weather Alert: Strong Storm System With 50 MPH Wind Gusts Could Cause Power Outages
Severe Weather Alert: Strong Storm System With 50 MPH Wind Gusts Could Cause Power Outages Get set for a stretch of stormy weather as a strong system from the Midwest sweeps through this region bringing gusty winds that could bring down tree limbs and utility lines, leading to power outages. Thunderstorms are likely to develop early in the afternoon on Thursday, April 9 ahead of an approaching cold front.  Some of the storms could be severe with heavy rain at times and damaging wind gusts of 35 to 50 miles per hour, the National Weather Service says. The window for most of the storm activity is from noon to 4 p.m. on Thursday. A coastal flood advisory is in effect from noon…

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COVID-19: Hospital For Special Surgery Opens Five Urgent Care Centers As ER Alternative COVID-19: Hospital For Special Surgery Opens Five Urgent Care Centers As ER Alternative
Covid-19: Hospital For Special Surgery Opens Five Urgent Care Centers As ER Alternative The New York-based Hospital for Special Surgery is opening up urgent care centers as emergency rooms for “serious orthopedic injuries" that require immediate medical attention. The HSS Urgent Ortho Care facilities will be opened in Manhattan, Nassau County, Stamford, and in Paramus, New Jersey. Louis Shapiro, the CEO of HSS, said that it “has the expertise and resources to provide urgent orthopedic care at the new centers, including x-ray and MRI imaging to diagnose injuries,” during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “Right now, hospital emergency rooms need to focus their resourc…

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Obituaries
COVID-19: Popular, Longtime NBC News Employee Dies After Testing Positive COVID-19: Popular, Longtime NBC News Employee Dies After Testing Positive
Covid-19: Popular, Longtime NBC News Employee Dies After Testing Positive A longtime and popular employee of NBC News has died after testing positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The passing of Larry Edgeworth, 61, was announced to staffers in an email from NBC News Chairman Andy Lack on Friday, March 20. Edgeworth, who had prior health issues, worked in an equipment room at NBC News' headquarters at Rockefeller Plaza, NBC News said. He worked at the company for 25 years as an audio technician who traveled the world with network correspondents, NBC News said. He graduated from Westbury High School in Nassau County.  Currently, several members of …

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Missing College Student Alert: Have You Seen Her? Missing College Student Alert: Have You Seen Her?
Missing College Student Alert: Have You Seen Her? A 24-year-old college student who is believed to be suicidal and may be in need of medical attention has gone missing and authorities are asking the public's help in locating her. Rebecca Mutambi Kabanzira was last seen on Long Island at the SUNY Old Westbury Campus in the village of Old Westbury, Nassau County, at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, the New York State Public Safety Department said. She was last seen wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, and white sneakers. She is described as being 5-foot-6, 150 pounds with brown eyes. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call…

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Lifestyle
COVID-19: Supermarkets Amend Hours, Take Strong Measures To Keep Stores Clean COVID-19: Supermarkets Amend Hours, Take Strong Measures To Keep Stores Clean
Covid-19: Supermarkets Amend Hours, Take Strong Measures To Keep Stores Clean As residents make a rush on grocery and retail stores stocking up on mass amounts of supplies including toilet paper and hand sanitizer amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), supermarkets are adjusting their hours to restock and clean and making other changes. Two of the region's largest stores, Stop & Shop and Connecticut-based Big Y, have announced changes in their hours to allow time for employees to stock the shelves and clean all areas of the stores that are accessed by shoppers. Stop & Shop and Big Y have adjusted their hours to 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. at most stor…

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Number Of COVID-19 Positive In Westchester Hits 82, First Cases Reported In Suffolk, Ulster Number Of COVID-19 Positive In Westchester Hits 82, First Cases Reported In Suffolk, Ulster
Number Of Covid-19 Positive In Westchester Hits 82, First Cases Reported In Suffolk, Ulster Sixteen additional cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in New York State, with residents testing COVID-19 positive for the first time in Suffolk and Ulster counties. The number of total cases in the state is now 105, with 82 in Westchester, accounting for 78 percent of those testing positive in the state. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the new numbers in a news conference at Northwell Health Imaging at the Center for Advanced Medicine in North New Hyde Park late Sunday morning, March 8. At the end of the day Saturday, there were 89 cases in the state, with 70 in Westc…

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NY Has 76 COVID-19 Cases, With 57 In Westchester, Cuomo Says, Declaring State Of Emergency NY Has 76 COVID-19 Cases, With 57 In Westchester, Cuomo Says, Declaring State Of Emergency
NY Has 76 Covid-19 Cases, With 57 In Westchester, Cuomo Says, Declaring State Of Emergency This story has been updated. There are now 76 cases of the novel coronavirus in New York State, with 57 of them in Westchester, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced in a news conference on Saturday, March 7. Cuomo said he made an emergency declaration to give the state more powers to respond to the outbreak. The latest breakdown in New York by county is as follows: Westchester County: 57  New York City: 11 Nassau County: 4 Rockland County: 2 Saratoga County: 2 Westchester now accounts for 75 percent of those currently testing positive in New York. Click here to watch a video of the new…

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Hospital Worker Who Lives In Westchester Is Connecticut's First Confirmed COVID-19 Case Hospital Worker Who Lives In Westchester Is Connecticut's First Confirmed COVID-19 Case
Hospital Worker Who Lives In Westchester Is Connecticut's First Confirmed Covid-19 Case A Fairfield County hospital worker who lives in Westchester County is the first case of the novel coronavirus confirmed in Connecticut. "Tonight we learned that an employee from Danbury Hospital and Norwalk Hospital, who is a resident of New York State, has tested positive for coronavirus," Gov. Ned Lamont said at a press conference in Danbury on Friday night, March 6. Connecticut health authorities said they believe the woman became infected in New York. Because the source was started in New York, the case is being counted in New York State's total, which is n…

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