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Hudson Valley Resident Killed In Double-Fatal Long Island Crash
A Hudson Valley resident was among the victims in a double-fatal crash on Long Island.
It happened around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 21 on the westbound side of the Northern State Parkway in Suffolk County in the area of Exit 39 in Huntington, state police said.
Two people killed were pronounced at the scene. They have been identified as backseat passengers, Husein Radoncic, age 26, of Astoria, Queens, and Hudson Valley resident Sasha Stopanjac, age 22, of Liberty, in Sullivan County.
Two others, the driver and front-seat passengers -- both men in their early 20s from Astoria -- wer…
Covid-19: NY Sets New Rules For Vaccines, Including Fines, Issues Updated Guidance For Schools
Some hospitals in New York are doing a better job than others in maximizing their allocations of COVID-19 vaccinations, and as a result, the state is launching new rules and possible fines.
During a COVID-19 briefing on Monday, Jan. 4 in Albany, Cuomo said that while some New York have utilized nearly all of their allocated vaccinations, others, including several systems in downstate New York, have only used between 20 percent or 30 percent of their designated doses.
Statewide, just 46 percent of the doses allocated to hospitals have been administered in the first few weeks of the vaccinat…
Two Doctors Among Five Charged In Northeast Regional Health Care Fraud Takedown
Two doctors, a pharmacy owner, pharmacist who lost his license and a registered nurse are facing charges for their roles in a $17 million fraud scheme.
The United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York announced that Anna Steiner, 63, Denny Martin, 46, Andrew Barrett, 60, Phyllis Pincus, 58, and Kevin McMahon, 31, have been charged for defrauding the Medicare and Medicaid programs by overbilling them by millions of dollars.
It is alleged that Steiner, a licensed anesthesiologist from Valatie in Columbia County, New York, was involved in a $17.4 million scheme related …
