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Good Samaritan Assisting Motorists After Crash Struck By Van On New TZB Good Samaritan Assisting Motorists After Crash Struck By Van On New TZB
Good Samaritan Assisting Motorists After Crash Struck By Van On New TZB A Good Samaritan from Long Island assisting two motorists on the New York State Thruway was hospitalized in serious condition after being struck by a passing van in the Hudson Valley. New York State Police troopers in Westchester County responded to a reported crash involving a man at approximately 4:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 20 on I-87 in Greenburgh. Police said that the man - later identified as Nassau County resident Michael McCutchan, age 61, of Westbury, stopped to assist two motorists who were involved in a property damage crash in the northbound center lane on the new Tappan Zee Bri…

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by Zak Failla
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Long Island Legislator Leads State Assembly's Cuomo Investigation Long Island Legislator Leads State Assembly's Cuomo Investigation
Long Island Legislator Leads State Assembly's Cuomo Investigation A Long Island lawmaker has been tapped to run the impeachment investigation into New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Last week, State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced that there would be an inquiry into Cuomo, his administration, and recent allegations that have many questioning his leadership skills. The Assembly Judiciary Committee, chaired by Assemblyman Charles Lavine, a Glen Cove Democrat, has been tasked with leading that investigation. Lavine and the Judiciary Committee will be investigating claims of sexual harassment by at least seven women, as well as reports that the governor fos…

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Search Continues For Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB Search Continues For Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB
Search Continues For Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB UPDATE: The long-distance swimmer believed drowned during the next-to-last-leg of a 120-mile marathon was an internationally-recognized AIDS researcher, activist and former professor at the University of North Carolina. A spotter saw Charles Van der Horst, 67, of Chapel Hill go under and not reappear near the foot of the "Little Red Lighthouse" at Fort Washington Park near the George Washington Bridge just after 3 p.m. Friday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Van der Horst, a native of the upstate New York town of Olean, was participating in a 15.7-mile leg of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim from…

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by Jerry DeMarco