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Teen Driver Accused Of Drunkenly Hitting 76-Year-Old Pedestrian In NY: Police Teen Driver Accused Of Drunkenly Hitting 76-Year-Old Pedestrian In NY: Police
Teen Driver Accused Of Drunkenly Hitting 76-Year-Old Pedestrian In NY: Police A pedestrian suffered a serious leg injury after he was struck by a car, Nassau County police announced on Saturday, Nov. 29. Officers were called to a crash at Bellmore Avenue near Grand Avenue in Bellmore on Friday, Nov. 28 at 12:07 p.m., where they found a 76-year-old man who had been hit while crossing the street. He was taken to a local hospital and is listed in stable condition, according to the police.  Investigators determined that the driver — identified as 19-year-old Luis Vargas of Hempstead — was heading north in a 2010 Honda when he struck the victim. Police said Vargas ha…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
Man Who Secretly Filmed Kids, Other Patients In Bathrooms Of NY Sleep Center May Dodge Prison Man Who Secretly Filmed Kids, Other Patients In Bathrooms Of NY Sleep Center May Dodge Prison
Man Who Secretly Filmed Kids, Other Patients In Bathrooms Of NY Sleep Center May Dodge Prison A former employee who hid cameras in bathrooms at a Long Island sleep center, recording hundreds of patients – including children – may dodge prison. Sanjai Syamaprasad, 48, pleaded guilty to unlawful surveillance and tampering with physical evidence in Nassau County Court on Tuesday, July 15. He admitted to planting hidden cameras disguised a smoke detectors inside restrooms at the Northwell Health Sleep Disorders Center in Manhasset. Syamaprasad secretly recorded patients and staff between July 2023 and April 2024, downloading the footage to an SD card after each shift, prosecutors sai…

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by Michael Mashburn
Schools
Showdown At Massapequa: McMahon Says NY Mascot Ban Violates Civil Rights Law In Campus Visit Showdown At Massapequa: McMahon Says NY Mascot Ban Violates Civil Rights Law In Campus Visit
Showdown At Massapequa: McMahon Says NY Mascot Ban Violates Civil Rights Law In Campus Visit Federal officials are siding with the Massapequa Chiefs — and threatening action against New York over its ban on Native American school mascots. In a dramatic visit to Massapequa High School on Friday, May 30, US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced that New York’s statewide mascot policy violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits race-based discrimination in federally funded education programs. The US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) determined that state officials illegally targeted Native American imagery while allowing other race- and et…

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by Michael Mashburn
Schools
Trump Weighs In On NY School Mascot Battle: ‘Long Live The Massapequa Chiefs!’ Trump Weighs In On NY School Mascot Battle: ‘Long Live The Massapequa Chiefs!’
Trump Weighs In On NY School Mascot Battle: ‘Long Live The Massapequa Chiefs!’ President Donald Trump is throwing his support behind a Long Island school district fighting to keep its Native American-themed mascot. Trump came to the defense of the Massapequa Chiefs, blasting New York’s push for a rebrand as “ridiculous” and “an affront to our great Indian population," in a Truth Social post on Monday, April 21. The school district has been ordered to retire its decades-old mascot under a 2023 New York State mandate banning Indigenous-themed names and logos in public schools. “I agree with the people in Massapequa, Long Island, who are fighting furiously to keep the M…

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by Michael Mashburn