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New US Attorney For Eastern District Takes Command
A veteran attorney was officially sworn in to serve as the new US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
President Joe Biden appointed Breon Peace to serve as the new US Attorney in the district, where he will be responsible for all federal criminal and civil cases in a district comprised of more than 8 million people.
The Eastern District includes Kings, Nassau, Queens, Richmond, and Suffolk counties and works concurrently with the Southern District of New York.
Peace, age 50, replaces Mark Lesko, the former federal prosecutor, and Brookhaven Town Supervisor, who held the positio…
Here's How Many Are Still Without Power On Long Island
Utility crews on Long Island have been working around the clock to make repairs following Tropical Depression Ida, though thousands remain without power more than 24 hours after it hit the region.
More than 900 line workers, tree trimmers, surveyors, and other utility personnel worked through the night and morning, though they were still repairing 226 active outages, which were impacting 3,504 of PSEG's near 1.1 million customers on Long Island.
According to PSEG, the hardest-hit areas include Northport, Ridge, Lloyd Harbor, and Huntington.
In Suffolk, 2,592 of PSEG Long Island’s cus…
