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Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars Raised To Support NY College Basketball Player After Fire Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars Raised To Support NY College Basketball Player After Fire
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars Raised To Support NY College Basketball Player After Fire Friends, family, and fans of a popular D-1 college basketball player whose family’s New York home and belongings were destroyed by a fast-moving fire. On Saturday, Feb. 26, a fire tore through the Queens home Zakai Zeigler, a prominent guard playing in the SEC for the Tennessee Volunteers who grew up on Long Island, in Wyandanch in Suffolk County. In the fire, Zeigler’s mother, who is raising her special-needs 4-year-old nephew, lost all of her belongings, including accessibility equipment for the child, including wheelchairs and splints. In response, Zeigler set up a GoFundMe page for his…

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by Zak Failla
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Hedge Fund Billionaire Takes Steps To Purchase New York Mets Hedge Fund Billionaire Takes Steps To Purchase New York Mets
Hedge Fund Billionaire Takes Steps To Purchase New York Mets Many New York Mets fans may have their wishes granted as Greenwich hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen, a Long Island native, is taking steps to purchase the majority of the team from the Wilpon family. Sterling Partners, the Wilpon’s family business, has reportedly entered talks to sell up to 80 percent of its shares of the Major League baseball team to Cohen, who is already an investor in the club. If completed, the transaction would value the franchise at approximately $2.6 billion. Under the proposed agreement, Fred Wilpon would remain as CEO for five more years, and Jeff Wilpon will con…

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by Zak Failla
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Ex-Ramapo Attorney Troodler Receives Probation Ex-Ramapo Attorney Troodler Receives Probation
Ex-Ramapo Attorney Troodler Receives Probation Disbarred Ramapo attorney Aaron Troodler was handed a sentence of 18 months of supervised release and a $20,000 fine Tuesday in exchange for his testimony against former Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence. U.S. District Court Judge Cathy Seibel, who imposed the sentence early in the morning, also ruled the former town attorney must pay at least $15,000 of the fine up front, then $550 a month until the debt is paid. Troodler, who now lives in Pennsylvania and cares for his children, apologized for his part in the fraud case, in which St. Lawerence was found guilty of 20 counts of sec…

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by Kathy Reakes