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Search results for "Long Island" ...
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The Long Island Power Authority
Superstorm Sandy struck the Northeast in late October, leaving much of Long Island damaged by the most severe flooding in memory and wind gusts reaching 96 miles an hour. A total of 90 percent of the Long Island Power Authority’s 1.1 million customers lost electricity -- tens of thousands of them for weeks.
Tags: Superstorm Sandy; Long Island; electricity; New York
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Prescription Drug
An investigation into the prescription drug epidemic on New York's Long Island. Newsday exposes the failure by the region's doctors to use a state database that identifies patients going to multiple doctors and pharmacies to get pills.
Tags: prescription; drug; pharmacy; doctors; pills; New York
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"The Air We Breathe"
The people living in and around Pittsburgh are breathing in some of the poorest quality air in the U.S. High levels of Benzene and other harmful chemicals have been found in the air causing potentially serious health risks to residents who inhale the "toxic brew" over a long time period. The Allegheny County Board of Health has "indefinitely postponed" voting on issuing new air quality permits.
Tags: Neville Island; Coke Works; Clairton; Allegheny County Board of Health; air quality; Dan Onorato; Pittsburgh; Carnegie Mellon University; EPA; American Lung Association
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Gangs in Garden City: How Immigration, Segregation and Youth Violence Are Changing
Journalist Sarah Garland investigates how two of the most dangerous Central American gangs have made their way into the suburbs of Long Island. Garland also tells the story of several young people whose lives have been affected by gangs or gang violence. Her five-year investigation involves conversations with police, gang members and school officials. That information reveals a different opinion than that of the Department of Homeland Security, who believes the gangs to be a problem on the level of Al Qaeda.
Tags: street gang; gang violence; youth; Mara Salvatrucha; MS-13; Hempstead; immigrant gangs; Latin American gangs; Salvadorans With Pride; SWP; Long Island
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Cuts Put Strain on Park Police
The number of full-time police officers at New York State Parks has decreased the past five years, along with increases in more "serious" offenses. Several areas have minimal or no police coverage, and some officers are working extended shifts as a result.
Tags: cops; beach patrol; park and recreation; overtime; Long Island; Bethpage; Caumsett; Hempstead; Belmont Lake;
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Retirees' Disability Epidemic
One of the nation's largest commuter lines, Long Island Rail Road, has taken advantage of an obscure federal agency to reap staggering paychecks once they leave their jobs.
Tags: retirement; disability; pension;
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Giuliani Billed Obscure Agencies for Trips
“The story revealed that then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s administration billed obscure agencies to provide security for his then-girlfriend Judy Nathan. These agencies had nothing to do with providing security for the mayor’s office.â€
Tags: Audit; misuse of funds; travel bill; Long Island; Hamptons; police protection; security;
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How A Long Island Nursing Home Got It's Way
"Ten Filipino nurses at a nursing home in Smithtown, Long Island were charged with endangering patients for resigning en masse to protest working conditions." Further investigation showed that U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer helped the home, which had "contributed more than $75,000 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee."
Tags: FOIA; senate; nursing home; medical care; Philippines; nurses; campaign contributions; Democrats; SentosaCare; politics
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They Failed to Act
The nation's largest commuter railroad system failed to address a major public safety hazard that it had known about for years. Through tenacious shoe-leather reporting, the staff of Newsday documented a danger long ignored by the Long Island Railroad and by state and federal regulators. Armed with Stanley tape measures, they found dangerous gaps between the platform and trains at the railroad's busiest stations, holes large enough for passengers to fall through.
Tags: railroad system; public safety; injuries; gap injuries; repairs; Federal Railroad Administration; Public Service Pulitzer finalist
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Hidden Government
It was found that the Long Island taxpayers' money is being used to fund new cars, trips, and health benefits for officials. Examination of certain districts that provided special services from water to garbage pickup, found that the officials are misusing tax funds.
Tags: Michael Kalnik; Katuria D'Amato; Lester Siems; Karen Wilutis; Stephen Mahler; Michael Norman; Patrick E. Byrne Jr.