Nassau County

Landmark Decision in Nassau Crime Lab Scandal

Anthony Papa | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Nassau County, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Criminal Justice, Eric Schneiderman, Crime Labs, Nassau County District Attorney, New York News
Anthony Papa

No one should be rotting away in prison, sentenced from a crime based on tainted evidence. What will happen to the potentially several hundred prisoners whose cases could have been tainted by problematic testing procedures?

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Integrate Long Island Schools

Alan Singer | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: School Integration, Education, Segregation, Nassau County, Malverne-New York, Desegregation, Long Island Segregation, New York News
Alan Singer

On Long Island, our diversity is one of our greatest resources. It is time to finally racially integrate our schools.

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Penniless Counties Repel Purchasers

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Foreclosures, Taxes, Real Estate Crisis, Home Buyers, Long Island, Long Island Real Estate, New York Real Estate, Real Estate Taxes, Nassau County, Financial Crisis, Real Estate, Falling-Home-Prices, Suffolk County, Home Sellers, New York News
Lita Smith-Mines

A chat with a house-hunt dropout added another anti-buy refrain to the song shunned home sellers are hearing. "Your county is broke, I'm not going to fix it. No one's getting my money to clear up your deficit."

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Suburban Man Allegedly Found With Bombs And Pot Crop Faces Judge

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Video, Marc-Ringel-Arrested, Marc-Ringel-Explosives, Nassau County, Woodmere-Long-Island, Marc-Ringel-Found-With-Guns-Explosives-Drugs, Marc Ringel, Marc-Ringel-Arraignment, Woodmere-New-York, Crime News

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A man broke into his elderly parents' home in New York while they wintered in Florida and built up a cache of enough explosi...

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Marijuana Crop, Weapons Arsenal Discovered In Suburban Home

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Long Island Weapons Arsenal, Explosives Long Island, Weapons Arsenal Long Island, Marc-Ringel-Found-With-Guns-Explosives-Drugs, New York, Marc Ringel Explosives, Long Island, Video, Explosives in Long Island Home, Nassau County, Marc Ringel Arrested, Marijuana Crop, Long Island Explosives, Crime News

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A thriving crop of marijuana plants, an arsenal of guns, pipe bombs, grenades and enough explosives to potentially level an ...

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A Lot of Blame, But No Accountability on Nassau County Crime Lab Scandal

Anthony Papa | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Criminal Justice System, Nassau County, Nassau County District Attorney, Nassau County Crime Lab, Nassau County Crime, Crime Labs, Crime Lab Errors, Armchair Detective, New York News
Anthony Papa

Potentially several hundred cases have been tainted by the testing procedures used by the Nassau County Crime lab. What is going to happen to the individuals who are currently serving prison sentences based on problematic evidence?

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SAT Officials To Testify At New York Cheating Hearing

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: SAT Cheating Scandal, Video, SAT Exam, Cheating Scandals, Educational Testing Service, Nassau County, SAT Cheating, Farmingdale College, Sat, Standardized Testing, New York Sat Cheating Scandal, Sats, Nassau County District Attorney, Great Neck North High School, Great Neck Cheating Scandal, Education News

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — A security firm run by the former director of the FBI has been retained to review security – and will recommend change...

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Matt Sledge

As Budget Problems Loom, Nassau County Sees Quick Fix In Privatizing Services

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Long Island, Mass Transit, Nassau County, Privatization, Ed Mangano, Mta, Suffolk County, Long Island Bus, New York News

NEW YORK -- Angela Davis is worried. Four or five times a month, whenever the 58 year old with cerebral palsy needs to visit her doctor or shop at a s...

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$5 Million Bail Set For NY Pediatrician Facing Sex Charges

AP/The Huffington Post | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Pediatricians, New York Pediatrician, Ny News, Nassau County, New York News, Pedophile, Mineola-New-York, Nassau County District Attorney, Rakesh Punn, Video, New York News

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A New York pediatrician charged with sexually abusing young female patients, including some who were secretly videotaped or photogra...

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Renewed Fight For Gay Marriage In NY Hits Suburbs

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 06.24.2011

Read More: Nassau County, Lgbt, New York Gay Rights, Gay Rights, Ny News, Gay Marriage, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. — Lady Gaga on stage on Long Island this weekend, actors Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick and Julianne Moore on video and Gov. Andrew Cuo...

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Struggling Michigan Training 'Financial Swat' Teams

Bloomberg | Jeff Green and Jonathan Keehner | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Deficit, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Bankruptcy, Unemployment, Economic Recession, Nassau County, Corporate Advisors, Accountants, Medicaid, Managers, Financial Professionals, Michigan, Rick Snyder, Business News

Michigan is giving hundreds of financial professionals and public employees a crash course in advising troubled municipalities, building an army of em...

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At The Heart Of Darkness

Elizabeth E. Evans | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Crucifixion of Jesus, Easter Prayer, Life of Jesus, God's Love, Nassau County, Easter Reflection, Long Island Serial Killer, Christianity, Religion News
Elizabeth E. Evans

As we begin our religious observances this week, I hope that we will keep in mind the Maureens and Megans among us: dear to God even in death, but so deserving of a life of here on earth.

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Long Island Serial Killer UPDATE: Bones Found At Jones Beach

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 06.11.2011

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UPDATE: (AP) – Police have found what they suspect are human remains in two locations near a New York beach, bringing to 10 the number of potential ...

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Tainted Evidence from Nassau County Crime Lab May Be Nightmare for DA Rice

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rockefeller Drug Laws, Andrew Cuomo, New York News, New York Attorney General, Injustice, Nassau County, Kathleen Rice, New York News
Anthony Papa

Will DA Rice pursue justice for dozens, hundreds, perhaps thousands of people who may be wrongfully incarcerated? Can Nassau County afford retrials?

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How A NY Tax Cut Backfired On The Tea Party

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business News, Nassau County Interim Financial Authority, Nassau County, Edward Mangano, Tea Party, Long Island Tax Cuts, Business News

MINEOLA, New York (By Edith Honan and Kristina Cooke) - At his January 2010 inauguration, Tea Party-backed Republican Edward Mangano marched up to th...

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State Takes Control Over Nassau County's Finances

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nassau County Finances, Nassau, Nassau Interim Finance Authority, Nassau County, Ny News, Nassau County Bankruptcy, Nassau County Bankrupt, New York News

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — One of the nation's wealthiest counties was placed Wednesday under a state fiscal watchdog that determined it was headed for f...

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Nicole Suriel Should not be Forgotten

Peter Zucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Schools, New York City Department of Education, AP Andrew Stillman, Nicole Suriel, Nassau County, Jose Maldonado, Education News
Peter Zucker

Nicole Suriel of the Columbia Secondary School drowned off the beach of Long Beach, Long Island, while caught up in a riptide. What makes this so ultimately tragic is that Nicole was on a field trip.

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Capturing the Friedmans Dad Was My Unforgettable Teacher: Apply His Classroom Lessons to Set His Son Free

Perry Binder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law, Arnold Friedman, Lawyers, Crimes, Attorney, College News, Jesse Friedman, Kathleen Rice, Nassau County, Justice, Great Neck, Nassau County District Attorney, New York News, College News
Perry Binder

Intellectually, I know you cannot separate the person from the teacher. For me, it is contradictory and maddening that Mr. Friedman provided meaningful guidance to countless students.

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Kathleen Rice Will Review Infamous Friedman Child Molestation Case

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Garden City, Arnold Friedman, Kathleen Rice, Jesse Friedman, Nassau County, Nassau County District Attorney, New York News

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A prosecutor said Tuesday she will select a group of law-enforcement, legal and social science experts to help her investiga...

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Female Corrections Officer Arrested In Long Island Shooting Spree

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kim Wolfe, Long Island, Stacie Williams, Crime, Shooting Spree, Nassau University Medical Center, Nassau County, Hempstead, New York, Video, New York News

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP)-- Three people were shot, two of them fatally, during a shooting spree early Wednesday morning, and a corrections officer related...

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NY Assembly Special Election Results Bode Ill for Paterson and for Dems in State Senate

David A. Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lauren Thoden, Governor Paterson, New York State Senate, New York Politics, David Weprin, Bob Castelli, Andrew Cuomo, Michael Montesano, Peter Harckham, Westchester County, Dean-Murray, Matt Meng, Nassau County, New York State Assembly, Robert Friedrich, Suffolk County, New York News
David A. Singer

In Tuesday's four special elections to fill vacant New York State Assembly seats, Republicans won three of the four races, and garnered a net gain of two seats.

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Tanker Explodes On Long Island Expressway

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Traffic, Oil Tanker Explosion, Long Island Expressway, Nassau County, Fireball, Fire, Melville, Fuel Truck, Long Island Expressway Explosion, New York News

MELVILLE, N.Y. — A fuel truck flipped and exploded on New York's Long Island Expressway on Saturday morning, killing the driver and creating a f...

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NY Judge Considers Dropping Charges In LIRR Disability Pension Scandal

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fred Kreuder LIRR Disability Pension Scandal, Lirr, Disability Fraud, Fred Kreuder, LIRR Disability Pension Scandal, Long Island Rail Road, Nassau County, Disability Pension, Disability, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Long Island, Judge John Kase, New York, New York News

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A New York judge is considering a request to drop criminal charges against a longtime Long Island Rail Road employee linked to a...

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How The East Was Lost: Tom Suozzi & Democrats Lose Long Island

B.D. Gallof | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Long Island, Nassau County, Tom Suozzi, Ed Mangano, Democratic Party, Democrats, 2009 Elections, Republican Party, Republicans, New York News
B.D. Gallof

Tom Suozzi's supposed easy ride to a third term blew out in embarrassing fashion as many voters were not seeing change or results.

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Lacy Reid Left Sick Mom On Kitchen Floor For 2 Days Before Calling 911

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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FREEPORT, N.Y. — A New York man is accused of leaving his ailing mother on the floor and stepping over her for two days before calling 911. Pol...

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