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The promise inscribed on the Statue of Liberty — “send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me” — is the promise of hope that America makes . . . more

5/17/18

The Koch family from left Hazel, Nicole, Danny and Pearl volunteered their time to bag trash on April 22.

Picking up the trash from beaches in Atlantic Beach [Photo gallery]

Volunteers collected nearly 40 bags of debris and at least one car tire as they walked the entire Village of Atlantic Beach shoreline and the beach entrances during an Earth Day cleanup on April 22. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/3/18

State Assemblyman Charles Lavine, a Democrat from Glen Cove, reviewed a list of legislative proposals that address the termination of temporary protected status on a national scale.

Pushing back against TPS termination

Part six in an ongoing series. Read parts [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7] here. When temporary protected status for Haitians was revoked last November, TPS recipients from other countries … more

By Nadya Nataly, Alyssa Seidman and Brian Stieglitz | 4/26/18

Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy, center, was joined by Lynbrook Deputy Mayor Hilary Becker, far left, Plandome Manor Mayor Barbara Donno, Town of Hemstead Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney and Freeport Trustee Carmen Piñeyro on a tour of the New Bedford Hurricane Protection Barrier in Masschusetts on Monday.

Freeport officials, hoping to construct floodgates here, tour Massachusetts project

All that was missing was a “Welcome to Freeport” sign, and the city of New Bedford, Mass., could have easily been mistaken for the village. Both communities are located on relatively small bays … more

By Nadya Nataly | 4/26/18

Silvia Finkelstein, director of immigrant affairs for the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, talked about the rising fear of law enforcement among immigrants at a conference in Oceanside earlier this year.

TPS termination erodes immigrants’ trust

Elise Damas, director of the Pathway to Citizenship Long Island Program at the Central American Refugee Center in Hempstead, says she is really worried about the possible end to the Temporary Protected Status program for El Salvadorans, Hondurans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Guatemalans because it could lead to a rise in crime. more

By Ronny Reyes | 4/12/18

Mariann Mendoza, a volunteer receptionist and paralegal at the Central American Refugee Center in Hempstead, with a stack of TPS-related case files looming behind her.

TPS holders cast into the shadows?

Part one of an ongoing series. Read parts [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] here. Curtailing Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, has become a flashpoint in national politics since … more

By Nadya Nataly and Zach Gottehrer-Cohen | 3/9/18

Beneath the dilapidated exterior of 175 Roger Avenue, the soil was found to be contaminated with potentially harmful chemicals.

Demolishing and selling 175 Roger Avenue

A neighborhood blemish may finally be razed this summer. The former site of Rockaway Metal Products, a decaying building at 175 Roger Ave. in Inwood, is targeted to be demolished in the summer, according to County Legislator Carriè Solages (D-Elmont). more

By Tyler Marko | 3/8/18

Hey, N.Y.C., hands off L.I.’s water

New York City wants Long Island’s water. We shouldn’t give it to the city, period. Here’s the thing: If granted state approval, the city could just take it. more

2/8/18

The roof on the building’s north side of the Roger Avenue has nearly totally collapsed.

Crumbling Inwood building becoming a hazard

Overgrown, covered in graffiti and littered with old tires and discarded trash, the property at 175 Roger Ave. in Inwood, formerly the cite of Rockaway Metal Products Inc., has gone from public eyesore to local safety hazard. more

By Tyler Marko | 11/9/17

An aerial view of the area in the Hewlett where the plume exists.

Hewlett phase two cleanup getting started

The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Sept. 29, that they would soon begin a $24.7 million phase two clean up of the contaminated groundwater plume located under Peninsula Boulevard near Woodmere Middle School in Hewlett. more

10/5/17

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