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We all worry about drinking water — homeowners and business people alike — and why shouldn’t we? Flint, Mich., has become the poster city for water contamination . . . more

By Hilary Baum | 7/21/18

Town officials and environmentalists submerged hundreds of mesh bags containing shells off the coast of Lido Beach.

Building a reef with seafood shells

Hempstead Town officials and environmentalists launched a living barrier reef composed of tens of thousands of discarded clam and oyster shells from nearby seafood restaurants near Long Meadow Island … more

By Bridget Downes | 7/19/18

Declare Nassau a sanctuary county

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

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 When temporary protected status for Haitians was revoked last November, TPS recipients from other countries … more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

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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers presented a map on Monday that showed the risk levels of communities on the South Shore with red indicating a high risk of major flooding and blue indicating a lower risk.

Army Corps looks to protect city’s north side

As the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Sandy nears, local and federal officials who are all too familiar with its destruction are pushing a plan to protect communities like Long Beach that are at high … more

By Bridget Downes | 9/28/17

Protecting Long Beach — and standing up for residents

The City of Long Beach is thrilled that the Army Corps of Engineers’ beach protection project is proceeding ahead of schedule. This long-overdue project — decades in the making — was … more

By Anthony Eramo | 9/8/17

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