By Scott Brinton and Tim Denton
sbrinton@liherald.com, tdenton@liherald.com
Rarely has Long Island felt Washington’s political reverberations as strongly as it has during the first year of …
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By Scott Brinton, Timothy Denton, and Alyssa Seidman
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1/18/18
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Seventeen alleged members of the international criminal gang MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, were indicted by the Nassau County district attorney on charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder and …
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By Nadya Nataly
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1/11/18
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As the new year begins, it’s a good time to take stock of the tumultuous year in Washington that’s just ended, and to express the hope of a more congenial 2018.
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1/4/18
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that he was seeking $11.5 million for more after-school and vocational training programs for young people in “high-risk” communities, to prevent them from joining the notorious El Salvadoran gang MS-13.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/18/17
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It’s said that every election has consequences. True enough. And some elections also carry a message. While the consequences of last week’s elections . . .
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11/16/17
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To say that Nassau County experienced a seismic shift in its often conservative political landscape on Nov. 7 would be an understatement.
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11/16/17
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Nassau County police have made an arrest related to the murder of a Roosevelt teenager whose remains were discovered in late October in a wooded area off the Southern State Parkway.
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By Erik Hawkins and Nadya Nataly
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11/11/17
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There is a frightening image of the typical MS-13 member that many Long Islanders carry with them — that of a shirtless, muscled, tattooed, sneering . . .
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11/9/17
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According to political analyst Larry Levy, of Hofstra University, Laura Curran's win could make for some genuine bipartisan work at the county legislative level.
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By Erik Hawkins
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11/8/17
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Authorities reportedly discovered human remains in the woods between Freeport and Merrick on Saturday morning.
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By Nadya Nataly and Scott Brinton
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10/27/17
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