After months of haggling, Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital nurses and hospital administrators agreed to a new labor contract, sidestepping a potential full-scale walkout on Feb. 21. …
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By Juan Lasso
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3/8/24
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Hundreds of nurses at Long Island Jewish-Valley Stream hospital are threatening to walk off on the job next week unless negotiators and hospital administrators agree on a new contract. The New York …
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By Juan Lasso
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2/16/24
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A couple of hometown heroes in the thoroughbred horseracing industry celebrated a memorable victory Saturday after favored Mo Donegal, with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard, drew away down the stretch to …
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By Tony Bellissimo
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6/12/22
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Two John F. Kennedy High School students are teaming up to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through its Student of the Year campaign. Merrick residents Sami Levine, 15, and Lara …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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2/2/21
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Diane Horowitz was dropping off some supplies at Dani’s Strike Zone, in Elmont, on Aug. 15 — the first day she ventured out into the community since Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s New York on …
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By Melissa Koenig, Nakeem Grant and Karen Bloom
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8/25/20
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Butler, who teaches special education at the high school, was diagnosed with breast cancer in late November.
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By James Mattone
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4/26/18
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The Rockville Centre Board of Education voted on Dec. 6 to award a transportation contract to the Baumann Bus Company — whose employees went on strike in November, forcing many students to seek …
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By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen
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12/14/17
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After weeks of negotiation and uncertainty, the bus strike, which left thousands of students across multiple school districts without public transport has finally ended after union workers voted on …
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By Daine Taylor
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12/1/17
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Drivers for the Oceanside-based Baumann Bus Company went on strike Monday at 5 p.m., which meant thousands of students in the Baldwin, Freeport and Rockville Centre school districts had to get themselves to school.
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By Scott Brinton and Ben Strack
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11/5/17
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President Donald Trump has flexed his executive muscles to expeditiously push through policies he promised on the campaign trail. He’s actually taking a page out of former President Obama’s book by . . .
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2/3/17
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