Floral Park residents voice concerns about noise, other issues after arena events

Locals’ lives are dependent on venue’s schedule, one nearby homeowner says

Months after expressing concerns about construction at the UBS Arena in Elmont, Floral Park residents who live close to the arena — within 1,500 feet of it — are voicing complaints about horn honking, triggered vehicle alarms, public urination and other disturbances after events at the arena.

Blakeman signs orders allowing school districts to vote on requiring masks

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who took office Jan. 3, signed executive orders early Thursday directing boards of education across the county to vote this month on whether their districts should mandate mask-wearing in schools, while also lifting the mask mandate for all county agencies and the state's temporary mask mandate in public places.

Will new arena parking rules work?

Elmont residents cite concerns about UBS Arena patrons blocking driveways, backing up traffic

No space for ambulances during emergencies. Car horns blaring at midnight. Intoxicated people urinating on front lawns. This is the scene three to four nights a week on the streets of Elmont across from the new UBS Arena, which opened two months ago, as described by residents of the blocks now crowded by the parked vehicles of arena-goers.

Racially charged incident at Elmont-Mepham game is said to be part of 10-year 'pattern'

Elmont resident says inaction belies 'dignity' of H.S. students

Last month, a student spectator from Wellington C. Mepham High School was accused of, and later disciplined for, brandishing bananas in front of Black student athletes from Elmont Memorial High School and saying, “Here monkeys, come and get it,” during a girls’ junior varsity basketball game between Mepham and Elmont.