Breast Care Center uses tight-knit local event to promote new mammography van
By Remi Schott and Sara Schabe Bundled up in a hat, scarf and gloves, Darlene Rastelli, Assistant Director of Radiology Breast Services at the Carol […]
Month: October 2018
Long Island reformers urge tougher limousine laws
By Desiree D’Iorio and Karina Gerry Senator Charles Schumer met with LABS members, a group of limousine law reformers, in Great Neck calling for a […]
These local democrats want to add some orange to their blue wave
By Akanksha Kar and Andrea Keckley When local residents like Lucy Peters and Robert Gaffar spoke about the loved ones they lost to mass shootings at […]
“Restoring the Long Island dream”: NY union organizer challenges Republican incumbent for District 15 Assembly
by Simon Ahn and Kiki Sideris The Long Island boy who started working as a glazier just before his 19th birthday is now running for […]
An African-American Suffolk County legislator’s battle against racism in office
By Nirvani William, Jasmine Ganaishlal, Vinny Asito DuWayne Gregory’s cluttered desk at his suffolk county office in Amityville, Babylon is stacked high with official documents, […]
Suffolk County Community College Launches Website to Bolster Student Voter Turnout
By Margaret Osborne and Rosemary An It’s a busy Monday at Suffolk County Community College. Students hurry to class, while others hang out in […]
A businessman’s journey into challenging Trump’s favorite LI Republican Congressman
By Nicolas Pennisi and Danielle Tomlinson 36,000 miles. That’s the distance Perry Gershon traveled in his blue Chevrolet Volt since his campaign for New […]
LI State Senate candidates rally for passage of Child Victims Act
By Anna Correa and Neda Karimi Four candidates for state senate, including Suffolk County Legislator Lou D’Amaro, and child sexual abuse survivors advocated for democrats […]
The Phluid Project celebrates National Coming Out Day
By Kian McKoy and Remi Schott On the 30th anniversary of National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11, The Phluid Project, the first ever gender-free retail […]
Last of 17 immigrant children sheltered at Mercy First have left
By Lamia Choudhury and Andrea Keckley The last of the 17 immigrant children being sheltered at the nonprofit human services agency Mercy First, who, unbeknownst to the […]