Teachers Head Back To The Classroom After Evaluations Are Released
The teachers union challenged the release of the reports. 18,000 teachers were ranked on a scale of 1-100. The list was released Friday after a year and a half long court battle.
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The teachers union challenged the release of the reports. 18,000 teachers were ranked on a scale of 1-100. The list was released Friday after a year and a half long court battle.
Responses to the surveillance range from cautious support to a warning about curtailing civil liberties.
Deputy County Executive Rob Walker says the administration is negotiating with police unions on issues related to Mangano's police plan.
Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn and Deputy Presiding Officer Wayne Horsley say a sewage treatment plant in West Babylon should not become a dumping site for hydraulic fracturing - or hydro-fracking.
Officials cited Joe Malone's long career as an educator and his work in the state assembly, where he served several years as the GOP's ranking member on the Budget Committee.
Community leaders are demanding the creation of a congressional district in New York that would represent the city's Latino community.
Authorities say no charges will be filed following a casino scuffle involving New York state Sen. Mark Grisanti two weeks ago.
The creator of the Barack Obama ``HOPE'' poster pleaded guilty Friday to criminal contempt, saying he made a ``terrible decision'' in 2009 to destroy some documents and fabricate others in a civil lawsuit pertaining to The Associated Press photograph he relied upon to make the poster
A U.S. Surgeon General's report due to be released March 8 will come down hard on states that have cut anti-smoking funds in tough fiscal times, according to Terry Pechacek of the CDC.
Community organizers in East Haven say they expect hundreds of people to turn out for a weekend march calling attention to allegations of police discrimination toward Latinos.
The national average for a gallon of gas shot up again Thursday to $3.61. So far, that's a 33 cent spike since the first of the year and it's 42 cents more than you were paying this time last year.
Gov. Dan Malloy wants to repeal Connecticut's blue laws and allow the sale of alcohol on Sunday, but some package store owners are not happy about it.
There was more fallout Thursday stemming from an incident two days earlier when falling debris landed on a car on the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge. As city and state agencies appear to fight over responsibility, the former mayor, himself, weighed in.
Is it religious profiling or good police work? An intense debate is underway in our area amid new revelations that NYPD spying on Muslim communities included neighborhoods in Nassau and Suffolk counties and Newark, N.J.
After about two hours of testimony, the vote was 6-2-1 to advance the bill, but Gov. Chris Christie said he's on the fence about the bill.
