Plethora Of Potholes Has Drivers On Long Island Seeing Red; Officials Say Help Is On The Way
The pothole fixes can't come soon enough, complain angry drivers on Long Island.
Watch CBS News
The pothole fixes can't come soon enough, complain angry drivers on Long Island.
A statement from the county spokeswoman says Curran is feeling well and has tested negative for COVID-19 herself.
The resident who tested positive never traveled to South Africa. In fact, she never left New York.
Cuomo said the variant's arrival in New York means that COVID-19 safety measures like wearing masks and maintaining distance from other people are more important than ever.
Every community in New York is to evaluate police practices on use of force, crowd management, citizen complaints or risk the loss of state funds.
Officials on Long Island are hoping this Super Bowl Sunday means more people in front of TVs, and much fewer on the roads as plow drivers get to work.
High winds and flooding are cause for concern on Long Island as the powerful nor'easter blankets the region in snow.
All sports, including those considered high risk, can resume in Nassau County on Monday. High-risk sports include football, basketball and cheerleading.
For years, Nassau home values were wildly inaccurate. Those who grieved won rubber-stamped reductions. Those who did not unfairly paid more.
Long Island is leading the state in COVID-19 positivity. Its seven-day average is more than 7.6%, but that's significantly down from earlier in the month when it was in double digits.
On Monday, as the nation remembered Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., there was a new effort to improve racial equity in our area.
In a Facebook post, Curran wrote, "I'm feeling well and will be getting tested appropriately during my quarantine, which will begin immediately."
Getting an vaccine appointment is a difficult process, as millions of people are clamoring for just thousands of daily vaccine doses.
Nassau County Executive Laura Curran again asked the governor to expand eligibility to include all first responders.
Nassau County opened its first vaccination Point of Distribution Center, or POD, at Nassau Community College.
The U.S. Treasury Department is investigating after one Long Island town wound up with millions from the COVID-19 CARES Act.
The $6 million "Rental Relief Program" begins in January.
Ninety trucks loaded up at the Department of Public Works in Hicksville, hitting the roads to salt ahead of snow.
"This will be a major winter event, a major storm event," said Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone. "We are doing all that we need to prepare to make sure we are ready."
Sixty five percent of Nassau County homeowners will pay more in school taxes this year - the most direct impact of the county-wide property reassessment.
Suffolk reported more than 1,100 new cases Tuesday, and Nassau has a test positivity rate of 5.8% -- the highest number in months.
The campaign pays tribute to "Rosie the Riveter," the cultural icon who represented women working in factories and shipyards during WWII.
Long Island is ramping up more COVID-19 testing sites as a crucial weapon to slow the surge.
There's an important reminder from fire officials that decking the halls can turn into a devastating house fire.
Turkeys, hams, fresh produce, dairy products - enough to feed 3,000 Long Island families - were distributed Monday amid tears of gratitude.
