Long Island Officials Encouraged By Lack Of New Coronavirus Positive Cases In Schools
Positive coronavirus cases have reached 3.5% in Nassau County. Many cases are linked to indoor gatherings.
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Positive coronavirus cases have reached 3.5% in Nassau County. Many cases are linked to indoor gatherings.
License plate readers are now being used by law enforcement across Long Island as an intelligence tool, collecting data for crime trends and using it to solve homicides and robberies.
She says in Lawrence, over the last week, the number of positive cases has dropped 25%, and down 75% over the last three weeks.
Targeting neighborhoods with high coronavirus infection levels is paying off, CBS2's Jennifer McLogan reported.
Halloweens is looking a little different this year. With social distancing, parents and local leaders are trying to figure out safe and spooky ways to celebrate.
Nassau County got a perfect score in "per capita spending for health and emergency services."
The new Fight the Flu 2020 campaign emphasizes the importance of being immunized, especially during the pandemic.
A demographics lesson is apparently needed in Washington, where the smaller town within the county got more COVID relief funds.
It was supposed to fix a flawed, decade old tax assessment system, but some homeowners in Nassau County said the fix is even worse.
Businesses and attractions that make up Long Island's $6 billion seasonal tourism industry have been crippled.
New studies show sheltering in place has pushed many people struggling with anxiety, loneliness and grief to self-medicate with drugs.
Together, Nassau and Suffolk counties had more than 300,000 outages late Wednesday morning.
Wednesday, officials in Nassau County announced a new plan to keep beachgoers safe.
Police also took three luxury cars from the house and will be searching them.
A new report says the island lost a greater percentage of jobs than New York City, and could lose more than a quarter of its workforce by year's end.
County executive Laura Curran says she's talking to education stakeholders to figure out a plan.
The construction of the New York Islanders' new home at Belmont Park has resumed and now it appears their former home is set to turn off the lights.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that the time has come for protesters to begin thinking about reconciliation and to begin a dialogue with local governments about what the future of policing will look like.
Families are asking to speed up reopening, and the county executive agrees.
Seals are swimming but, with no ticket sales, money has dried up at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead. The tourist attraction is among dozens on the east end that are ordered to remain closed until Phase 4.
Phase 2 means yes for hair salons and barbershops; they can open, mostly by appointment.
A new plan has been put forth to close main corridors, hoping to boost foot traffic for merchants and expand spaces for restaurants' outdoor dining.
Long Island officials say it's not a matter of "not in my backyard." It's a matter of health and safety. They cannot have city residents flooding limited beach space.
The surf's up, and anger too, on Long Island, where beaches will be banned to New York City residents.
Sen. Todd Kaminsky says from the Rockaways in New York City to New York State's Jones Beach, there could be anarchy among cooped-up residents or a free-for-all without a plan.
