Public Vote Monday On $400M Nassau Coliseum Renovation Project
The future of professional sports in Nassau County is likely riding on a public referendum on Monday, and both sides are making a full court press.
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The future of professional sports in Nassau County is likely riding on a public referendum on Monday, and both sides are making a full court press.
Both the Association for a Better Long Island and County Executive Ed Mangano are jockeying to win over public sentiment.
On August 1, the people of Nassau County will vote on whether to borrow $400 million to build a new sports and entertainment complex that would include a modernized home for the New York Islanders.
The robbers got away with cellphones, wallets and other items, according to police. No one was injured.
George Maragos says he supports development of the county hub, but he's not ready to endorse the $400 million sports and entertainment complex proposal going to a referendum - at least, not yet.
Health officials in Nassau County are warning residents to boil water before using after the dangerous bacteria E-coli was found in the water supply.
Hempstead police officer Brian Jones is accused of selling prescription painkillers including oxycodone and oxymorphone.
Some Nassau County residents describe the noise overnight from increased use of JFK airport's runway 22L, also known as the "runway of last resort," as unbearable.
Gregory Richardson, 21, lowered the back of the wheelchair the patient was in and started bouncing it around saying it was "like a roller coaster ride," Nassau County police Lt. Kevin Smith said.
A state watchdog group overseeing Nassau County's finances is not happy about the county's budget proposal.
The Nassau Interim Finance Authority said if voters approve the $400 million plan to renovate the coliseum, it would result in a 3.5 to 4 percent property tax increase.
Nassau County deputy executive Rob Walker believes Gang Green would fit in nicely with the county's planned $400 million sports and entertainment complex.
Accused burglary bandit, Mark McLloyd, must have thought he had free run of a home on Washington Avenue in Seaford as police said he began looting the place.
You've heard about the Subway Series. Well, how about the Expressway Series?
For nearly the past twenty years, the Long Island Minority AIDS Coalition has been offering free anonymous HIV testing on college campuses.
Nassau County police said two masked men with handguns robbed a branch of the Roslyn Savings Bank, spraying a 57-year-old male employee with mace before escaping.
The Fire Department told CBS 2HD the blaze began as a trash fire outside the building before spreading inside.
The show will be held Saturday night, July 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater.
Nassau County police say Isaac Zucker of Woodmere, was arrested around 2 a.m. Wednesday and charged with grand larceny. He is accused of stealing $600,000 over a three-year period from the Congregation Aish Kodesh while serving as treasurer.
You could hear chants of "shame on you" inside the Nassau County legislative chamber on Tuesday.
Nassau County police said the children, ages 10 and 2, were playing in the driveway of their Cedarhurst home when the accident occurred.
After leaving the game at the conclusion of the '86-'87 season, Islanders legend Mike Bossy began a strange journey that featured him trying a little bit of everything.
Mike Bossy was cautious when asked about what he thinks Garth Snow's game plan will be. He took a wait-and-see approach, but also emphasized that it takes two to tango when it comes to acquiring talent.
The lease agreement would keep the Islanders in Nassau County through the year 2045.
Some Long Island high school students are paying a hefty price for their end-of-year hijinks.
