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Brooklyn man sues Nassau County, detectives after being acquitted in 1990 murder case
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (459+ words) A Brooklyn man, who served over 30 years in prison for the 1990 murder of a Hofstra University football coach and was acquitted in 2025 at a retrial, has filed a federal lawsuit against Nassau County and the detectives with the Nassau County…...
Village announces annual budget hearing
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (553+ words) The Floral Park Board of Trustees announced at its Tuesday, April 7 regular board meeting that it will hold a village budget hearing on April 14. Mayor Kevin Fitzgerald said the budget hearing is a great opportunity for residents to learn more…...
NYCLU sues Nassau County over buffer zone law
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (505+ words) The New York Civil Liberties Union sued Nassau County, County Executive Bruce Blakeman, and Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder on Tuesday, April 7, claiming that a law passed last December that bans protests outside houses of worship violates the First…...
Epstein Files: Long Island lawyer, accountant deposed
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (517+ words) Two men with Long Island ties who managed Jeffrey Epstein's estate in life and death maintained their ignorance of Epstein's crimes when they were interviewed under oath by the U. S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in March." The Capitol…...
Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to killing 8 women in Gilgo Beach serial killer case
21+ hour, 30+ min ago (210+ words) Rex Heuermann admitted to killing eight women on April 8 in a Suffolk County courtroom packed with friends and family of the victims of the Gilgo Beach serial killer. The 62-year-old Massapequa Park architect pleaded guilty to eight counts of murder…...
2 firefighters injured in 3-alarm Jericho blaze
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (140+ words) Two firefighters suffered minor injuries while battling a house fire in Jericho Monday, April 6, fire marshals said. The fire left "extensive" damage to the structure, displacing the family of five who lived there, they said. The Jericho Fire Department responded…...
Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann and family target of new lawsuit filed by victim's son
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (294+ words) The son of a Long Island murder victim filed a civil lawsuit April 6 against his mother's suspected killer, Rex Heuermann, two days before the accused Gilgo Beach serial killer is expected to plead guilty in criminal court." "My clients have…...
State police crackdown on phone use while driving in Nassau
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (321+ words) State police are cracking down on drivers using their cell phones as part of April's National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. The enforcement effort, known as "Put the Phone Away or Pay," began on Monday, April 6, and will run through Monday,…...
Nassau fiscal watchdog calls for to county return $13. 7 M in diverted opioid funds
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (367+ words) Nassau County's fiscal oversight authority is demanding the county reverse what it calls an "unconscionable" decision to transfer nearly $14 million in interest earned from unused opioid settlement funds into the county's general fund. Nassau Interim Finance Authority Chairman Richard Kessel…...
Kyra's Champions plants 767 pinwheels to honor children killed in custody cases
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (932+ words) On what would have been her 12th birthday, a Manhasset girl who was shot to death by her father during a court-approved custody visit was honored Saturday, April 4, as hundreds of pinwheels were planted at a local park to raise awareness…...