Results of school budget votes on Long Island represent a ringing endorsement of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s efforts to curb property taxes, regional analysts said Wednesday, though some expressed worry about the long-range impact on classroom quality.
Minutes after being questioned on Fox Business News about his election to the Syosset Board of Education and his upcoming high school prom, Joshua Lafazan faced his first political decision Wednesday.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s estranged wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead, an apparent suicide, Wednesday in her home, officials said.
William Flanagan, the former high-ranking Nassau County police official indicted on conspiracy charges, said Wednesday he agreed to help a police benefactor’s son as a routine courtesy that he would have done for any county resident.
Many companies that receive state funds would have to limit how much they pay their top executives under proposed regulations released Wednesday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.
The State Legislature’s top Republican said Wednesday the so-so success rate for school districts across New York that tried to override the new property-tax cap this week was revealing.
Mary Kennedy, the 52-year-old former wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was found dead Wednesday in her Mount Kisco home after an apparent suicide, according to reports.
The Islip Industrial Development Agency has approved a measure that could provide economic benefits to a $21.3 million mixed-use project in downtown Bay Shore, according to a statement. The measure, announced by Islip Town Supervisor Tom Croci on Wed…
The Cuomo administration has proposed regulations to limit spending by state contractors, including a $199,000 executive salary cap that can only be exceeded using money not from the state. The proposals by 13 agencies cover contractors — many provid…
Indianapolis-based retail real estate giant Simon Property Group is asking for tax breaks to build its planned 72,000-square-foot expansion at the Shops at Walt Whitman in Huntington Station. The Suffolk Industrial Development Agency is scheduled to vo…
Shareholders of JPMorgan Chase & Co. have filed two lawsuits against the nation’s biggest bank, accusing it and its leaders of taking excessive risk and causing a monumental $2 billion trading loss. The company disclosed the loss last week, s…
Suffolk Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. filed a petition Friday seeking to enter Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. This is the second time Suffolk OTB filed such a petition. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Chief Judge Carla Craig dismissed the OTB’s original M…
A Queens-based insulation company pleaded guilty on Tuesday to failing to pay six employees more than $30,000 they were owed. Under the terms of the plea deal, Maspeth-based New York Insulation will pay restitution of $33,408 in back wages to its emplo…
Toni Contino General Manager/Owner, Mitch and Toni’s American Bistro Contino brought more than a decade of sales and managerial experience to the Albertson restaurant, which she launched last year with chef/owner Mitchell SuDock. Contino began workin…
