DOJ report: Suffolk makes policing improvements, work must continue
Leave your thoughtsThe Justice Department’s findings mark the first time in nearly five years of monitoring tied to the police department’s interactions…
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Suffolk police: Department probing video of interview with immigrant family
Leave your thoughtsThe encounter was included in a ProPublica/Newsday story about how the department investigated a missing person case in Brentwood involving…
Claim alleges unsafe conditions for Nassau golf course, parks workers
Leave your thoughtsEmployees at Nassau County golf courses and parks filed a complaint Wednesday with the New York State Department of Labor…
Islip residents say town’s voting system hurts minorities
Leave your thoughtsFrustration over decades of underrepresentation of minorities in Islip Town government — and the divide that some residents say is geographic, economic…
Lawsuit: Islip Town’s voting system blocks Latinos
Leave your thoughtsA group of Latino residents and advocacy groups is suing Islip Town, claiming the system of electing the town board…
Lawsuit Says Voting System in Long Island Town Shuts Out Latinos
Leave your thoughtsFor Maria Hernandez, the chief problem in Brentwood, her Long Island hometown, has always been the streets and their state…
Long Islanders protest Trump immigration policy
Leave your thoughtsLong Island religious leaders and pediatricians gathered in Huntington on Thursday to protest the practice of children being separated from…
Activistas: La retórica deshumanizante de Trump no es bienvenida en Nueva York
Leave your thoughtsNUEVA YORK.- Apostados ante el edificio de la Legislatura del condado de Nassau en Mineola, Long Island, defensores de los…
Immigrant and civil rights advocates protest Trump visit
Leave your thoughtsLong Island immigrant advocates rallied a day ahead of President Donald Trump’s planned visit to Bethpage to say they do…
Caen dos empleadores por robo de salario a hispanos en Long Island
Leave your thoughtsEran dueños de plantas de procesadoras de carne. Falsificaban los registros de nómina para no pagar lo justo a los…