Feds Accuse Native American of Polluting Wetlands
The United States brought a federal complaint Monday against a Native American who it says has ignored a demand to clean up years of construction waste dumped into Long Island wetlands.
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Long Island Latinos Challenge Islip Board Make-Up
Calling for the chance to elect town board representatives by district, Latinos living in Islip, New York, brought a federal complaint to overhaul the town’s at-large voting system.
Read moreSecond Circuit Quashes Suit Over Tainted Long Island Water
There is no dispute that decades of industrial work contaminated the water in Bethpage, but the Second Circuit ruled Friday that the Long Island community waited too long to seek damages from Northrup Grumman.
Read moreSuperfund Cleanup
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a $13.5 million plan Friday to clean up contaminated groundwater in the eastern area of the Old Roosevelt Field, a Superfund site in Garden City, New York.
Read moreLong Islanders Issue Call to Arms on ‘Radioactive Plume’
Long Island is on the brink of “environmental catastrophe,” residents claim in a federal complaint, accusing New York and U.S. authorities of letting radioactive waste spread in the groundwater.
Read moreAfter NY Teen’s Murder, School Faces Blame for Gang Violence
Saying her teenage daughter was “brutally mutilated and murdered” by members of MS-13, a Long Island mother claims in a federal complaint that school officials let gang bullying turn fatal.
Read moreImmigrants Challenge NY County’s Detainer Policy
The Central American Refugee Center filed suit Monday over a police policy in Nassau County, New York, that requires federal authorities to be notified when an immigrant is arrested.
Read moreLong Island Prosecutor Accused of Covering Up Police Brutality
A Long Island district attorney and one of his chief aides were indicted Wednesday on accusations that they covered up a former police chief’s beating of a handcuffed suspect five years ago.
Read moreNew York Sues EPA for Allowing Dumping in Long Island Sound
New York state on Thursday followed through on its promise to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its Administrator Scott Pruitt for allowing dredged sediments to be dumped into eastern Long Island Sound.
Read moreNY AG Lowers Boom on Long Island Dumping Legacy
Gathering reporters at a Long Island park sullied in an asbestos-dumping scandal, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman unveiled federal charges Thursday against the dozens he said left tens of thousands of tons of deadly debris there in 2014.
Read moreInvoking Salvadoran Gangs, Sessions Roils Long Island Latinos
Set to speak about Salvadoran gang violence Friday on Long Island, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rubbed old wounds in a nearby immigrant community still scarred by an infamous 2008 hate crime.
Read moreGangsters’ Target Sues Police for a Gun Permit
A Long Island man sued his police commissioner for refusing to give him a concealed carry permit, claiming gang members who threatened to kill him two decades ago are being released from prison.
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Former Top Cop’s Misconduct Conviction Upheld
A former deputy police commissioner on Long Island was rightfully convicted for his role in hushing up the investigation into a wealthy friend’s son’s alleged theft, New York’s high court ruled Thursday.
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