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DiNapoli's office will mail checks of up to $5,000 for eligible, newly reported unclaimed funds to verified owners, raising the limit from $250.

A far more extensive plume of industrial chemicals is spreading beyond the former Grumman site in Calverton than the U.S. Navy has acknowledged, according to years of independent water testing by the Suffolk County Health Department.

"We’re ready to talk about wage increases ... but we need to have a serious discussion figuring out how to pay for them through collaborative productivity improvements, which are very achievable," MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said on March 25.

The combined wage and schedule increases are projected to increase annual earnings by roughly 40 percent during the next two and a half years. Longevity and performance bonuses were both doubled, and members will now earn an additional $1 per hour when training new employees.

The largest businesses stand to reap the biggest bucks as the Trump administration begins to return more than $166 billion in duties deemed illegal by the Supreme Court.

Melville Crossing is proposed to consist of seven four-story buildings, four three-story buildings, three one-story retail buildings, and a 6,300-square-foot clubhouse.