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Long Island is gaining free pre-K seats across 84 of its districts, lowering costs for families and easing the burden of paying daycare expenses for working parents.

"Every season, the Navy runs out the clock. The plume gets further, the scope gets bigger, the cost to the taxpayers goes up," Schumer said.

The $14.2 million project will pool the resources of research institutes such as BNL and Stony Brook University, private entities such as IBM Research and utilities such as LIPA and Con Edison to model ways to quickly deploy new resources or adapt to large electric-load fluctuations.

A Queens man who spent three years performing as a clown at children's parties across the region contends his Nassau-based former employer failed to pay him and other entertainers for their travel, tips, parking and overtime, according to a federal lawsuit.

The Trump administration did not successfully halt existing offshore wind projects. Vineyard Wind is now completed and fully operational, while Revolution Wind began sending power to the grid in March.

Suffolk County plans to break ground on the first 12.3-mile section, from the Nassau-Suffolk border at Bethpage State Park to Brentwood State Park, in the spring.