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Long Island to receive $87 million for upgrades in new federal spending bills

Long Island has lost nearly 200 inpatient psychiatric beds since 2014, even as the mental health needs of the region have continued to grow, according to a new report released Wednesday by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

The government's chief human resources agency issued a new rule on Thursday making it harder to fire thousands of federal employees, hoping to head off former President Donald Trump's promises to radically remake the workforce along ideological lines if he wins back the White House in November.

ALBANY — Now that New York State has committed to ending more than a century of dependence on fossil fuels to avoid more damage from climate change, the thorniest question is: Who’s going to pay the bulk of the annual $2 billion bill?

A plan to consolidate courses and merge departments at Nassau Community College to help meet a multimillion dollar deficit has angered faculty who recently approved a vote of no confidence in the school’s top leadership.

One of the largest offshore wind farms planned for Long Island received another important approval from the federal government Tuesday, while its developer gave the formal OK to move ahead with investing in the multi-billion-dollar project.