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Sheree Sibilly, a mother of two Brentwood middle school students and president of the district’s special education PTA, said she’s concerned about the district losing money to charter schools and what that could mean for the district’s educational programs, especially those for special education.

The grant will help the water district, which serves about 9,400 households, provide “water that meets or exceeds any standard out there” for removing PFOA and PFOS chemicals, district superintendent Paul Prignano said in an interview.

Handing the Trump administration a second straight day of losses against its promise to end congestion pricing, a judge ruled this week that New York must be allowed to indefinitely keep tolling drivers below 60th Street in Manhattan.

"We're in a situation that's conducive to attract and keep some of our young people that have ... [gone] away to college, graduated, and young professionals that find it difficult to afford to live on Long Island," Hobbs said. "And so many of our projects are affordable."

Orbic hopes to eventually open three more plants in Suffolk at 120 Commerce Dr. and 155 Adams Ave., both in Hauppauge, and at 1560 Fifth Ave. in Bay Shore, said Narula, adding the company expects to create 1,000 jobs within five years.

Efforts to eliminate governmental regulations also have a cost. Eliminating background checks on guns and rescinding gun safety have a societal cost but also increase the cost of policing.