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Las Vegas Sands is now the official operator of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum as it bids for a state gambling license to build a proposed $6 billion casino-resort on the county-owned property.

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Americans claimed more than $8 billion in climate-friendly tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act last year, according to new data released by the Treasury Department, a “significant” number that is higher than initially expected, officials said.

“I am proud to have played a part in what LIA has accomplished for Long Island’s working families,” Durso said in the statement.

A nonprofit is proposing another charter school in Hempstead Village, but local school officials and some community leaders say it will add to the $86 million a year the district pays to charter schools — and that the area doesn't need another one.

In recent years, Canon's business hasn't kept up with a changing world that isn't seeking many copiers or point-and-shoot cameras. Despite that, the Suffolk IDA has continued to prop up the company, granting Canon $7 million in additional tax breaks earlier this year.

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ Coalition of Organized Retail Employees, which represents the employees at a retail location in Maryland, announced Friday evening that it struck a three-year deal with the company that will increase pay by an average of 10% and o