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State Transportation Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez said work zone speed cameras has been proven to slow down drivers passing through active work zones. She said no workers had been injured or killed in the nearly two years since the cameras were implemented.

"This overpass will bring a new driving experience to those who live, work and commute in Suffolk County, and I’m looking forward to seeing its completion," Hochul said.

“Current and former employees don’t know who will take on pending audits amid these staff cuts. But some say one demographic stands to benefit. “The wealthy. One hundred percent,” said Anthony Kim, a longtime IRS attorney now in private practice.”

The new proposed three-year contract includes pay increases between $18,000 and $20,000 during the contract, with annual raises and contributions to pensions and retirement health care. Union officials said the deal would pay nurses "on par with other Long Island nurse wages."

The $228 million plant in Mastic is in addition to $1 billion in sewer infrastructure projects planned in Suffolk in the next three years, County Executive Edward P. Romaine said at the plant Monday.

The Department of Education (DOE) accounts for about 3.5% of the entire federal budget and provides crucial funding for public K–12 schools, narrowing some of the huge gaps between needed resources and state and local revenue.