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Despite Hofstra University's recent distractive legal posture on the Las Vegas Sands lease of the Nassau Hub property, it is crucial to emphasize the astounding engagement and public outcry for progress by more than 65,000 tradeswomen and tradesmen in our communities, a sentiment that cannot and

Denmark-based Orsted and New England utility Eversource announced last month the completion of the first of 12 turbines for the South Fork project in the waters off Rhode Island and Massachusetts. That turbine and another have been sending power to the LIPA grid at East Hampton since Nov.

An environmental review of a proposed $4 billion casino resort at the Nassau Coliseum will forge ahead in the Town of Hempstead despite a legal battle over whether county lawmakers improperly struck a deal with developer Las Vegas Sands. 

The approval of the three-year contract from the members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists announced Tuesday night by union leaders was no certainty, with some prominent members voicing dissent on the deal their negotiators bargained for.

The $8 million resurfacing project on the parkway will cover about 36 lane miles from Exits 32 to 39, according to Stephen Canzoneri, a spokesman with the state Department of Transportation.

The settlement still needs a judge's approval before it can take effect. The state's Cannabis Control Board did not immediately release the terms of the settlement.