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According to the decision, Smithtown officials said the line will help generate "alternative means for waste disposal given the impending closure of the Brookhaven Landfill," the decision said.

On the home-away-from-home front earlier Tuesday, Schumer told reporters he wouldn’t allow the Trump-era cap on state and local tax deductions (SALT) to continue after it legally expires at the end of next year.

“Our union entered into negotiations in a good faith effort to reach a fair contract, but we have been met at the table by company representatives who were unable to explain their own bargaining proposals and did not seem to have the actual bargaining authority required by the legal obligation to

The Town of Babylon has collected $1.16 million from cannabis sales in East Farmingdale — as part of a 2021 state law — becoming the first Long Island municipality to receive revenues from the recreational dispensaries. 

The Biden-era NLRB has also boosted union campaigns.

The United Auto Workers union has filed unfair labor practice charges against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk after the two discussed on social media about Musk supposedly firing striking workers.