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A Nassau County judge has issued a $250 fine against the owners of Long Island's second-largest nursing home for ignoring a contempt order and failing to make a $2.65 million payment toward the health care benefits of the facility's roughly 440 employees.

When Starbucks barista Florentino Escobar first heard that the Supreme Court had taken up a case involving him and six of his co-workers from Memphis, Tenn., he was shocked.

"I was like, 'Wait, the Supreme Court? Like we're talking the U.S. Supreme Court?'" he says.

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ALBANY — The new New York State budget agreement is set to include new ideas to crack down on three persistent problems that have exploded in recent years: Illegal cannabis shops, retail theft and toll evasion on bridges and highways.

An Albany-based consultant who used to help oversee nursing homes statewide will serve as an independent health care monitor at Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation, managing patient care at the troubled Woodbury facility.

“I think our chances are excellent,” said Kelcey Smith, 48, who has worked in the VW plant’s paint department for a year and is a member of a committee working to build support for the U.A.W. “The energy is high. I think we are going to nail it.”

ALBANY — The State Legislature on Thursday began passing a $237 billion state budget that would launch an effort to make New York a leader in artificial intelligence development, combat a spike in infant mortality and criminalize AI abuse, according to bills that were made public.