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The man killed when a trench collapsed as he installed cesspool rings outside a Head of the Harbor home was employed by a Bay Shore masonry company previously fined $10,000 for six safety violations, according to OSHA records.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s minimum-wage workers had more than just the new year to celebrate Monday, with a pay bump kicking in as the clock ticked over to 2024.

Long Island's second recreational cannabis dispensary opened its doors Tuesday in East Farmingdale.

On Long Island, around 700 union building cleaners at office buildings, educational institutions and medical facilities could be out on strike as early as Jan. 1, according to union officials with Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union.

The valets, members of the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union Local 1102 of Woodbury, rallied in front of the hospital Thursday to bring attention to their Dec. 1 layoffs and call for reinstatement to their positions.

More than 2,100 New York State employees represented by either the Public Employees Federation or the Civil Service Employees Association will receive an average of $1,375 in backpay for overtime hours worked during the COVID-19 pandemic.