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More than 500 caregivers at Mercy Hospital will receive an 18% raise under a new three-year contract, according to their union, 1199SEIU.

State regulators gave Fiorello Pharmaceuticals Inc. permission to open a medical marijuana dispensary in Valley Stream, a move that would bring a sixth such shop to Long Island.

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union said Wednesday it has reached a tentative contract agreement with Ford that could be a breakthrough toward ending the nearly 6-week-old strikes against Detroit automakers.

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the largest state investment in renewable energy in United States history, demonstrating New York’s leadership in advancing the clean energy transition.

"We're not sticking to one pattern, or one system of giving these companies an extra hour or an extra day," said Fain said on Friday morning. "They know what needs to happen, and they know how to get it done."

But, luckily for the Far Rockaway, Queens, resident, Long Island Rail Road employees found the backpack she left behind on a Babylon branch train Monday and got it back to her with its contents intact. The contents: $12,000 in cash.