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Riverhead Town officials voted Tuesday to remove a 1,000-foot buffer between recreational cannabis shops and residences in the town’s major commercial corridors.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has continued to accuse Hofstra University President Susan Poser of stymying the development of the Las Vegas Sands Casino.

On Long Island, Ørsted and Eversource were selected to negotiate the Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm off Smith Point. This conditional award brings the 924-megawatt project a step closer to development.

County officials, religious leaders, academics and labor representatives came out in support of Long Island’s unionized Starbucks workers Thursday night, gathering to hear testimony from employees about their treatment working for the Seattle-based coffee giant.

A Bay Shore company accused of misclassifying 10 workers and underpaying them $47,000 in wages has been charged with violation of labor laws, Nassau District Attorney Anne Donnelly said.

Baristas at Starbucks locations in Garden City and Old Westbury submitted signed union cards to the National Labor Relations Board Tuesday morning. Local employees of the Seattle-based coffee giant joined workers in 14 states in the coordinated push for unionization.