Nassau County wants to make it illegal to stand within 15 feet of cops
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Nassau County wants to make it illegal to stand within 15 feet of cops

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Nassau County lawmakers want to make it illegal to stand within 15 feet of cops and other emergency workers — but critics say the “buffer zone” would be unconstitutional. Civilians who enter the “zone” for police, firefighters and other first responders during an…

DA to probe Honey the bear abuse allegations at NY animal refuge
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DA to probe Honey the bear abuse allegations at NY animal refuge

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Suffolk County District Attorney’s office is probing allegations of animal neglect at the taxpayer-funded Holtsville Ecology Center in Long Island, following The Post’s reporting on claims its staff mistreated a 27-year-old bear named Honey before she was euthanized last month.  DA Ray…

Phony dentist, 70, busted for practicing out of her LI kitchen, pulling 5 teeth from victim who paid nearly K: DA
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Phony dentist, 70, busted for practicing out of her LI kitchen, pulling 5 teeth from victim who paid nearly $2K: DA

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A 70-year-old Long Island woman allegedly turned her kitchen into an illicit dentist office – disturbingly extracting five teeth from a trusting patient who paid her nearly $2,000, prosecutors said.  Gladys Serrano, 70, was hit with criminal charges this week for running the…

Long Island school superintendent plows into Harley Davidson in drunk-driving crash: cops
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Long Island school superintendent plows into Harley Davidson in drunk-driving crash: cops

ByNews Polite

An outgoing Long Island school district superintendent was busted for drunk driving after critically injuring a motorcyclist in a weekend smash-up, authorities said. Dr. Michael Hynes, 53 – the Superintendent of Schools for the Port Washington Union Free School District – left 63-year-old Alberto Fernandez with serious injuries in the…

Trump’s pick of Lee Zeldin for EPA shows he’s serious about protecting the economy and the environment
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Trump’s pick of Lee Zeldin for EPA shows he’s serious about protecting the economy and the environment

ByNews Polite

President-elect Donald Trump meant it when he vowed to juice the economy by rolling back needless regulations, and nothing proves that more than his choice of ex-Rep. Lee Zeldin to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Zeldin — who in 2022 came closer to becoming New York governor than any Republican…

Phys ed teacher, ‘Cop of the Month’ moonlighted as Long Island pimps for ring that ran two brothels: DA
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Phys ed teacher, ‘Cop of the Month’ moonlighted as Long Island pimps for ring that ran two brothels: DA

ByNews Polite

A school teacher and veteran police officer repeatedly named “Cop of the Month” moonlighted as pimps in a Long Island prostitution ring that ran two brothels, prosecutors said Tuesday. The duo — Steven Arey, 53, and George Trimigliozzi, 55 — worked as managers at a Holbrook brothel dubbed the American…

Raps dropped against Gotti kin over wig-pulling high-school hoops brawl: ‘Feels great’
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Raps dropped against Gotti kin over wig-pulling high-school hoops brawl: ‘Feels great’

ByNews Polite

Assault raps against Mafia scion John Gotti Jr.’s wife and daughter were dropped Tuesday in a case involving a wild brawl at a youth basketball game on Long Island, officials said. Kimberly Gotti, 55, and Gianna Gotti, 23 — the daughter-in-law and granddaughter of infamous late Mafioso John Gotti Sr….

Rep. Anthony D’Esposito maintains he’s ‘upheld the highest ethical standards’ after report he gave alleged mistress K-per-month district office job
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Rep. Anthony D’Esposito maintains he’s ‘upheld the highest ethical standards’ after report he gave alleged mistress $2K-per-month district office job

ByNews Polite

Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY) maintained Monday that he has “upheld the highest ethical standards” after a report claimed the Long Island congressman hired an alleged mistress to work in his district office.  The New York Times reported that D’Esposito, 42, paid Devin Fass – the woman he was allegedly having…

Trump gaining in surprise new stronghold as crime, migrants shift blue voters right
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Trump gaining in surprise new stronghold as crime, migrants shift blue voters right

ByNews Polite

UNIONDALE, NY – The shift of two major New York City suburbs to the political right could be a boon for former President Trump on Election Day, according to insiders on both sides of the aisle. Traditionally purple, if not leaning blue, Long Island’s Nassau and Suffolk counties went solidly red in the…