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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Bahar Ostadan

    Nassau police overtime expected to go $10 million over budget (opens the original)

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    The Nassau County Police Department is expected to go at least $10 million over budget on overtime spending this year, a slight improvement from past years when the department exceeded projections by up to $31 million. County Executive Bruce Blakeman has allocated as much as $60 million for overtime pay in the police department in the last several years. Each year, the department spends more than what was approved. From 2023 and 2025, Nassau police went anywhere from $22 million to $31 million o

  2. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Bahar Ostadan

    Nassau residents invited to public hearing to comment on part of county's $4.6B proposed spending plan (opens the original)

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    The process for reviewing the 2027 Nassau County budget is underway, with the first public hearing scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday at the legislative chambers in Mineola. Residents are invited to come give their feedback on Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s proposed $4.6 billion budget, which is available online on the county’s website. Blakeman announced his spending plan earlier this month, which does not raise Nassau’s portion of property tax and accounts for the hiring of three dozen new

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Bahar Ostadan and Sandra Peddie

    77% of Long Islanders want crackdown on illicit massage spas, new poll shows (opens the original)

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    The vast majority of Long Islanders want local officials to ramp up enforcement on illicit massage spas and the landlords who house them, the latest Newsday/Siena University poll shows. The poll released this week shows 77% of Long Islanders want to see that happen. Yet neither Nassau nor Suffolk legislators have passed bills to regulate the issue. This comes even as local police have arrested more than 400 spa workers in recent years for prostitution-related crimes at businesses that reopen hou

  4. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Bahar Ostadan

    Dem-backed bill to punish illicit massage spas in Nassau still under review, Presiding Officer Howard Kopel says (opens the original)

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    After Nassau Democrats introduced a bill to penalize illicit massage spas last month, the county legislature's Republican majority leader did not schedule it for a vote on Monday. The bill, which would be the harshest regulation of illicit massage spas in New York, would slap offending businesses with fines of up to $25,000 and ensure they're properly licensed. Legis. Viviana Russell (D-Westbury) drafted the bill following Newsday’s investigative series "Sex Next Door" that revealed hundreds of

  5. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Bahar Ostadan and John Asbury

    Bruce Blakeman dials back support for Brooklyn candidate who called 9/11 an 'inside job' (opens the original)

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    Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman distanced himself Thursday from a Brooklyn congressional candidate he endorsed who said the Sept. 11 attacks were an "inside job." Blakeman, the Republican candidate for governor, endorsed Joel Anabilah-Azumah following a news conference in Brownsville last week. Anabilah-Azumah is a Republican and Conservative candidate running to unseat Democratic incumbent Yvette Clarke. His endorsement appeared in a video posted on YouTube. On Wednesday, the news outlet

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