The State Health Department has released a list of 22 nursing homes on Long Island, including homes in Lynbrook, Glen Cove and Long Beach, where residents have died from the coronavirus epidemic. The …
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By James Bernstein
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4/18/20
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Villa Formia Pizzeria sends a weekly donation of pizza pies to local hospitals to support front-line workers treating Covid-19 patients.
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By Nicole Alcindor
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4/16/20
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The housing market, locally and across the state, was set for a steady upswing this spring, but that came to a screeching halt when the coronavirus pandemic began. Now the real estate industry may …
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By Brian Stieglitz
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4/16/20
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After seeing their community reduced to blocks full of closed or diminished businesses and a public hospital inundated with new patients, the leaders of the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce were …
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By Brian Stieglitz
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4/15/20
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About 800 000 people in New York State applied for unemployment benefits this week, Gov.Andrew Cuomo said Friday, setting an all-time one week record. Nationwide, 6.6 million applied for such …
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By James Bernstein
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4/10/20
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Last month, two days before Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered non-essential businesses to close, Chris Hackert, owner of the East Meadow Florist, put 500 green carnations on display outside his storefront on …
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By Brian Stieglitz
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4/9/20
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Cipriano Nursery and Florist, in East Meadow, would under normal circumstances be gearing up for its annual Easter festival, which was set to take place this weekend. Manager Maria Cipriano was …
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By Brian Stieglitz
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4/9/20
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Donald Clavin announced a $40 million stimulus package yesterday “in an effort to get people back to work once it is safe to do so.”
Clavin said the money …
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By J.D. Freda
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4/8/20
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Covid-19 has completely changed the way we all live. But along with worrying about keeping themselves and their families healthy, thousands of small business owners across New York state are losing sleep over . . .
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4/2/20
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The Long Island Association, a regional business advocacy group, was supposed to host its spring luncheon Friday, featuring retired Yankee great Alex Rodriguez, but instead it held an hour-long webinar to offer information and advice on how businesses can stay alive during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/27/20
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