Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that he was seeking $11.5 million for more after-school and vocational training programs for young people in “high-risk” communities, to prevent them from joining the notorious El Salvadoran gang MS-13.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/18/17
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The saga of the proposed restoration of West Broadway, one of the Five Towns’ vital roads, continues, because, residents contend, truckers driving through the communities are ignoring signs prohibiting the vehicles from using the street.
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By Tyler Marko
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11/22/17
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There is a frightening image of the typical MS-13 member that many Long Islanders carry with them — that of a shirtless, muscled, tattooed, sneering . . .
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11/9/17
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According to authorities, the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway High School in Cedarhurst had a bomb scare on Nov. 8.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/9/17
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FBI officials have confirmed the identities of the murder victims found on Oct. 25 at Cow Meadow Park, at the end of South Main Street in Freeport, and in the woods between Commercial Street in Freeport and Babylon Turnpike in Merrick on Oct. 27.
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By Nadya Nataly
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11/7/17
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“It’s total devastation — countless cars are ruined, the boardwalk is ruined, people’s homes,” Sgt. Eric Cregeen told me the day after Hurricane Sandy . . .
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11/2/17
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Authorities reportedly discovered human remains in the woods between Freeport and Merrick on Saturday morning.
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By Nadya Nataly and Scott Brinton
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10/27/17
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Human remains were found at Cow Meadow Park in Freeport on Wednesday, according to the FBI’s Long Island Gang Task Force and Nassau County police. The discovery follows another recent case in which a Freeport High School teen was found dead in nearby Roosevelt, likely the victim of the notorious El Salvadoran gang MS-13.
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By Nadya Nataly
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10/25/17
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Idalia Maria-Moreno, 13, of Lawrence, who was last seen at her home on Sept. 28 at 7:20 a.m. has been found, police said.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/20/17
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Security officers that patrol the Village of Hewlett Harbor have been trained to administer Narcan, and were each give a single-use supply kit. Narcan is a lifesaving drug that is proven to reverse the fatal effects of an opiate overdose.
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10/6/17
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