Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray has said, “Development is coming” to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale. The question is, will the New York Islanders be there to anchor the property when all is said and done? Or will Long Island’s only professional sports franchise move to Queens or Brooklyn, or even to Kansas City or Ontario? more

In response to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's and Department of Health's May report on synthetic turf, Environment and Human Health Inc., a nonprofit group based in North Haven, Conn., issued a rebuttal listing its concerns with the state's findings. Environment and Human Health describes itself as "an organization dedicated to protecting human health from environmental harms through research, education and the promotion of sound public policy." The group comprises "doctors, public health professionals and policy experts committed to the reduction of environmental health risks to individuals." more