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More than 60 Long Island schools had drinking water with lead levels that blew past new state maximums, according to newly released data from the Department of Health. Over 40 Suffolk County school districts and more than 20 Nassau districts had test results from faucets or water fountains that showed lead levels exceeded 5 parts […]

A state judge has nixed a controversial plan to open a city homeless shelter for ex-cons and drug addicts steps from a lower Manhattan elementary school. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron said the city failed to fully consider “all potential negative effects” of the 106-bed facility planned for a former Hampton Inn at 320 […]

A 12-year-old boy threatened to carry out an act of “mass harm” at his Long Island middle school by posting a photo of gun on social media — forcing the school to cancel all classes for the day, according to cops and the district. The pre-teen posted the disturbing photo on Instagram, prompting Suffolk County […]