#long-island

#long-island

Brown Harris Stevens of the Hamptons, a branch of one of New York City's oldest and most prestigious real estate firms, wrongfully terminated the contract of a Black real estate agent who raised concerns about racial discrimination there, a federal judge ruled last week.Shauncy Claud, who worked as an independent contractor for the firm for eight months, was awarded $788,000 in back pay, punitive damages against the firm and damages for her emotional distress.

With returning guest Desmond Zantua of the Through the Island podcast, Mike and Dan remember winger Shane Prince, who counted as a big trade deadline acquisition during a dark time and had one very memorable playoff game.An analytic darling at the time, Prince was seen as a possible steal by GM Garth Snow and a player that just needed more of an opportunity.

When New York State began laying the groundwork for its recreational cannabis industry last year, officials cast atoning for the harm done by the war on drugs as a cornerstone of the ambitious plan and promised to give people who were previously convicted of marijuana offenses the first opportunity to sell it legally.

Republican Rep. George Santos of New York, who was indicted on charges of wire fraud and money laundering, has lost his effort to keep the public from learning the names of the people who co-signed his $500,000 bond, according to court records.Santos' attorney Joseph Murray had asked the court to keep the names of the people who guaranteed his half-a-million dollar bond sealed after a motion was filed by multiple news organizations, including CNN, requesting the names be made public.

Indicted Rep. George Santos' attorney has filed a letter asking the judge overseeing the New York Republican's case to keep the names of the people who put up his $500,000 bond sealed.Attorney Joseph Murray objected to a motion by news organizations, including CNN, for the judge to make public the names of the cosigners following Santos' indictment on campaign finance and fraud charges in New York in early May.

Stony Brook University, a public school on Long Island, received a donation of $500 million on Thursday from a foundation formed by an alumnus and a former faculty member, making it the recipient of one of the largest gifts to a university in American history.The donation, which will go toward the school's endowment, will also trigger another $200 million injection of public funds under a donation matching program passed as part of the New York State budget in April.

Chris Messina has a hard time admitting that he's funny.Even after his hilarious turn as a silver-tongued sports agent in Air and six seasons as a drolly charming doctor on the sitcom The Mindy Project, he is surprisingly self-critical when it comes to his comic abilities.Comedy is so hard, he said in a recent video call from his home in Los Angeles, adding an expletive for emphasis.

House Republicans on Wednesday repelled an effort by Democrats to force a vote on expelling Representative George Santos of New York, who was charged last week in a 13-count federal indictment covering wire fraud, unlawful monetary transactions, stealing public funds and lying on financial disclosures.

Little is known about the political views of Daniel Penny, the ex-Marine charged with fatally choking Jordan Neely on a New York City subway.But since Mr. Penny's arrest on Friday on second-degree manslaughter charges, he has been quickly embraced by right-wing political figures and groups.A campaign to raise money for his legal defense set up on GiveSendGo, a self-described Christian crowdfunding site that was also used to raise funds for some of those arrested in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol had raised more than $1.8 million as of Sunday night.

The day after Representative George Santos was charged with wire fraud and money laundering as part of a 13-count federal indictment, he was free to go back to work as a freshman Republican congressman from Long Island.Mr. Santos, who pleaded not guilty, can still vote in the House, and he can still raise money to run for re-election.

By all appearances, the summer of 2020 was a very good time for George Santos.He was pulling in a six-figure salary from a Florida-based investment firm, and he had won the Republican Party's support as a first-time candidate contesting a Long Island House seat.Yet that June, Mr. Santos presented the State of New York with a very different story.

For years, New York law permitted developers to built atop Native American burial sites without taking steps to preserve the ancient remains, making the state one of only four with no meaningful protection for graves on private lands.But that is set to change thanks to a provision included in the state budget deal Gov. Kathy Hochul announced last week.

WASHINGTON As he strode into a bar packed with margarita-sipping young Republicans here the other night, Representative George Santos of New York looked like a man who had finally gotten what he had always wanted.Nevermind the conspicuous giggling or an introducer's reference to bipartisan condemnation that he has inspired.