Robert Pelaez

Robert Pelaez

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McCormack family files wrongful death action against Durst’s second wife

The family of Robert Durst’s first wife, Kathleen McCormack Durst, filed a wrongful death action against the late real estate

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Blank Slate Media to host virtual interview with Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt Feb. 17

Blank Slate Media will host a virtual interview with Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, with a discussion

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FEMA to provide Temple Tikvah with $335K in funds to repair damages caused by Ida

After experiencing severe damages and flooding caused by Hurricane Ida in September, New Hyde Park’s Temple Tikvah will receive $335,000

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Judge’s stay on previous masking verdict leaves school districts in a frenzy

After a Nassau County justice overturned Gov. Kathy Hochul’s statewide mask mandate on Monday, Appellate Judge Robert J. Miller “stayed,”

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Thomaston Landmarks Preservation Committee to meet on Feb. 8

The Village of Thomaston’s Landmarks Preservation Commission will meet on Feb. 8, when the decision on the former Belgrave Motors

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Executive order allows Nassau Police Department to publish bail status, case information of repeat offenders

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed an executive order last week that permits the county’s Police Department to disclose if

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Curran freezes Nassau’s property values for second consecutive year: report

Former Nassau County Executive Laura Curran froze the county’s residential property values for the  2023-24 tax year before she left

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Mental health experts say pandemic, social media to have lingering effects throughout younger generation

A panel of mental health experts discussed how the coronavirus pandemic, social media and living in a world filled with

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Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, 77, dies in federal custody

After being convicted of political corruption in 2018, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver made a desperate plea to have his

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McCormack’s lawyer calls on Westchester DA to resign after citing ‘missed opportunities’ in murder probe

Robert Abrams, an attorney who represents the family of Kathleen McCormack Durst, called on Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah

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Roslyn High School’s Hailee Youn named North Shore’s lone Regeneron finalist

Roslyn High School senior Hailee Youn was one of seven students throughout Long Island and 40 throughout the world named

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DeSena says no progress has been made throughout town board following contentious meeting

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena said no progress has been made in keeping partisan politics out of the town

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Nassau’s COVID-19 positivity rate falls

On Jan. 5, nearly 7,000 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in Nassau County, which had a seven-day positivity

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Plans for Kollel Ohr Haemet Temple remodel, 14 townhouses presented to Village of Great Neck trustees

Initial plans for remodeling the Kollel Ohr Haemet Temple on 112 Steamboat Road and development of 14 townhouses adjacent to

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Pennsylvania men arrested in Williston Park for alleged auto stripping

Three men from Pennsylvania were arrested in Williston Park last week after allegedly stealing a catalytic converter in New Hyde

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