Alan Parente News Today

A private 39-acre estate in Long Island has long been the subject of controversy since the Soviets purchased it in 1946. Residents demand they pay taxes and claim its a Russian spy hub.

Email The path to winning appointment to Long Island’s highly paid police forces has been more than three times tougher for Black would-be officers than for white applicants and twice as tough for Hispanic job seekers in recruitment by the Nassau and Suffolk County departments, a Newsday investigation has found. With thousands more people seeking jobs than the number needed by the two forces, the investigation revealed that since 2012, each county’s hiring process rejected minorities at ra...