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Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for Suffolk County, as well as Nassau, NYC and several upstate counties, late Monday morning.
Several roadways such as the Long Island Expressway could face travel bans if snowfall rates reach the expected two to three inch per hour rate, according to the governor. A travel advisory also notes that delays should be expected on the Long Island Railroad.
“New Yorkers are being urged to avoid all unnecessary travel,” the governor’s office said in a press release.
Anyone who must travel should do so with extreme caution and try to reach their destination before noon, the release said.
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Suffolk County Police loses first member to COVID-19
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Lieutenant Robert Van Zeyl. (Credit: Suffolk County Police Department)
LONG ISLAND - The Suffolk County Police Department has announced the death of its first member due to COVID-19.
Suffolk police say that Lt. Robert Van Zeyl died on January 20 after having tested positive for the virus on January 3.
According to a statement released by the department, Van Zeyl joined the Suffolk County Police Department in 1985 and joined the 5th Precinct after graduating from the academy. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1994, and then to Lieutenant in 2003 and had served as the Commanding Officer of the Applicant Investigation Section and the Administrative Services Bureau before moving to the Second Precinct in 2015.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has again announced plans to legalize the recreational use of marijuana by adults in the state.
The governor first proposed legalizing pot in his 2019 State of the State address. At the time, Suffolk and Nassau counties quickly drafted bills seeking to opt out of allowing recreational marijuana to be sold on Long Island, and Mr. Cuomo dropped the effort later that spring due to lack of support in the state legislature.
But with many neighboring states considering or already allowing the recreational use of marijuana, the state legislature trending more progressive after the 2020 elections, and New York facing a massive budget hole due to the pandemic, Mr. Cuomo said in his State of the State Address Jan. 6 that now is the time to change the law.