Suffolk County legislators are amending parts of a highly contested bill that would cap salaries of executives at nonprofits in contract with the county.
The exotic pet trade has become an alarming trend on Long Island, driven by social media and encounters that blur the lines between wild animals and pets.
Three Democrat-led funding requests have advanced in the Republican-majority Nassau County Legislature, signaling the end of a monthslong partisan divide.
“The LGBTQ+ community across the world calls me ‘mom,’” proudly declares Long-Island-based, world-renowned poet Rusty Rose. “I am known as the mother of the movement, having been at the Stonewall.” Rusty Rose—literary name Rita B. Rose—is an international poet and Long Island’s first LGBTQ+ poet laureate. Just this year, she was voted Best Poet…