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By Joseph Ostapiuk
A $5 million sewer expansion project will connect dozens of Sea Cliff homes to the village’s sanitary system, part of a wider effort to reduce nitrogen pollution in Hempstead Harbor.
The project, which officials said could break ground as early as next year, will connect 45 homes on four streets in the village to the sewer system with 2,860 linear feet of piping.
By Joshua Needelman
An Iranian American man from Great Neck Estates who had been held in a notorious Iranian prison for more than a year has been released, according to the U.S. State Department.
Kamran Hekmati, 62, who had been held at Evin Prison in Tehran, is still under an exit ban, which means he cannot leave the country, according to a global nonprofit and U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove).
By John Asbury
Two survivors of human trafficking have teamed up with Rep. Tom Suozzi to pass legislation aimed at helping and protecting other victims.
The Preventing Child Trafficking Act and Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act would fund anti-trafficking programs, including training teachers and school districts to recognize signs of human trafficking.
The bills each have bipartisan support.
By Billy House
A U.S. House and Senate quartet led by Long Island Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi and Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz say they’ve agreed on language for a bill to create buffer zones around houses of worship during religious services.
By Billy House
Rep. Tom Suozzi is urging the Trump administration to renew temporary protected status for the more than 170,000 Salvadorans with that designation across the country, about 17,000 of whom live in New York State.
But the Glen Cove Democrat has received no assurances in an exchange of letters with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin that the status will not be allowed to expire on Sept. 9.
By Billy House
Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi on Thursday requested a federal investigation into whether Vice President JD Vance misused taxpayer dollars for political purposes for an official administrative event he held in Bethpage on Wednesday.
Suozzi notes the event featuring Vance was billed as an official government function to highlight attempts to root out waste, fraud, and abuse.
By Tim Balk
Democrats seized on a surge in oil prices on Sunday, arguing that it was an immediate consequence of the war in Iran that would inflame an affordability crisis, as Republicans sought to downplay the data.