Bahar Ostadan
Reporter at Newsday
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Nassau pet owners convicted of leaving animals in a hot car could face a year in jail under new bill
4 days ago |
newsday.com | Bahar Ostadan
Nassau residents convicted of leaving their pet in a scorching hot car could face up to a year in jail under a new bill that enacts harsher punishments for animal abuse than the state’s law. State law punishes anyone convicted of confining an animal in a car during extremely hot or cold temperatures with fines ranging from $50 to $100.
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5 days ago |
newsday.com | Bahar Ostadan
Meteorologists are warning of an extended period of extreme heat on Long Island beginning Sunday and lasting at least into Tuesday night. The peak of extreme heat is expected to hit Monday and Tuesday, with temperatures in the mid- to upper-90s. The heat combined with humidity will make it feel like 100 degrees on Long Island and higher in New York City, according to the National Weather Service.
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2 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Bahar Ostadan
June 12, 2025 9:12 pmLong Island U.S. Rep. Nick LaLota and another Republican colleague changed their votes Thursday, saving an endangered House bill that slashes more than $9 billion from PBS, NPR and the U.S. Agency for International Development. The house narrowly voted to pass the bill, which aims at clawing back money previously allocated to USAID and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR, PBS and thousands of public radio and television stations nationwide.
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2 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Bahar Ostadan
Nassau University Medical Center’s newly revamped board voted to oust the hospital’s CEO weeks before her scheduled last day, appointing Northwell Health executive Dr. Richard Becker to the chair seat. The board placed Megan Ryan, who announced her resignation as CEO last week and was set to leave her post on July 20, on administrative leave effective immediately. Becker, the former CEO of several hospitals, will replace her beginning Tuesday evening.
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3 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Bahar Ostadan
Suffolk County police were investigating a crash that left a motorcyclist dead in Farmingville on Sunday afternoon. A 38-year-old man was driving a Ford Explorer south on Blue Point Road at around 1:15 p.m. when he tried to turn left onto Pinedale Avenue and collided with a northbound 2018 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle, police said in a news release. The motorcyclist, Brenda Ingraham, 28, of Farmingville, was pronounced dead at Stony Brook University Hospital, police said.
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