Brandon Cruz

1 week ago | nypost.com | Brandon Cruz

An illegal immigrant accused of savagely beating his 2-month-old daughter to death on Long Island did so because he couldn’t get her to stop crying, prosecutors said. Marlon Rabanales-Pretzantzin, 20, pleaded not guilty in court Wednesday afternoon to allegedly flying into a violent rage on March 7 — leaving his infant daughter, Liseyda, with several broken ribs, bruises on her head, a dislocated spine, and severe hemorrhaging in her neck.

2 weeks ago | nypost.com | Brandon Cruz

A mob of some 100 angry residents angrily ripped plans for a pot shop in Islip Monday — and demanded that local leaders ban marijuana sales, which they fear will turn kids in the Long Island town into a bunch of doped out zombies. Most speakers slammed the Town Board for even considering the proposal and argued the potential tax revenue — projected to be millions of dollars — is not worth the consequences of promoting what they described as a gateway drug.

2 weeks ago | nypost.com | Brandon Cruz

A Long Island town was left with no candidates for its top elected job when the Democrat and Republican picks both declined their nominations and left their parties scrambling. Political leaders in Hempstead — the largest town by population in the US — have until Friday to find replacements after incumbent Republican town Supervisor Don Clavin and Democratic challenger Justin Brown declined the backing of their parties on Monday.

2 weeks ago | nycdailypost.com | Brandon Cruz

Long Island will no longer be receiving $111 million in federal funding for projects throughout both Nassau and Suffolk Counties because of the belt-tightening budget recently passed by the U.S. Senate.

2 weeks ago | nypost.com | Brandon Cruz

The FBI is investigating bombshell allegations of a scheme by top Long Island and New York officials to shut down Nassau University Medical Center, the public hospital’s chairman told The Post on Monday. NUMC chief Matthew Bruderman revealed he is “cooperating” with the agency, as well as the Department of Justice, in a probe of his claims that the hospital was robbed of more than $1 billion over decades to ensure its failure.