Lorena Mongelli

1 week ago | newsday.com | Lorena Mongelli

A federal EPA measure intended to ban and phase out TCE, a toxin commonly found in contaminated groundwater, including on Long Island, has been delayed, first by a Trump executive order and then litigation. Parts of the rule related to workplace safeguards remain suspended for certain industries due to the court battleand there is a move in Congress to do away with the measure. The toxin, Trichloroethylene, known as TCE, has been linked to kidney cancer, liver cancer, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Lorena Mongelli

One year after a rare earthquake rattled Long Island, scientists have discovered continued seismic activity near the New Jersey epicenter of that tremblor — with the most recent microquake recorded by the United States Geological Survey last week. On March 25, about five miles from the epicenter of last year’s quake, geologists recorded a 0.7 magnitude earthquake in Califon, New Jersey, according toUSGS geophysicist Dara Goldberg, who is based in Colorado.

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Lorena Mongelli

Traffic congestion continues to aggravate some motorists as a yearslong, $19 billion makeover remains ongoing at Kennedy Airport, but officials from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said this week that progress is being made on the overall project.

3 weeks ago | newsday.com | Lorena Mongelli

Despite a drop in the number of lasers directed at aircrafts last year, incidents remain too high, putting the safety of a pilot and everyone else on board at risk, according to Federal Aviation Administration officials. The FAA received 12,840 reports of laser strikes from pilots in 2024, down 3% since 2023 when a record number of incidents were reported, according to an agency report.

3 weeks ago | newsday.com | Lorena Mongelli

When Sergio Arias Cestoni opened his eyes in a hospital bed last month, his body pulsed with three new organsand the feeling he'd awakened to a new life. The 47-year-old Queens resident received a heart, kidney and liver at North Shore University Hospital on Feb. 8, during the first-ever triple transplant of those organs on Long Island, according to hospital officials and the nonprofit that operates the nation’s transplant system.