Payton Guion

Jan 23, 2025 | newsday.com | Payton Guion

The Town of Hempstead issued more than 80,000 school bus camera tickets over the last two years in and around school districts that never agreed to participate in the controversial program, a Newsday investigation found. The tickets, issued within the Baldwin, Hempstead, Lawrence and Valley Stream 13 districts, represent more than a quarter of all school bus camera citations issued in the town in 2023 and 2024, according to data provided by town officials.

Nov 13, 2024 | newsday.com | Payton Guion

Barbara Lorge was heading to Deer Park for a manicure, like she does every two weeks. After leaving her Dix Hills home, Lorge, now 78, turned right onto Deer Park Avenue, a divided highway of two traffic lanes on either side of a median, with driveways and side streets branching off. Across the grassy chasm that morning in September 2022, Lorge saw a school bus stopped for a pickup. Cars behind the bus waited for students to board.

Nov 13, 2024 | newsday.com | Payton Guion

More than 70% of the school bus camera tickets from 2023 were issued on streets that students do not cross when getting on or off the bus, an exclusive Newsday investigation found, raising questions about whether the bus camera program is primarily about student safety or producing money for the county. The map below shows the locations of roughly 60,000 tickets issued where students do not cross. Click a point for more information or use the magnifying glass to search tickets issued by ZIP code.

Sep 26, 2024 | newsday.com | Payton Guion

Federal prosecutors say New York City Mayor Eric Adams solicited illicit campaign contributions from foreign nationals and accepted free and upgraded luxury travel accommodations that he failed to disclose. Adams used his influence as Brooklyn borough president and later as mayor to benefit the government of Turkey, which the feds allege was behind the bribes, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday.

Sep 8, 2024 | newsday.com | Payton Guion

Drivers in the Town of Hempstead last year were hit with nearly 40,000 more school bus camera tickets than drivers in Suffolk County, despite having half the population. BusPatrol America, a Virginia-based company that runs the school bus camera programs, recorded 140,456 violations in Hempstead in 2023, compared with 103,532 in Suffolk. The town’s population is 793,409, while Suffolk is home to more than 1.5 million people.