Stacey Sager

1 month ago | abc7ny.com | Stacey Sager

MINEOLA, Long Island (WABC) -- The road to become a physician is filled with several important milestones, and Friday was one of them. It's called Match Day, when future physicians learn where they will land a residency position that will proved the critical hands on training they will need. For one couple from Long Island, it was especially significant because they were first student's from their medical school to enroll as a couple hoping to land residency at the same medical facility.

1 month ago | abc7ny.com | Stacey Sager

PORT WASHINGTON, Long Island (WABC) -- While some spectators will be glued to their TVs to watch the NCAA tournament this weekend, on Long Island, many eyes will be on the Port Washington boy's high school basketball team. They are just two ins away from a state title. The last time the Vikings were this close to the championship, Harry Truman was president. They say good things come to those who wait -- and the Port Washington Vikings have waited 79 years.

1 month ago | abc7ny.com | Stacey Sager

NASSAU COUNTY, Long Island (WABC) -- It's been four years since someone threw acid into a young woman's face on Long Island, and yet, all this time later, the suspect has yet to be caught. For the victim, Nafiah Ikram, every day marks a new challenge in her road to recovery. While she says she has made progress, she says now is the time for the suspect who attacked her to surrender. "If I'm already tormenting myself because I don't know who did this to me...

2 months ago | abc7ny.com | Stacey Sager

MATTITUCK, Long Island (WABC) -- Local businesses are bracing for impact in the ongoing trade war, including liquor stores, restaurants and wineries on Long Island that are adjusting their business models to keep up with the daily tariff changes. Macari Vineyards on Long Island's North Fork, a winery that has weathered just about everything for three generations, is now forced to contemplate what the next three weeks may hold. Keep in mind, this is an American winery.

2 months ago | abc7ny.com | Stacey Sager

GREENVALE, Nassau County (WABC) -- A long COVID survivor is still recovering five years after the pandemic first swept across the world. Brian Jaffe has pulmonary rehab twice a week for at least an hour with his vitals always monitored and his oxygen is a permanent appendage. It's a far cry from his celebratory release from the hospital five years ago. "I still have pulmonary fibrosis, I still have a narrowed airway," Jaffe said.