By Czarinna Andres Long Island City’s steady transformation continues with a new wave of investment, as Governor Kathy Hochul ...

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The state budget signed by New York Governor Kathy Hochul last week includes investments to build and preserve homes and ...

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US President Trump vowed on Monday to fight for Long Island town to keep its school’s team name and logo after New York State demanded their removal because of a ban on Native American imagery.

The European settlement of what would become New York was led by the Dutch, settling along the Hudson River in 1624. They established the colony of New Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan.