This Week's Long Island News

Newsday's Delthia Ricks talks about how it's still too early to forecast how the new influenza season will play out according to medical experts.

Bill McIntyre talks with Christine Chung from Newsday about how Long Islanders spoke passionately about the benefits of marijuana, while others warned of potential risks such as youth access at a listening session at Hofstra University to gather community input about the possible state legalization of recreational marijuana.

Newsday's Victor Ocasio talks about how the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency voted to approve tax breaks for the New York Islanders on a nearly $10 million planned renovation at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum.

Newsday's Beth Whitehouse discusses how parents are increasingly requesting tutors for the popular video game, Fortnite.

Newsday's Robert Brodsky discusses how more Long Island drivers were killed in automobile crashes in 2016 with drugs in their blood than with alcohol, reversing a nearly decade long trend.

Kesia Clukey of Newsday talks to Bill McIntyre about how this is the summer of stepping up school security on Long Island.

Robert Brodsky of Newsday talks with Bill McIntyre about how the Nassau County SPCA has confirmed sightings of coyotes in Searingtown earlier this month.

Bill McIntyre talks to Newsday's David Reich-Hale about how Northwell Health has placed armed security guards at 2 hospitals as part of a pilot program to deal with an active shooter situation.

Bill McIntyre talks to Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick J. Ryder about plans to build and fund a $54 million police academy on the grounds of Nassau Community College, and other issues affecting the people of Nassau County.

Anthony Destefano talks with Zac Turkel about the Staten Island woman who scaled the base of the Statue of Liberty on July Fourth.

Delthia Ricks of Newsday talks with Zac Turkel about a cluster of three Long Island communities which were found to have elevated rates of several forms of cancer.

Bill McIntyre talks with Newsday's Daysi Calavia-Robertson about how Long Islanders turned out to say goodbye to Toys R Us stores, the last of which closed last week.

Bill McIntyre talks with Newsday's Yancey Roy about how the Cuomo administration abandoned its proposal to build either a new bridge or tunnel to cross Long Island Sound, an idea that had run into local opposition.

Newsday reporter Candice Ferrett talks about Nassau County Executive Laura Curran formally seeking proposals to develop 72 acres surrounding NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum.

Newsday reporter David Olsen talks about officials from the Town of Oyster Bay encouraging residents to fight back against a proposed tunnel across the Long Island Sound.

Nicole Fuller from Newsday talks to Bill McIntyre about the Mangano Trial mistrial.

Laura Figueroa Hernandez from Newsday talks to Bill McIntyre about President Donald Trump's expected return to Long Island for a forum on the MS-13 gang.

Maura McDermott from Newsday talks to Bill McIntyre about how Long Island housing prices climbed in April as demand for homes outstripped supply.

Newsday's Anthony M. DeStefano talks with Bill McIntyre about how the tourist helicopter that plunged into the East River on Sunday, killing five passengers, suffered no engine problems or flight control malfunctions in the moments before the crash.

Newsday Reporter Andrew Smith talks to Bill McIntyre about how a recently unsealed motion filed by federal prosecutors says money laundering was among the many favors that Harendra Singh performed for former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and gives a trial update.

Newsday's Maura McDermott talks about how Long Island’s housing costs are so high that four in 10 young adults live with relatives, and seven in 10 say they’re likely to move to a less-expensive region within five years.

Newsday's Ted Williams talks about how the Oyster Bay Town Board may delegate its authority to set parking permit fees to an unelected commissioner after it tabled a proposal to increase them by as much as 900 percent.

Newsday's Emily C. Dooley talks with Bill McIntyre about Superstorm Sandy's effects on Long Island, 5 years later.

Newsday reporter David Reich-Hale talks to Bill McIntyre about why some of the nation’s largest and popular retailers have avoided coming to Long Island.

Newsday reporter Carl MacGowan talks about how a state Supreme Court justice has ruled that Islandia village officials erred last year when they granted a permit for Suffolk OTB’s casino at Jake’s 58 hotel.