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Newsday InvestigatesLI housing authority favors white seniors over residents of color, disabled people, feds say. Here's how.

The town's housing authority used an unlawful system to curate its waitlist for apartments, according to federal officials.

MORE ON THIS TOPICFailure to offer public housing to disabled people behind denial of redevelopment plans, feds say Franklin Square senior housing development lands $19M in subsidies, tax breaks Mold, roaches and 'life-threatening' hazards: Why these LI public housing facilities failed inspections

Operator charged after boat capsizes, killing woman, infant

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With Long Island home prices at or near record levels, some LIers are turning to modular homes as an alternative. NewsdayTV's Doug Geed and Newsday business reporter Jonathan LaMantia have the details. Credit: Newsday Studios; Newsday / Howard Schnapp; File Footage

'They really have it down to a science' With Long Island home prices at or near record levels, some LIers are turning to modular homes as an alternative. NewsdayTV's Doug Geed and Newsday business reporter Jonathan LaMantia have the details.

Get more on these and other NewsdayTV stories

Forecast: Hot and muggy start to workweek

Man found dead in camper at Shirley park

Islip Terrace man drowns in backyard pool, police say

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Only in NewsdayThe shellfish are mostly gone. Can Oyster Bay bring back the oysters?

Meadowbrook drawbridge reopens after malfunction

Garden City eatery in cleanup mode after fire

Albanese: What's it like calling a Mets series on radio? Listen up, I have a story to tell.

Only in NewsdayYoung Lombard impresses Yankees' Old-Timers: 'Jeter was that way'

Port Washington faces Bayonne (N.J.) on Monday in Metro Region tournament

Motorcyclist killed in East Islip crash

Only in NewsdayNorth Fork BBQ spot hits its stride

Former NYPD chief dies after drowning in his home's pool in Stony Brook

'We call it the powwow sweat': Smaller crowd brings big energy despite heat at Paumanauke Pow Wow

Central Islip mathematics teacher Josephine Menzies McFadzean dies at 68

NYC dismisses Haitian employees who lost their TPS status, Mamdani says

Beach hop with savory stops along LI's coastal bike path

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Picture This: That time an LI nurse killed several patients

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ICE presence once again growing on LI

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LI Works: That's a wrap! Ken tries his hand at wrapping cars

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Out East: Slide into fun at Splish Splash

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Island Park restaurant holds annual clam-eating contest

Volunteers of LI: Kings Park man does his part to preserve nature

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Trying the social media menu at Island Lake Diner

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WWII airman from LI laid to rest 8 decades after his death

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Freeport community comes together for 50th annual canoe race

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Things to do

Only in NewsdaySurf's up: The ultimate guide to 90+ LI beaches

Find fees, lifeguard status, amenities and more so you can swim, sunbathe or build sandcastles at one of Long Island's many beaches.

MORE ON THIS TOPICGuide to LI boardwalks: Long Beach, Jones Beach and more Can't-miss LI summer fairs and festivals: The ultimate guide Summer guide to Montauk: Beaches, dining and outdoor adventures

Can't-miss LI summer fairs and festivals: The ultimate guide

Beach hop with savory stops along LI's coastal bike path

Splash and spray parks on LI

Where to see fireworks this summer on LI

Running on LI: 5K, 10K, marathons, walks and more

LI nostalgia: Picture This

Picture This: That time they caught a Great white shark in Montauk

NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland takes a look back at August 1986 when Donnie Braddick and Frank Mundus caught a great white shark in Montauk.

MORE ON THIS TOPICSee more Long Island news

That time a 'monster' washed ashore in Montauk

Picture This: That time Commack had an arena for concerts and sports

Picture This! That time the stars came out in Westbury

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With Long Island home prices at or near record levels, some LIers are turning to modular homes as an alternative. NewsdayTV's Doug Geed and Newsday business reporter Jonathan LaMantia have the details. Credit: Newsday Studios; Newsday / Howard Schnapp; File Footage

'They really have it down to a science' With Long Island home prices at or near record levels, some LIers are turning to modular homes as an alternative. NewsdayTV's Doug Geed and Newsday business reporter Jonathan LaMantia have the details.

Get more on these and other NewsdayTV stories

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Vietnam vet collects his Purple Heart 58 years after he was shot helping a wounded comrade

Daniel Knote also earned a Bronze Star Medal for his service in Vietnam. But due to a paperwork mistake, the Purple Heart was not listed in his military files — until now.

Only in NewsdayICE presence once again growing on LI, as arrests rise nationwide

Three LI men bike 3,900 miles for the puppies

New brewery opens in LI village

Opinion

Cartoons by Matt Davies

MICHAEL DOBIEAmazonian race bugging scientists

Experts in Brazil are in a hurry to count every species of insect in a small part of the rainforest.

EDITORIALSChallenge to judge could set troubling precedent

CARTOONSSee Matt Davies' latest cartoon

COMMENTARYTrump is aiding a golden age for renewable energy

Beach hop with savory stops along LI's coastal bike path

01:24

Picture This: That time an LI nurse killed several patients

02:35

ICE presence once again growing on LI

02:34

LI Works: That's a wrap! Ken tries his hand at wrapping cars

02:01

Out East: Slide into fun at Splish Splash

02:43

Island Park restaurant holds annual clam-eating contest

Volunteers of LI: Kings Park man does his part to preserve nature

01:58

Trying the social media menu at Island Lake Diner

01:13

WWII airman from LI laid to rest 8 decades after his death

01:46

Freeport community comes together for 50th annual canoe race

01:16

More Long Island

Greenport raises funds for ice rink amid scorching temps

The ice rink had been a winter fixture in the park since 2005, but hasn't opened since 2023 because of failing equipment.

Tri-County Bazaar's 'TikTok Queen' draws an audience — and shoppers — to Levittown

Why doctors worry LIers may not try the new mRNA flu shot

North Fork downtown closer to revitalization with key hotel approval

The MTA says it's 'kinda chic' to take the LIRR. Commuters have thoughts.

Newsday InvestigatesCould the Gilgo Beach serial killer be tied to cold cases from the 1990s?

Nation / World

Western Europe sets new temperature record as heat waves pummel the region

The heat waves roiling Western Europe this summer toppled an average temperature record for the June-July period set in 2022.

Trump's immigration crackdown looms over Minnesota's bruising Senate primary

Don Nelson, second-winningest NBA coach who won 5 titles as a Celtics player, dies at 86

Porter Airlines flight in Canada canceled after child refuses to sit down and buckle up

Russia, Ukraine exchange overnight strikes that leave 7 dead, many injured

Newsday Live

Newsday Live: Jennie Garth talks about career, health and happiness

Sports

Yankees' offense wastes another starting pitcher masterpiece

Cam Schlittler allowed one run, three hits and no walks in seven innings, striking out 11, but the Yankees produced one run and four hits in their 10-inning loss.

MORE ON THIS TOPICLennon: Yankees' anemic offense forcing pitchers to be perfect

Port Washington faces Bayonne (N.J.) on Monday in Metro Region tournament

Lennon: Yankees' anemic offense forcing pitchers to be perfect

5 hits for Bichette, 11 Ks for Manaea as Mets rout Pirates

Investigations

Newsday InvestigatesLI housing authority favors white seniors over residents of color, disabled people, feds say. Here's how.

The town's housing authority used an unlawful system to curate its waitlist for apartments, according to federal officials.

MORE ON THIS TOPICFailure to offer public housing to disabled people behind denial of redevelopment plans, feds say Franklin Square senior housing development lands $19M in subsidies, tax breaks Mold, roaches and 'life-threatening' hazards: Why these LI public housing facilities failed inspections

Newsday InvestigatesICE is arresting immigrants on LI by surveilling parking lots, running license plates

Newsday InvestigatesWoman's fall at LI firehouse parking lot launches police probe, court action

Sex Next DoorWomen arrested at illicit spas in Nassau risk deportation, but not in Suffolk

Only in NewsdayTop BBQ spot closes after nearly a decade

Family-run seafood restaurant closing after 49 years

Only in NewsdayStoried neighborhood bar postpones reopening

Only in NewsdayTop LI taco truck opens 1st restaurant

High School Sports

Gordon Thomas' event on college basketball recruiting process an 'eye-opening' experience

Thomas said he created the event because families are navigating new changes and long-standing rules they may not fully understand.

School enrollment down across Long Island

See changes in enrollment by district.

Entertainment

Elvis is dead, but his leading ladies live on. Here are six memorable co-stars.

Melissa Joan Hart, Paula Hart honored at first Sayville Film Festival

Thanks to 'Spider-Man.' 'Toy Story,' 'The Odyssey,' Hollywood has a sizzling summer

By the time they got to Woodstock, these legendary rock acts had already played LI gigs

Q&A: Ms. Lauryn Hill on the Diaspora Calling! festival in the UK, the Fugees' legacy and D'Angelo

3 takeaways from new season of 'Ted Lasso'

Ariana Grande's new video sets off talk about body and beauty standards — again

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