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Newsday InvestigatesSuffolk tax rolls have been frozen for decades. On the East End, challenges have skyrocketed.

Tax protests in 2025 were up 50% or more in Southold, Riverhead, East Hampton and Shelter Island, a Newsday data analysis found.

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Tall ship Kalmar Nyckel sails into Greenport next week

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First in NewsdayAnimal advocate made slanderous comments about town employee, judge rules

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She picks up litter and neighbors in need of a ride

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Man allegedly sexually abused girl, 12, he met on Snapchat, police say

Contractor accidentally unearths long-lost time capsule

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Only in NewsdayLI pizza festival tickets are on sale

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Crime

Breaking NewsNassau police arrest 6 people, seize 47 guns during weapons trafficking crackdown

Law enforcement officials called the action one of the largest firearm trafficking crackdowns in the county's history.

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DeportedImmigration crackdown sowing uncertainty on LI farms. 'It could be game over.'

Deportation fears have driven some migrants to self-deport, while farmers worry that other workers could lose their protected status.

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MORE ON THIS TOPICHow special visas allow LI farmers and others to keep immigrant workers Broken families. Disappearing workers. Empty classroom desks. How the ICE crackdown is reshaping LI.Complete coverage: Immigration on Long Island

Only in NewsdayJones Beach concert eats: Top spots for before or after a show

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First in NewsdayMike Francesa sells Manhasset home for $7.5 million

Only in NewsdayDramatic weight loss from GLP-1s keeping LI's plastic surgeons busy

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First in NewsdaySuffolk seeks to take over Plum Island from feds

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Only in NewsdayIn Commack, high schoolers' Wiffle ball league cultivates community

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First in NewsdayTown approves Sbarro family's plan for waterfront hub after heated 5-hour hearing

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Only in NewsdayHempstead laundry company agrees to pay $400G in back wages to workers

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New Breeze Airways route from MacArthur Airport

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Cyclospora cases likely to increase through August, CDC says

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Sex Next DoorMap: These LI massage spas have been raided as officials attempt to disrupt sex trade

LI weightlifter kept pumping iron while collecting $100G in disability benefits, officials say

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Town settles with golf course developer to sell it strip of land for $10M

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Newsday InvestigatesSuffolk brothel cop repeatedly ignored emergency calls before indictment

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Some Kratom sales restricted in Suffolk

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LI school athletic director dies at 42

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First in NewsdayLI man sentenced to 2½ years in prison for scheme to steal $3M in COVID relief

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Driver Alberto Ayala killed, 3 hurt after car hits utility pole

Officials issue water alert for East End amid drought

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Nassau backs program to help police with neurodiverse people

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First in NewsdayMall owner pitches LI town for approvals

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First in NewsdaySbarro family's bid to transform LI waterfront hub to be heard by Town today

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Cyclospora cases rising on LI

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McDonald's responds to town about proposal to build at busy intersection

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LI police fired after internal investigation

LI police were fired after videos showed them kicking a handcuffed man and lying about a crash, newly obtained records reveal. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

MORE ON THIS TOPICLI police fired after videos show them kicking handcuffed man, lying about crash, records reveal