<p>Democrat John Avlon concedes race in the 1st Congressional District to Republican Nick LaLota.</p>


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One councilman moved to officially bar ICE from the range on Tuesday, but the proposal died without a vote because no other town board member seconded the motion. That sparked an outcry from the audience.

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According to court documents, one of the reasons town officials denied a Bethpage mosque's expansion was testimony from a grandmother's complaints about traffic. The mosque's attorneys say no such record exists. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

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