<p>Smithtown has become the latest Long Island municipality to consider a moratorium on battery energy storage facilities. NewsdayTV&#39;s Virginia Huie reports.</p>


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A trip to the emergency room in a Long Island hospital now averages nearly 4 hours, data shows. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

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