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A court order will allow more than 300 residents at Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation to stay there, for now, after they faced evacuation threats earlier this week.

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A judge is considering a request by the New York Attorney General's Office for a temporary restraining order to block an "emergency evacuation" of a Woodbury nursing home. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

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Federal data shows public housing complexes for seniors on Long Island failed their inspections. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports. 

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State Supreme Court Justice Lisa Cairo on Friday granted a temporary restraining order the New York Attorney General's Office requested.

Ruling stops troubled Woodbury nursing home from 'emergency evacuation' of residents

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Help is available for those struggling with addiction, officials said at a news conference Thursday.

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The funds were initially attached to a spending bill to keep the government open through March.

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The ruling will address a request to block an "emergency evacuation" of the more than 300 residents of Long Island's second-largest nursing home.

Judge's decision expected Friday as AG tries to block Woodbury nursing home evacuation

The Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation was planning an evacuation because it no longer could afford to pay staff.

AG seeks court order to stop 'illegal' evacuation of Woodbury nursing home

There was some vaccine hesitancy before the pandemic, compounded by fatigue when mandates were implemented, one expert said.

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Retired city firefighter Kevin Williams from Patchogue shares his story on receiving a life-saving organ donation. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports. 

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This Thanksgiving, Kenneth Spaeth, a retired NYPD detective and 9/11 first responder, is giving thanks for a new kidney, one that was donated to him by a Yaphank volunteer firefighter who passed away in May. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports. 

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The DeMasi family talks about their 'Thanksgiving miracle' 21 years ago, when baby Gina came home from the hospital after being born four months early.

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Long Island Cares has opened the West Nassau Center for Food Assistance & Community Support in Valley Stream to help those with food insecurity in time for Thanksgiving. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

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As families gather for Thanksgiving dinner, trauma expert Sara Glass says keep the focus on connecting with relatives, not on making a point if political conversations arise.

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Clarke field hockey player Rebecca Palumbo was diagnosed with Stage 3 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. She has since beaten cancer and returned to the sport. NewsdayTV's Jolie Katzen reports.

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Some Long Islanders are concerned over new changes to Medicare's Part D prescription plan, which could drastically raise drug prices. 

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A recent study from the CDC found that high schoolers who experienced racism at school were more likely to turn to substance abuse and/or develop mental distress, Newsday reporter Tiffany Cusaac-Smith has more on this story.

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