This Week's Long Island News

WHPC welcomes Nassau County Executive Laura Curran & Comptroller Jack Schnirman talk about the 2020 Census, The Nassau Hub, and more issues affecting Nassau County.

Jim Baumbach and Candice Ferrette from Newsday talk about a new community group with $650,000 in funding that is mounting strong opposition to the $1.2 billion plan to build an arena for the New York Islanders, along with a retail and entertainment complex on state land at Belmont Park.

David Olsen of Newsday talks about how Nassau County ranked the second-healthiest county in the state, according to a new study.

Michael Gormley from Newsday talks about how Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he was dropping his proposal to legalize marijuana from the proposed state budget.

Newsday's Daysi Calavia-Robertson talks about how the high cost of day care is squeezing Long Island parents, many of whom say services are so unaffordable it makes more financial sense for one parent to stop working and stay home with the kids, to limit their families to one child, or to move to another state.

Alfonso Castillo from Newsday talks about how two Long Island Rail Road trains struck a vehicle “trying to beat the gate” at a grade crossing Tuesday night in Westbury, killing the vehicle's three occupants before the westbound train derailed, forcing the evacuation of nearly 1,000 passengers and crew.

Newsday's Robert Brodsky talks about how nearly 11 million Americans nationwide would have been capped from deducting more than $323 billion in state and local taxes in 2017 because of changes enacted in the GOP's tax reform legislation.

Newsday reporter Tory Parrish discusses how average car insurance rates are higher than they’ve ever been nationwide, with four out of five Americans seeing price increases over the past year, especially on Long Island.

David Reich-Hale from Newsday talks about how an aging Long Island population that is making more and more use of Medicare and lower-income patients on Medicaid are placing a financial squeeze on hospitals.

Tony N. Parrish from Newsday talks about how Long Island's retail landscape, like that of other regions across the country, is evolving.

Newsday reporter Joie Tyrell talks about how Long Island school districts face a pressing need for substitute teachers.

Alfonso Castillo talks with Zac Turkel about The Long Island Rail Road’s heightened efforts to clean and beautify its stations and trains including doing away with the longtime practice of patching up torn train seats with duct tape.

Newsday reporter Kristopher Brooks talks about how North Hempstead has banned the sale of recreational marijuana within its boundaries, becoming the first Nassau County town to do so.

Robert Brodsky from Newsday talks about how potholes are costing Long Islanders money - and also speaks briefly on the Nassau County reassessment that has been in the news.

Laura Albanese from Newsday talks about Safety concerns and questions about emergency response time raised as concerns as residents spoke out about the state’s plan to build an Islanders arena and adjacent retail space at Belmont Park.

Zac Turkel talks to Newsday's Robert Brodsky about how the developers of a proposed $1.5 billion commercial and residential development at the Nassau Hub detailed plans for a "new suburbia" around NYCB Live's Nassau Coliseum.

Newsday's Michael Gormley tells Bill McIntyre about how Democrats seized control of the State Senate from Republicans for only the third time since World War II, flipping as many as four seats on Long Island.

Joie Tyrrell from Newsday talks to Zac Turkel about how more Long Island school districts are sounding an alert about “vaping” and strengthening consequences for students caught on campus with the devices.

Lisa L. Colangelo from Newsday talks to Zac Turkel about how a child from New York City has died of the flu, marking the first pediatric flu-related death of the season.

Newsday's Delthia Ricks talks about how it's still too early to forecast how the new influenza season will play out according to medical experts.