Synopsis
Join the WHPC staff for a weeks look at the stories shaping the Long Island community. Hosted by NCC alumnus Bill McIntyre. Listen as Newsday reporters talk about the stories they bring us in print and online every day.
Episodes
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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran & Comptroller Jack Schnirman Live
12/04/2019 Duration: 57minWHPC welcomes Nassau County Executive Laura Curran & Comptroller Jack Schnirman talk about the 2020 Census, The Nassau Hub, and more issues affecting Nassau County.
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New anti-Belmont group has $650G in funding
06/04/2019 Duration: 16minJim 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.
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Nassau ranked No. 2, Suffolk 16th among healthiest counties in state
23/03/2019 Duration: 11minDavid Olsen of Newsday talks about how Nassau County ranked the second-healthiest county in the state, according to a new study.
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Cuomo: Bill to legalize marijuana dropped from proposed budget
23/03/2019 Duration: 09minMichael Gormley from Newsday talks about how Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he was dropping his proposal to legalize marijuana from the proposed state budget.
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High cost of child care forcing LI parents to make tough choices
16/03/2019 Duration: 16minNewsday'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.
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Recap: Three dead in LIRR train collision
04/03/2019 Duration: 10minAlfonso 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.
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Audit: More than 10 million Americans feeling SALT cap pain
04/03/2019 Duration: 19minNewsday'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.
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Some LI communities socked by high auto insurance rates
25/02/2019 Duration: 12minNewsday 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.
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Hospitals, feeling a financial squeeze, look to keep patients healthier
11/02/2019 Duration: 25minDavid 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.
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Retail reset: Grocery wars, stores closing, discounters growing
04/02/2019 Duration: 15minTony N. Parrish from Newsday talks about how Long Island's retail landscape, like that of other regions across the country, is evolving.
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Long Island school districts on the lookout for substitute teachers
04/02/2019 Duration: 08minNewsday reporter Joie Tyrell talks about how Long Island school districts face a pressing need for substitute teachers.
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Increased cleaning efforts include ditching duct tape on LIRR trains
28/01/2019 Duration: 15minAlfonso 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.
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North Hempstead votes to ban sale of marijuana for recreational use
22/01/2019 Duration: 17minNewsday 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.
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Study: LIers pay $719 a year for riding on rough roads
14/01/2019 Duration: 13minRobert 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.
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Safety, emergency response time concerns raised at Islanders arena hearings
14/01/2019 Duration: 10minLaura 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.
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Nassau Hub developers pitch $1.5B commercial, residential development
30/11/2018 Duration: 15minZac 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.
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Big Long Island wins help Democrats take control of State Senate
09/11/2018 Duration: 19minNewsday'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.
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LI school districts on alert about student vaping
29/10/2018 Duration: 12minJoie 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.
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NYC confirms first pediatric flu death of the season
29/10/2018 Duration: 10minLisa 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.
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Another unpredictable flu season begins on Long Island
08/10/2018 Duration: 13minNewsday'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.