This Week's Long Island News

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with Newsday's Scott Eidler about Republican leaders saying Nassau's 2022-23 tentative tax roll failed to include reductions that homeowners received through legal settlement notices, and with Newsday's Mark Harrington about LIPA's struggles to renegotiate its contract with PSEG.

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with Faith Jessie, Anchor at Newsday, about her reporting "Back in the Red Zone" about how Long Island hospitals are handling the second wave of the coronavirus, and Newsday reporter Michael O'Keefe about police reform in Nassau County and other local issues.

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo welcome Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder back to the show to discuss the new NCPD Academy's Progress, snowstorm response in the county, the Index Crime report and more.

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman about addressing the economic issues impacting Long Islanders. Including student debt, a new prescription discount program, increasing the minimum wage to a living wage, Childcare costs, NCC, & much more.

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with Don Clavin, Town of Hempstead Supervisor, and Kate Murray, their Town Clerk, about issues affecting the township, including COVID & the vaccine rollout, tax changes, and other issues raised by concerned citizens.

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with Nassau County Executive Laura Curran to get updates on the COVID vaccine rollout in Nassau County. They also discuss preparations for Inauguration Day security and the big Islanders win! Then, Newsday's Robert Brodsky calls in to discuss the Local vaccination sites & what to do after you receive 1st dose. As well as, the disturbing violent insurrection at the U.S. Capital & other stories he & Newsday colleagues covered during the week.

Bil McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with Joie Tyrrell from Newsday about how school costs related to COVID-19 are expected to exceed more than $105.5 million for 2020-21 on Long Island.

Bill McIntyre talk with Legislator John Ferretti Jr., (R, Levittown), about Governor Cuomo's plan to test 20% of schools for COVID and how Nassau County is making it happen. PLUS, Robert Brodsky from Newsday discusses the latest on the COVID vaccine, the opioid epidemic, and possible changes to SALT (tax) deductions in New York.

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with Dr. Jessica Rosati, Chief of Programs and Services at Long Island Cares, the Harry Chapin Food Bank, about food insecurity issues on Long Island 9 months into the pandemic.

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with Mark Harrington from Newsday about how a top state investigator has recommended LIPA "evaluate terminating" PSEG Long Island as the region's utility while suing to force PSEG to fulfill its contract obligations.

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with Nassau County Executive Laura Curran about the latest increases in the COVID rates in the county and other updates regarding the pandemic.

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with Yancey Roy from Newsday about the results of the 2020 Election, both for the President as well as all of the local Long Island races, and what they mean for the future of its residents.

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with Scott Eidler and Yancey Roy from Newsday about early voting on Long Island, the races that matter most to Long Island's political future, and a glimpse of the latest poll results for the Presidential election.

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with Dr. Sara Siddiqui, MD FAAP, from NYU Langone Huntington Medical Group, about how schools have been handling the COVID pandemic from her health perspective and what we can all do to be safe.

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with Victor Ocasio from Newsday about how Long Island's unemployment rate dropped sharply in September 2020, but the decrease was not due to residents getting back to work.

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with LIRR President Phillip Eng, and Newsday Transit Reporter Alfonso Castillo, about all of the updates surrounding the trains in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with the President of Nassau Community College, Jermaine F. Williams, about how the College handled the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring, how it adjusted this Fall, the plans for Spring 2021, and more.

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin, and Town Clerk Kate Murray, about issues affecting the residents of America's largest township, including COVID, food insecurity, Cares Act funding, vacuum cleaners (!) and more.

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with Newsday's Mark Harrington about how the breakdown of a computer system central to PSEG Long Island’s storm response set the stage for a series of cascading failures for more than 500,000 customers after Tropical Storm Isaias.

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with Newsday's Michael O'Keefe about how violent crime fell across Long Island during the first half of 2020 but commercial burglaries skyrocketed.