This Week's Long Island News

Bill McIntyre and Jon Gallo talk with Newsday's Keith Herbert about their investigation finding evidence of widespread separate and unequal treatment of minority potential homebuyers and minority communities on Long Island.

Bill McIntyre talks with Newsday's John Asbury about how Republican Don Clavin, who has a nearly 1,400-vote lead in the Hempstead supervisor race, said he is moving forward with his transition.

Bill McIntyre talks with Newsday reporter Anthony M. DeStefano about how NYPD investigators believe drug dealing may have been involved in the shooting death of a Nassau Community College student whose body was found on a Queens street.

Robert Brodsky from Newsday calls to discuss how Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Peter King on Tuesday pleaded with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow a vote on a universal background check bill.

Joie Tyrell from Newsday calls to discuss how Long Island public and private school officials are alerting parents and guardians about stricter immunization requirements for children.

Newsday’s David Reich-Hale talks to Bill McIntyre about how a federal court hearing in Louisiana on Tuesday could have major ramifications for the 4.7 million New Yorkers who obtained health care coverage through the state's marketplace.

Bill McIntyre talks with Newsday’s James T. Madore about a shortage of workers looming on Long Island as the number of people age 0 to 19 fell 7.5 percent in the past seven years, according to a new report.

Emily Ngo from Newsday talks about how New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made his bid for the White House official by touting himself as ready to take on President Trump and income inequality nationally as he has locally.

Nicole Fuller from Newsday talks about how the crackdown on MS-13 has resulted in a sharp drop in gang-related killings on Long Island — roughly two dozen homicides in 2016-2017 compared with one committed last year — but law enforcement officials caution that the violent group is fighting to maintain its grip here.

Candance Ferrette of Newsday discusses how a backlog of complaints about unsafe intersections and roadways throughout Nassau County is hampering efforts to fix the problems and potentially exposing the county to millions of dollars in legal judgments.

Delthia Ricks of Newsday talks about how a case of measles has been confirmed in Suffolk County, and health officials warn people may have been exposed to the infected adult at a bank in Hampton Bays.

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.