This Week's Long Island News

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.

Bill McIntyre talks with Christine Chung from Newsday about how Long Islanders spoke passionately about the benefits of marijuana, while others warned of potential risks such as youth access at a listening session at Hofstra University to gather community input about the possible state legalization of recreational marijuana.

Newsday's Victor Ocasio talks about how the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency voted to approve tax breaks for the New York Islanders on a nearly $10 million planned renovation at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum.

Newsday's Beth Whitehouse discusses how parents are increasingly requesting tutors for the popular video game, Fortnite.

Newsday's Robert Brodsky discusses how more Long Island drivers were killed in automobile crashes in 2016 with drugs in their blood than with alcohol, reversing a nearly decade long trend.

Kesia Clukey of Newsday talks to Bill McIntyre about how this is the summer of stepping up school security on Long Island.

Robert Brodsky of Newsday talks with Bill McIntyre about how the Nassau County SPCA has confirmed sightings of coyotes in Searingtown earlier this month.

Bill McIntyre talks to Newsday's David Reich-Hale about how Northwell Health has placed armed security guards at 2 hospitals as part of a pilot program to deal with an active shooter situation.

Bill McIntyre talks to Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick J. Ryder about plans to build and fund a $54 million police academy on the grounds of Nassau Community College, and other issues affecting the people of Nassau County.

Anthony Destefano talks with Zac Turkel about the Staten Island woman who scaled the base of the Statue of Liberty on July Fourth.