May 18 was a drizzly day outdoors but indoors the atmosphere were bright and sunny at Gotham Avenue Elementary as numerous people descended upon the school to mark its 50 years of services to the Elmont community. FULL STORY

Senator Michael Balboni (R/C-Mineola) announced that a bill (S.2267) he sponsored to protect New York State's children has passed in the Senate. The bill would create a new crime of unlawfully dealing with a child in the first degree when parents or guardians possess or sell drugs in a household where their children reside. FULL STORY