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This would undermine the Tasmanian ecosystem and likely cause the extinction of many other marsupials that survive only in Tasmania, an island state off the southern coast of mainland Australia.

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Rossello highlighted how the island's electrical grid, which was severely dilapidated even prior to the storms, was obsolete and working off of a generation system that was 28 years older than the average electric power utility in the United States.

Bitfinex, which is officially incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, has been fined by regulators in the United States and cut off by U.S. banks, and it has lost millions of dollars of customer money in two separate hacks, leading critics to question whether it even has the money it claims to hold.

Formed on Jekyll Island off the shore of Georgia in 1910, the Fed is responsible for implementing the United States» policy of fiat money.

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It kicks off with a mercifully cool, clear morning under the Whitestone Bridge in the Bronx's Point Ferry Park, the Empire State Building visible past Riker's Island down the East River, its breeze blowing off any stench from a nearby landfill.

The Republican lawmakers who represent Long Island introduced a bill on Thursday that would cut off state funding to Amtrak until the train service fixes ongoing delays at Penn Station.

Off topic questions included his speech tomorrow to Britain's Labour Party, Chirlane McCray's attendance at an NYPD CompStat meeting, whether ISIS and the recent U.S. military strikes will cause a ramped - up security / counter-terrorism effort by the City, Governor Cuomo's efforts at supporting a Democratic state senate, Congressional approval of military strikes ordered by President Obama, the City school system's policy on student cell phones and continuing problems at Rikers Island.

North Tonawanda Police were investigating the death of a former Assistant United States Attorney whose body was found unresponsive in the waters of a marina off Tonawanda Island late Sunday.

The seven candidates are Alessandra Biaggi, who is taking on Bronx Sen. Jeffrey Klein, who headed the IDC and is now Senate Democratic deputy leader; Jessica Ramos, who is challenging Queens Sen. Jose Peralta; Robert Jackson, who is taking on Manhattan Sen. Marisol Alcantara; Rachel May, who is challenging Syracuse Sen. David Valesky; Zellnor Myrie, who is facing off against Brooklyn Sen. Jesse Hamilton; Jasmine Robinson, who is opposing State Island Sen. Diane Savino; and John Duane, who is taking on Queens Sen. Tony Avella.

On April 24 the state's political season kicks off with special elections from Long Island to Buffalo.

The battleground for the state senate centers on places like Long Island, where Republican incumbents Carl Marcellino and Kemp Hannon enjoy 1199 support as they try to fend off vigorous Democratic challenges.

said Cobb, urging the state to study the impact of the new Block Island wind farm before expanding in waters off New York.

Officials such as County Legislator Bridget Fleming joined their state and county colleagues in urging the department to eliminate the waters off Long Island from the proposed program and to endorse renewable energy efforts instead for the state and region.

«But if you take those 10 bluest states, there are 20 houses of the Legislature,» he said after rattling off states like Illinois, Vermont and Rhode Island.

«So the Tappan Zee will live and will still be serving the state as part of artificial reefs off Long Island.»

Off topic question topics included whether the mayor and his wife have smoked marijuana inside Gracie Mansion, a Daily News call for the mayor to «accept responsibility for inflaming the police», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction ending.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- The New York Democratic Party kicked off its convention on Long Island Wednesday with the nominations of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli for re-election.

The statement showed that Malliotakis, a state assemblywoman from Staten Island, traveled to Athens, Greece, for a conference hosted by the World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association; attended the GOPAC Emerging Leaders Summit in Nashville; and kicked off the holiday season with a December trip to Hawaii for the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators» National Summit at the Sheraton Waistate assemblywoman from Staten Island, traveled to Athens, Greece, for a conference hosted by the World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association; attended the GOPAC Emerging Leaders Summit in Nashville; and kicked off the holiday season with a December trip to Hawaii for the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators» National Summit at the Sheraton WaiState Legislators» National Summit at the Sheraton Waikiki.

Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, saying he would make rooting out political corruption the focus of his administration, kicked off his campaign for state attorney general on Sunday.

Nathan Berger, the Long Island coordinator for the Justice for Farmworkers Rural Migrant Ministry, says they are seeking an eight - hour day, overtime, and one guaranteed day off per week, as farm workers are exempt from many state labor laws.

The NRCC has released its fourth ad attacking Long Island Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop, who is facing off against GOP state Sen. Lee Zeldin next month.

Cuomo urged LIPA to approve an offshore wind farm 30 miles from Montauk and said the state would commit to other offshore projects that would place hundreds of turbines in federal waters off the Long Island coast by 2030.

Offshore wind has become a key component of the state's renewable energy push, with plans to build one of the largest projects off Long Island.

And so the governor took a state helicopter to the Sagamore, an island resort off Bolton Landing, about halfway up Lake George, to address the Laborers International Union of North America at its annual conference.

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STATEN ISLAND — Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm threatened to throw a NY1 reporter off a balcony and break him in half after an interview televised live following the president's State of the Union address Tuesday ISLAND — Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm threatened to throw a NY1 reporter off a balcony and break him in half after an interview televised live following the president's State of the Union address Tuesday Island Rep. Michael Grimm threatened to throw a NY1 reporter off a balcony and break him in half after an interview televised live following the president's State of the Union address Tuesday night.

There have been attempts over the years to separate upstate counties from downstate or spin off Long Island into separate state — though none have been successful.

Intense efforts to bring out the vote on a referendum for a state constitutional convention could spike normally low off - year turnout in Tuesday» elections and become a wild card in Long's Island's closest races.

Associated Press just reported that the state Racing and Wagering Board is going to move quickly to try and get gamblers in New York City to sign up for internet betting accounts with Off Track Betting Corporations on Long Island, or upstate.

State university officials have called off negotiations with Don Peebles, the Florida developer who hoped to make his big break into the New York market with the nearly $ 1 billion development of Long Island College Hospital.

Republicans currently hold a narrow majority in the state Senate and are fending off Democratic challenges on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley.

I got a great idea lets drill off Long Island to make up for the loss of Florda oil... Rump can not possilbly soil the beach in front of Mar a Lago but who cares about NY... Not Rumps fault we are a deep blue state.

State Senate Republicans signed off Tuesday on public funding for a third track for the Long Island Rail Road, removing the last hurdle for the long - touted project.

Some had left their Staten Island and Queens homes as early as 4 a.m. to make departure on time, others had taken the day off work or school, all were there for the same reason: to meet with state lawmakers and convince them to modernize New York's antiquated election laws.

She said she talks frequently with R.T. Rybak, the mayor of Minneapolis and has reached out to Rhode Island Treasurer Gina Raimondo, who pulled off a difficult reform of that state's pension system.

Delegation members said Long Island appears to take an unfair share of the proposed cuts, saying they would work collectively to change the outcome before the State Legislature and governor sign off on a final deal.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that he wants to spend $ 5 million on a feasibility study that will make it easier to get on and off Long Island.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday that $ 18.5 million in state funding approved earlier this month will expand Long Island programs aimed at cutting off MS - 13's gang recruitment as he marked the anniversary of the slayings of four young men in Central Islip.

A House amendment to the $ 325 billion highway bill that passed in November would have effectively cut off billions in public transportation aid set aside for seven states (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland) and the District of Columbia.

The bugs come from states like Alabama and Georgia, and they live off of pitch pines, the signature species of Long Island's Pine Barrens.

In this area, the governor has a lot to talk about: he has blocked natural gas exploration; he has advanced measures to overhaul the state's energy grid, and is in the process of harnessing wind power off the cost of Long Island.

State Senate Republicans held off Wednesday on reviewing more than $ 16 million in proposed state funding to the Staten Island Lighthouse Point project amid some concerns over the project's progState Senate Republicans held off Wednesday on reviewing more than $ 16 million in proposed state funding to the Staten Island Lighthouse Point project amid some concerns over the project's progstate funding to the Staten Island Lighthouse Point project amid some concerns over the project's progress.

Cuomo, who visited the island Friday, has established a web page https://www.ny.gov/puertorico that lists organizations taking donations, as well as locations around the state where supplies such as flashlights and diapers can be dropped off.

The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) said: «If Durban puts off a legally binding agreement and closes the door on raising mitigation ambition before 2020 many of our small island states will be literally and figuratively doomed.&Island States (AOSIS) said: «If Durban puts off a legally binding agreement and closes the door on raising mitigation ambition before 2020 many of our small island states will be literally and figuratively doomed.&States (AOSIS) said: «If Durban puts off a legally binding agreement and closes the door on raising mitigation ambition before 2020 many of our small island states will be literally and figuratively doomed.&island states will be literally and figuratively doomed.&states will be literally and figuratively doomed.»

Earlier this summer, construction started on what is expected to become the first offshore wind farm in the United States off Block Island in Rhode Island by Deepwater Wind.