The union wants to know what City Hall knew about the 9/11 dangers and when they're hoping a new mayoral administration will help them get answers.
Investigators said a man and woman dumped eight barrels that contained anti-freeze and windshield washer fluid in a wooded area of the Pine Barrens in Manorville on May 20.
State Assemblyman Dean Murray cleared up confusion Thursday about his involvement in talks exploring the possibility of relocating Frank P. Long Intermediate School in Bellport last year in response to ongoing concerns over the Brookhaven Landfill.
The superintendent of the South Country Central School District on Long Island wrote a letter to the school community Thursday, responding to a 7 On Your Side Investigates report examining air quality at the district's intermediate school, which sits roughly a mile away from the community landfill.
A retired teacher from Long Island has counted 35 co-workers at Frank P. Long Intermediate School who have contracted cancer -- and at least 14 have died since about 1998. She believes the toxins from a nearby landfill are to blame.
The plan includes installing 14 remediation wells around the perimeter of the 3.7-mile plume, which extends from the Hicksville area down to the Southern State Parkway.