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Viacom Eyes Long Island City For Its Studios and Offices (The New York Sun) - Hollywood, it seems, may soon make greater inroads into Long Island City. Viacom's Sumner Redstone in the near future could announce that he is relocating a major portion of his company's Manhattan offices, studios, and support staff to Long Island City, where Silvercup Studios and Kaufman Astoria Studios are based. The global entertainment company has been evaluating relocation options, among

Waterspout Spotted In Long Island Sound (NBC 30 Connecticut) - A waterspout was spotted in Long Island Sound off Bridgeport this afternoon, prompting a mariners warning from the National Weather Service.

Long Island Man Killed Crossing The Street (CBS 2 New York) - A Seaford, Long Island man has been killed crossing the street.

Metropolitan JV Acquires 364,000-SF Long Island Business Center, Plans Conversion (Commercial Property News) - Metropolitan Realty Associates L.L.C. has purchased the property formerly known as the Long Island Business and Technology Center, located in Great River, N.Y., from Cogswell Realty Group and Rudin Management in a deal valued by industry sources at approximately $20 million.

Amalgamated and Government Leaders Unveil Site for Bank to Be Built in Long Island City (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - NEW YORK----Amalgamated Bank, along with government and community leaders, will unveil the new site for a bank branch that will be built this fall in a Long Island City. Residents of the community have been compelled to go out of the neighborhood for years to do their banking.

Metropolitan Realty Associates Acquires Former Long Island Business & Technology Center in Great River, NY (PR Web) - The Long Island Business and Technology Center in Great River, NY, has been acquired by Metropolitan Realty Associates LLC, the Long Island, NY-based real estate investment and development firm, and its New York City-based joint venture partner, Angelo Gordon & Co. The 363,500-square-foot complex, renamed Sunrise Business Center, will undergo a redesign. (PRWEB Sep 27, 2006) Trackback URI:

Education Advocates Rally for Funds in Long Island (The New York Sun) - Education advocates suing the state to increase funding for New York City public schools are rallying in Long Island today in an attempt to garner support in the backyard of some of their staunchest opponents. The Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which sued the state in 1993 to force it to allocate more money to New York City public schools, says the results of the lawsuit would help alter

Frightening home invasion on Long Island (WABC-TV New York) - The search is on for a gang of thieves after yet another home invasion on Long Island.

SLIM SSSSTUDENT: Python loose at Long Island middle school (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) - HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (AP) -- Students at a Long Island school have more than the three R's to deal with these days. They're hunting for a reptile running loose.

Ten Men With Machetes Carjack Long Island Man (CBS 2 New York) - Valley Stream detectives are investigating a carjacking involving ten men armed with machetes. Police say the men approached the man's passenger-side window while he was stopped at St. Marks Place and North Grove Street. They then opened the car door and threw the unidentified victim onto the street.