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NCPD: Elderly Massapequa Resident Loses Over $129,000 to Computer Scammer
By Long Island News & PR
March 25, 2019
The male victim, 92, was taken advantage of by a fake anti-virus software program, cops say.
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Governor Cuomo Announces New Online Tool to Help Tenants in Rent Regulated Apartments Quickly Access Necessary Information
By Long Island News & PR
February 05, 2019
"NYS Rent Connect" Simplifies and Modernizes Interaction with the Office of Rent Administration for Rent-Stabilized and Rent-Controlled Tenants and Building Owners.
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William Floyd Elementary Floydbots Win ‘Project Presentation Award’ at Robotics Competition
By Long Island News & PR
February 04, 2019
This year’s theme was “Into Orbit,” and each team was tasked with identifying a physical or social problem faced by humans during a long-duration space expedition.
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A.G. James Announces Groundbreaking Settlement With Sellers of Fake Followers and “Likes” on Social Media
By Long Island News & PR
January 31, 2019
Settlement is First in the Country to Find that Selling Fake Followers and “Likes” Is Illegal Deception and that Fake Activity Using Stolen Identities Is Illegal Impersonation.
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Governor Cuomo Announces Proposal in 2020 Executive Budget to Protect, Strengthen Net Neutrality In New York
By Long Island News & PR
January 30, 2019
Codifies in State Law Executive Order 175, Which Requires Internet Service Providers to Offer Equal Access to Internet Content.
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DA Singas, NCPD Commissioner Ryder Support Legislators' Push to Make ‘Revenge Porn’ a Crime in Nassau County
By Long Island News & PR
January 29, 2019
Revenge porn is the non-consensual and malicious distribution of sexually explicit images for the purpose of inflicting intentional humiliation.
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Governor Cuomo Issues Consumer Alert on Facetime Bug that Reportedly Lets People Spy on Users
By Long Island News & PR
January 29, 2019
Apple app reportedly allows users to receive audio and video from the device of the person they are calling even before the person has accepted or rejected the call.
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A.G. Underwood Announces Settlements with Five Companies Whose Mobile Apps Failed to Secure User Information Transmitted Over the Internet
By Long Island News & PR
December 17, 2018
Mobile Apps Operated by Western Union, Priceline, Equifax, Spark Networks, and Credit Sesame Suffered from Well-Known Security Vulnerability.
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Governor Cuomo Announces Dramatic Increase in Energy Efficiency and Energy Storage Targets to Combat Climate Change
By Long Island News & PR
December 14, 2018
2025 Energy Efficiency Targets Will Reduce Energy Consumption by Equivalent of 1.8 Million Homes Annually and Create as Many as 50,000 New Jobs.
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A.G. Underwood Announces Record COPPA Settlement with Oath – Formerly AOL – for Violating Children’s Privacy
By Long Island News & PR
December 04, 2018
Company Conducted Billions of Auctions for Targeted Ads on Hundreds of Children’s Websites in Violation of COPPA.
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Suffolk Executive Bellone Announces 90 Percent of School Districts Have Signed Up for RAVE Panic Button Mobile App
By Long Island News & PR
November 23, 2018
App designed to enhance police and first responders’ ability to react and respond to active shooter events and other emergency situations.
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Governor Cuomo Issues New York's Large-Scale Offshore Wind Solicitation
By Long Island News & PR
November 09, 2018
First Phase of Bids Advances Development of New York's 2,400 Megawatts of Offshore Wind; Supports Governor Cuomo's Mandate of 50 Percent Renewable Energy by 2030 to Combat Climate Change.
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D&B Engineers and Architects, P.C. Receives Project of the Year Award from New York Section of the American Water Works Association
By Long Island News & PR
November 07, 2018
Award for designing and building first AOP system for the treatment of the emerging contaminant 1,4 -dioxane in drinking water in New York State.
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Noted Long Island Doctor Simon A. Zysman Honored by Alma Mater for Publication of Groundbreaking New Book on Opioid Addiction Treatment
By Chris Boyle
November 05, 2018
Dr. Zysman is the founder of Employee Assistance Resource Services, Inc. and author of a book entitled Successful Heroin and Opioid Addiction Treatment.
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Congressman Zeldin and Secretary of Energy Rick Perry Tour Brookhaven National Laboratory
By Long Island News & PR
October 29, 2018
During the tour, Zeldin and Perry visited the National Synchrotron Light Source II, Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and Center for Functional Nanomaterials.
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Protecting Yourself this Cybersecurity Month
By Long Island News & PR
October 23, 2018
Since it’s Cybersecurity Month, we asked the Information Security team at Dime for their tips and tricks for protecting yourself against dark corners of the internet.
