Massapequa celebrates Little League Softball World Series championship
For the first time ever, a team from New York state took home the Little League Softball World Series crown. And it hails from Massapequa. The Long Island Advocate’s Yaw Bonsu reports.
Hofstra students speak out on the climate crisis
By Paola Cardenas According to the United Nations, climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns that are caused by a number of factors, in particular the burning of fossil fuels. In this video, three Hofstra University students offer their views on the current climate crisis and what we could be doing better […]
Junior firefighters name first all-female board in Nassau
For the first-time ever, the Nassau County Junior Firefighters Board is made up entirely of young women. The Long Island Advocate’s Yaw Bonsu reports.
Hofstra students weigh in on A.I. technologies
By Xiomara Trinidad Perez As new services that use artificial intelligence (A.I.) arise, the use of such technology has become a hot topic for debate. Many have even started questioning how ethical the use of A.I. technology is and how it will impact the job market. According to a study done by MarketsandMarkets, the A.I. market […]
Former Nick’s Pizza owner reaches $375K settlement with workers
By Scott Brinton Julio Contreras, of Freeport, arrived in the U.S. in 2001 as an undocumented immigrant from Honduras, 17 years old, without family and friends here, and hungry to work. Soon, he was employed as a dishwasher at Nick’s Pizza on Sunrise Highway in Rockville Centre, working 12-hour days, six days a week, for […]
Northport gym offers a very special boxing program
New York Fitness Boxing is not your average boxing gym. It provides a special needs program to give boxers newfound confidence. Yaw Bonsu reports.
Plainview-Old Bethpage sophomore is gymnastics champ
After a season of redemption, Plainview Old-Bethpage sophomore Marisa Schlossman is now the 2023 Nassau County All-Around gymnastics champion. She now turns her attention to the state finals in Buffalo. Yaw Bonsu reports.
Protesters call on Rockville Centre restaurateur to pay hundreds of thousands in back wages
By Fatima Moien Brandishing handmade and other signs in their hands, a dozen protesters crowded the entrance to Nick’s Pizza on Sunrise Highway in Rockville Centre Wednesday to call on Nicholas J. Angelis, the eatery’s one-time owner, to pay the more than $400,000 in back wages and interest charges that, according to Nassau County Supreme […]
Long Island girls take to the wrestling mats
New York State sanctioned girls’ wrestling this winter, paving the way for full girls wrestling teams for the first time. Enter the Town of Huntington’s first-ever girls wrestling squad, made up of athletes from Walt Whitman, Huntington, Harborfields and John Glenn high schools. Yaw Bonsu reports.
Excluded workers speak out on unemployment in Patchogue
By Fatima Moien Olga Blandon, 50, emigrated from Nicaragua to Long Island a month ago after losing her husband, age 60, to Covid-19 in December 2021. With no work to be had in her home country, she was desperate. She worked one 12-hour shift at a factory in Far Rockaway wrapping various goods in plastic, […]
ERASE Racism president talks implications of George Santos
By Yaw Bonsu The Nassau County Republican Party, supported by the New York State GOP, is calling on U.S. Rep. George Santos, a Republican who won the 3rd Congressional District seat in November, to step down following a New York Times investigation that revealed Santos fabricated most his resume and much of his life story. […]
Advocate editor places in Top 20 in Hearst Awards
Yaw Bonsu, The Long Island Advocate’s sports and video editor, has placed in the Top 20 in the Video Feature category of the 2022-23 Hearst Journalism Awards, a national competition that attracts contestants from many of America’s highest-rated journalism programs. Bonsu, a member of the class of 2024, placed 11th in this year’s competition for […]