Several freshman members of Congress are targeting embattled New York Rep. George Santos, a member of their own party, hoping to ensure that he can't turn a profit should he be convicted of a crime. Speaking at a press conference outside the US Capitol on Tuesday, March 7, Republican New York Rep. Anthony D'Esposito - whose 4th District includes parts of Nassau County - announced that he was sponsoring legislation meant to bar current and former House members from profiting off their story should they violate election laws and other federal statutes.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/nassau/politics/no-fortune-for-fraud-ny-reps-introduce-legislation-targeting-george-santos/858427/

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Jurors set to hear arguments in former President Donald Trump's upcoming civil sexual assault trial brought by New York columnist E. Jean Carroll will remain anonymous, a federal judge ruled. In his ruling issued Thursday, March 23, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan cited Trump's 'past words and actions,' in part for his decision, saying the former president has 'repeatedly attacked courts, judges, various law enforcement officials and other public officials, and even individual jurors in other matters.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/southorange/politics/trumps-past-words-actions-cited-in-judges-ruling-for-anonymous-jurors-in-sex-assault-trial/859648/

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With the track of a rare potential summer Nor'easter now projected to keep it well off the coast, concerns are growing in much of the region where steady rain has been a rarity this summer, resulting in drought conditions.The storm developing across the mid-Atlantic on Tuesday, Aug. 16 has to potential to bring rainfall in just some parts of eastern New England on Wednesday, Aug. 17, mainly Maine, eastern Massachusetts, and Canada's Atlantic coast, according to AccuWeather.com. Those areas are shown in dark green in the image above.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/whiteplains/weather/potential-rare-summer-noreaster-unlikely-to-bring-drought-relief-heres-latest/840748/

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Three men were wounded in separate shootings in Paterson less than 18 hours apart, authorities confirmed.A 27-year-old city man was shot in the leg near the corner of Carroll and Fulton streets shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said. He was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center, they said.Barely 15 minutes and a half-mile north of that shooting, a 24-year-old Paterson man was wounded at Rosa Parks Boulevard and Putnam Street.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/southpassaic/news/bang-bang-three-wounded-in-sudden-series-of-paterson-shootings/846357/

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A man has been sentenced for stabbing his wife to death during a dispute at her Westchester home.Kirk Fisher, age 60, of the Bronx, was sentenced on Thursday, Sept. 29, to 20 years in state prison for killing his wife Kaya Green, at her Mount Vernon home, said Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah.'This is a devastating case of domestic violence and we hope the family of Kaya Green has some sense of closure,' Rocah said. On the night of Thursday, April 8, 2021, Fisher repeatedly stabbed the 47-year-old victim, who suffered numerous stab wounds to various parts of her body and blunt force trauma to her head, which caused her death, Roach said.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/mountvernon/news/man-sentenced-for-killing-wife-during-dispute-at-home-in-mount-vernon/845087/

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Police said a 38-year-old Somerville man thought he had an easy score Thursday, Aug. 16, when he saw a scooter latched to a bike rack at the MBTA Davis Square station, but his eyes were bigger than his brain on this caper. Derek Roy was caught around 4 p.m. trying to cut the cable that secured the GTX Scooter to the bike rack by an officer who happened to be nearby, Transit Police said. Roy told the officer the pricey scooter belonged to a friend.  Unfortunately for Roy, the owner of the scooter walked up at that time, and he explained he'd never met him before.

https://dailyvoice.com/massachusetts/suffolk/police-fire/hopeful-somerville-scooter-thief-caught-red-handed-but-gets-free-ride-to-jail/841045/

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Now that Democrat Pat Ryan has won the special election for New York's open 19th House seat, the jockeying has begun to fill his vacant Ulster County executive position.Three names, all Democrats, have emerged so far.They include March Gallagher, the current Ulster County comptroller, Jennifer Metzger, a former state senator, and Marc Rider, the deputy county executive. Gallagher, who served as president and CEO of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley, announced her interest in a Facebook post Wednesday, Aug.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/ulster-sullivan/politics/candidates-emerge-to-become-new-ulster-county-exec-as-pat-ryan-heads-to-congress/841651/

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Rob Gronkowski official hung up his cleats this offseason and retired from the NFL, and in true Gronk fashion, he's ready to party. The future Hall of Famer is throwing an official retirement party at the Mohegan Sun FanDuel Sportsbook on Sept. 10 from 9 to 11 p.m. Tickets are $75. DJ Whoo Kid will be on hand to keep things moving, and guests can order the new Gronk Smash Burger from the kitchen.  Guests must be 21 or older to enter the 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd casino in Uncasville, CT. Along with the festivities, UFC 279, featuring the main event of Khamzat Chimaev versus Nate Diaz, will be playing on the big screens.

https://dailyvoice.com/connecticut/new-london/events/party-with-rob-gronkowski-next-month-at-his-official-retirement-party/840534/

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Four second-tier prizewinning Powerball tickets from the Wednesday, Oct. 26 drawing were sold across New Jersey.The tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Power Ball drawn Those tickets were sold at the following locations:Atlantic County: Boom Food Mart, 36-01 Ventnor Ave., Atlantic City;Bergen County: Krauser's Food Store, 109 West Pleasant Ave., Maywood;Cape May County: Acme Market Store #3835, 2087 Shore Rd., Ocean View; and,Passaic County: Market Street Shell, 10 18th Ave., Paterson.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/union/news/four-50k-winning-powerball-tickets-sold-in-nj/847597/

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Be ready for possible travel delays on Long Island in the coming days.Road crews will be conducting full overnight closures of the eastbound Northern State Parkway in the Town of Huntington beginning Tuesday, Nov 1., according to the Department of Transportation.All eastbound lanes are expected to close from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. between State Route 110 (exit 40) and Wolf Hill Road (exit 41) through Saturday morning, Nov. 5. Transportation officials said the closures will allow road crews to complete work on a drainage rehabilitation project.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/suffolk/traffic/full-closures-planned-for-portion-of-northern-state-parkway-in-huntington/847765/

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An attorney from New York is the latest to face charges for his alleged role in breaching the US Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, a law enforcement source told Daily Voice.Long Island resident John O'Kelly, age 66, of the hamlet of East Williston in North Hempstead, was arrested at home Thursday, Oct. 20. He's facing multiple felony charges for his alleged actions that day in 'disrupting a joint session of the US Congress,' which had convened to count the electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia said.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/nassau/news/mid-white-crisis-li-attorney-grabbed-officers-baton-pushed-others-in-jan-6-riots-feds/846985/

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School classmates, family, friends, and the community are mourning the loss of a 16-year-old Hudson Valley boy who has died.Dutchess County resident Jack Strehl, age 16, of Arlington, died suddenly on Friday, Oct. 14. A cause of death was not provided, said a GoFundMe account.  The GoFundMe has raised more than $50,000, to help pay for the funeral and financial expenses associated with his death for the well-known family. "Sometimes, there are no words," said the GoFundMe started by friend Jennifer Sullivan.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/southwestdutchess/obituaries/community-support-family-following-sudden-death-of-arlington-teen/846489/

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Three men and two juveniles were arrested for allegedly having two guns after being stopped for following each other at a high rate of speed in Fairfield County.The incident took place in New Cannan around 3:10 a.m., Monday, Oct. 17 northbound on New Norwalk Road. According to Lt. Jason Ferraro of the New Canaan PD, an officer on patrol spotted the two vehicles, a Honda CRV and a Jeep Wrangler traveling at a high rate of speed, very close to each other on New Norwalk Road.The officer began to follow the two vehicles as they turned onto several roadways, ending up on Raymond Street, Ferraro said.

https://dailyvoice.com/connecticut/newcanaan/police-fire/5-nabbed-in-new-canaan-traffic-stop-with-2-guns-police-say/846566/

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Three people were saved after their boat capsized in a Hudson Valley reservoir.On Wednesday, Nov. 2 around 12 p.m., first responders were dispatched to the Croton Falls Reservoir in Carmel in the area of Hemlock Dam Road after a boat containing three people capsized, according to Mahopac fire officials. With the help of a team of Mahopac fire officials, Carmel Police, and the Putnam County Sheriff, the three people were taken back to shore and transported to Danbury Hospital, officials said.  "Truly amazing people doing their jobs to save lives," Mahopac Fire Public Information Officer Jack Casey said.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/putnam/police-fire/3-rescued-after-boat-capsizes-in-croton-falls-reservoir/848194/

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A New York woman is facing charges after allegedly distributing phony COVID-19 vaccine cards on social media, authorities said.Albany County resident Krystal Barton, age 36, of Cohoes, was arrested following an investigation by New York State Police. Troopers were first contacted on Tuesday, Oct. 25, with a report from the state Department of Health about forged vaccine record cards that were being distributed via Facebook.Investigators determined that Barton had provided a forged COVID-19 vaccine card to a healthcare facility in Albany in order to meet employment requirements, according to police.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/capital-district/news/covid-19-cohoes-woman-distributed-forged-vaccine-cards-on-facebook-police-say/848204/

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A company recalled a supplement that was sold across the United States due to the presence of an undeclared ingredient. Distributor RFR LLC recalled SANGTER Energy Supplements 3000mg with expiration date 01/2025 after Food & Drug Administration analysis found the products contained undeclared sildenafil, a substance found in FDA-approved treatments of male erectile dysfunction, according to an FDA announcement on Tuesday, Aug. 2. The presence of sildenafil makes the supplements an unapproved new drug, the FDA reported.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/mamaroneck/business/recall-issued-for-supplement-due-to-presence-of-undeclared-ingredient/839623/

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A belligerent hospital patient was arrested after assaulting a nurse and security guard in Berks County, authorities said.Todd Bennett, 37, was being treated at the Penn State Health St. Joseph Hospital when he became hostile and bit a registered nurse on her arm and spit in a security guard's face on July 31, Bern Township police said in a Sept. 12 news release. The Reading man was eventually restrained by staff and arrested on aggravated assault charges, police said. On Sept. 6, a magisterial district judge found probable cause to forward the case to the Court of Common Pleas.

https://dailyvoice.com/pennsylvania/berks/police-fire/belligerent-hospital-patient-assaults-nurse-security-guard-in-berks-county-police-say/843465/

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One of New York City's most iconic eateries, the Carnegie Diner, has made its North Jersey debut.The diner's flagship location is located near Carnegie Hall, but its newest location is at the Harmon Meadow shopping center at 700 Plaza Drive in Secaucus. data-original_data= data-user=carnegiediner js-embedded= js-module=DeferUntilLCP>The 6,600-square-foot location offers seating for just under 200 customers for breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a full sports bar pouring all types of cocktails, according to JerseyDigs.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/hudson/business/nycs-carnegie-diner-now-open-in-north-jersey/843285/

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Those in search of America's best pizza need look no further than New York City, according to a new ranking from 50 Top Pizza. The annual listing of the world's top 50 pizza restaurants named Una Pizza Napoletana, located in Manhattan's Lower East Side, as the best in the country. Owner Anthony Mangieri's popular eatery landed in a dead heat tie with a Naples, Italy restaurant for the honor of best pizzeria in the world.The ranking describes Mangieri as a 'true pioneer' of the Neapolitan style in New York, praising his dough leavening process and use of fresh, quality ingredients.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/whiteplains/lifestyle/this-ny-pizzeria-ranks-no-1-in-us-ties-for-best-in-world-according-to-new-top-50-listing/843334/

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A man who grew up in Westchester County and spent more than 50 years working at an insurance company in Connecticut has died at the age of 91.Fairfield County resident Anthony 'Tony' Ragusa, of Wilton, died at Danbury Hospital on Thursday, Aug. 4, following a brief illness, according to his obituary. He was born in Port Chester and graduated from Port Chester High School.Ragusa went on to study at Mercy College and serve in the United States Army from 1954 until 1956 when he was honorably discharged, his obituary said.

https://dailyvoice.com/connecticut/wilton/obituaries/wilton-resident-who-was-longtime-sales-rep-in-fairfield-county-dies-at-age-91/839948/

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A man with a history of smashing his way into Hudson Valley businesses is once again behind bars for allegedly breaking into a smoke shop.In Ulster County, police in Saugerties were called at around 7:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 29, with reports of a commercial burglar alarm at the Smokers Choice store, located on Ulster Avenue. When police arrived, they found that someone had shattered the front glass door out, police said. A search of the store found it was empty.A manager arrived a short time later and discovered that an undisclosed amount of cash had been swiped from the register, according to police.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/ulster-sullivan/police-fire/suspect-with-criminal-history-nabbed-for-smash-grab-burglary-at-saugerties-store-police-say/842371/

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A New York man pleaded guilty to pulling open a door to the US Capitol Building to let rioters inside during the attack on the building on Jan. 6, 2021.Long Island resident Eric Gerwatowski, age 32, of New Hyde Park in Nassau County, admitted to opening the door after US Capitol Police had closed it to prevent more rioters from entering the building, according to an announcement by US Attorney Matthew M. Graves from Tuesday, Nov. 22. After opening the door, Gerwatowski turned to his fellow rioters, shouted "let's go!", and directed the mob into the building, disrupting a joint session of Congress that had been intended to count the electoral votes for the 2020 presidential election, Graves said.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/nassau/news/new-hyde-park-man-admits-to-opening-capitol-door-directing-rioters-inside-on-jan-6/850016/

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A filmmaker from Marlborough will be part of the first-ever civilian mission to orbit the moon. Brendan Hall, a documentary filmmaker, was selected out of over one million artists and creatives to be a crew member of the "dearMoon" mission, which will make a month-long journey to the moon and back using a SpaceX rocket later in 2023.The idea for the project came from Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa, who purchased the seats aboard the rocket for eight other crew members.  Hall's films have focused on telling stories in remote parts of the world such as Siberia and the Amazon rainforest, making a trip to the moon a natural next step for him.

https://dailyvoice.com/connecticut/hartford/lifestyle/marlborough-filmmaker-will-fly-to-space-as-crew-member-of-first-civilian-mission-to-moon/854183/

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Actress and singer Vanessa Williams is showing her love for a Northern Westchester steakhouse.Williams, who was also crowned Miss America in 1984, dined at Mentor's Mediterranean Steakhouse in Chappaqua this past week.The business, located at 415 King St., shared a post on Instagram about Williams' visit, saying "it's always a pleasure" when she stops by to support the restaurant.  Mentor Berisha, the owner of the restaurant described Williams as a phenomenal person and a regular guest at the eatery.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/chappaqua/news/chappaqua-steakhouse-is-favorite-spot-for-singer-actress-vanessa-williams/852750/

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A man wanted in New York State was apprehended by authorities at a rest area on a Connecticut highway.Just before 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 20, Connecticut State Police troopers in Middlesex County responded to the I-91 northbound rest area in Middletown after receiving information that the subject of an active extraditable arrest warrant in the State of New York may be in the area, in possession of a tan Buick LeSabre displaying a New York registration.  Troopers were advised that the owner of the Buick had reported the vehicle stolen in the State of New York.

https://dailyvoice.com/connecticut/middlesex/police-fire/fugitive-caught-wanted-ny-man-apprehended-at-i-91-rest-area-in-middletown/854769/

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Two members of an organized crime ring are behind bars in connection with numerous home break-ins across the country, including in the Hudson Valley and on Long Island, authorities said.Jorge Luis Araneda Pogge, age 39, and Ingrid Johana Gomez, age 33, were both arrested in Queens Thursday, Jan. 12, following a multijurisdictional investigation that began in 2020, according to Harrison Police. The pair is accused of taking part in multiple residential burglaries and other theft-related crimes throughout the country, including the Town of Harrison and Nassau County.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/harrison/news/duo-nabbed-in-harrison-break-ins-part-of-south-american-theft-group-police-say/854761/

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The owners of Lucky Taco announced the permanent closure of their Tolland County location at 73 East St. in Vernon's Northeast Shopping Center on Tuesday night, May 9 on social media.  The closure comes after the business's original Hartford County flagship location at 829 Main St. in Manchester was shut down for good in mid-March after nine years in business as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The owners cited their decision to close the Vernon location as the result of the "last few, very difficult years.

https://dailyvoice.com/connecticut/tolland/popular-restaurant-closes-last-location-in-vernon-after-last-few-very-difficult-years-f/

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Hartford County resident Sean Richard Palla, age 36, of Manchester, was arrested on Wednesday, June 14, by Connecticut State Police for messages posted on Wednesday, May 24. According to an arrest warrant, Palla, who used the username "tOpsecretalien" posted a message that read "Hey @govnedlamont you are DEAD!" Along with @senchrismurphy. The warrant said that although the account was private, investigators were able to determine who the account belonged to and made an emergency information request to Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to gain the user's identity.

https://dailyvoice.com/connecticut/hartford/you-are-dead-manchester-man-post-threatening-message-to-lamont-murphy-police-say/

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A brand-new report lists what it says are the most popular major pizza chains in New York.Pizza Hut is the most popular major pizza chain in New York, 24/7 Wall St. said in the story published this month.The site reported that it created the list based on information from TOP Data, a marketing and research agency. New York's second-most popular pizza chain is Domino's, followed by Little Caesars, 24/7 Wall St. reported.Read the full report from 24/7 Wall St. here. Click here to sign up for Daily Voice's free daily emails and news alerts.

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A Maryland man who was a former employee at a Washington, DC private school has admitted to accessing the dark web from home and work computers to obtain child pornography, authorities announced.Crofton resident Jay Gordon, 55, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography after being identified as a suspect in the trafficking of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) during a nationwide investigation involving the receipt and distribution of porn. Prosecutors said that Gordon's IP address was found to access dark websites.

https://dailyvoice.com/maryland/anne-arundel/news/former-private-school-employee-from-crofton-pleads-guilty-to-possession-of-child-porn/838818/

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