Nassau County DA opens investigation into Rep.-elect George Santos

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Wednesday December 28, 2022 [Donate now]( ADVERTISEMENT [Nassau County DA opens investigation into Rep.-elect George Santos]( [George Santos, in a blue suit and red tie, speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition annual leadership meeting]( [The probe comes a day after Santos confirmed key details of a New York Times report that found he lied about crucial parts of his resume.]( ADVERTISEMENT More Stories From Today [Mayor Eric Adams makes a health related announcement during a press conference at City Hall on Dec. 5, 2022.]( [Mayor Adams defends U.S. Virgin Islands trip as NYC prepared for winter storm]( [Adams stood by his decision to leave town and said he was mourning his mother during his second Christmas without her.]( [Rep.-elect George Santos holds up his right hand while speaking at a podium.]( [George Santos defends lies in scathing Fox News interview: ‘Everybody wants to nitpick’]( [“Guys, I'm Jew-ish. Remember I was raised Catholic,” Santos said Tuesday, after claiming on the campaign trail that his grandparents fled the Holocaust.]( [Crosss-Bronx Expression construction]( [NYC launches $2 million study to ‘reimagine’ the Cross-Bronx Expressway]( [The study seeks to identify remedies for the unequal health outcomes in the largely Black and Latino neighborhoods surrounding the highway.]( [A balloon float of a large baby at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.]( [Here are the top baby names in New York City]( [Emma and Liam maintain a years-long hot streak.]( [New Jersey allows individual school districts to determine masking policies. Gov. Phil Murphy said this month he doesn't anticipate a statewide mandate soon.]( [Some NJ students will start 2023 wearing masks once again, as COVID cases rise]( [Other schools are urging testing, but the state leaves rules up to individual communities.]( [Airplanes lined up on the tarmac at JFK Airport.]( [Flight tracker deems JFK and Newark ‘miserable’ during post-holiday travel rush]( [More than 200 flights between the two airports had been delayed before noon Wednesday, according to FlightTracker.com, which follows the status of flights around the country.]( [Images of workers preparing the Waterford crystals on the New Year's Eve Ball for 2022.]( [The Times Square New Year's Eve Ball gets ready for its closeup]( [1 Times Sq. may be a construction-site mess, but the New Year's Eve icon up top is looking spiffy.]( [Mark Dinglasan, 42, is the former executive director of CUMAC in Paterson. He's been appointed New Jersey's first food security advocate.]( [NJ's new food security advocate says ending hunger requires more than meal programs]( [Mark Dinglasan began as New Jersey's food security advocate, a new state position, in September.]( [The city Parks Department is looking to build a new sports and recreational facility at Staten Island's Willowbrook Park.]( [NYC Parks Department eyes new sports facility at Staten Island's Willowbrook Park]( [Applicants are encouraged to dream big. Parks says the facility can feature a clubhouse with locker rooms, food service, and even a pro shop that sells merchandise and equipment.]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( Follow Gothamist on [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]() [Gothamist]() [WNYC Studios]() [NJPR]( [WQXR]() [New Sounds]() Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.