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In this photo provided by the Transport Workers Union, Local 100, workers from the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority respond to the scene of a subway derailment, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, in New York. A subway train derailed near a station in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, frightening passengers and resulting in minor injuries as hundreds of people were evacuated from trains along the subway line. (Transport Workers Union, Local 100 via AP)

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Supervisors suspended amid NYC subway derailment probe

by Kiley Armstrong Associated Press, and Frank Eltman Associated PressJune 28, 2017

NEW YORK — Investigators probing the derailment of a New York City subway train said the accident was caused by an improperly secured spare rail, left on the tracks to make it easier to fix breakdowns quickly.Two supervisors responsible for oversight…

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2016 file photo, a memorial to best friends Nisa Mickens and Kayla Cuevas is seen near the spot where their bodies were found in Brentwood, N.Y. Two suburbs on New York’s Long Island are in the grip of fear from a violent street gang with Central American ties, MS-13. The gang has been blamed for the deaths of nearly a dozen young people in blue-collar Brentwood and Central Islip since the school year began. (AP Photo/Claudia Torrens, File)

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MS-13 street gang grips Long Island suburbs in violence

by Claudia Torrens Associated Press, Frank Eltman Associated Press, and Colleen Long Associated PressApril 28, 2017

FILE - In this July 27, 2006 file photo, wind turbines stand clustered offshore in Dronten, the Netherlands. The U.S. federal government is now offering leases for a proposed wind energy farm off the south shore of Long Island, N.Y. (AP Photo/ Peter Dejong, File)

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Fishermen worry about plan for wind farm off New York coast

by Frank Eltman Associated PressJune 19, 2016

In this Feb. 4, 2016 photo, Dowling College President Albert Inserra talks during an interview on camera in the college's Shirley, N.Y., campus. Dowling is among a growing number of small liberal arts colleges facing similar difficulties in the aftermath of the Great Recession. "It's been a struggle," said the school's latest president, Albert Inserra, who is now negotiating with an unidentified institution in a bid to keep Dowling afloat. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)

Growing number of small colleges struggle to survive

by Frank Eltman Associated Press, and Collin Binkley Associated PressApril 10, 2016