Tiffany Cusaac-Smith

Journalist @newsday. Previously: Yonkers reporter, racial justice reporter for @USATODAY Network, @USATODAY, and @AP. @HowardU.

[Newsday @Newsday]

Once the exclusive province of seaside shacks along the New England coast, lobster rolls have become a Long Island summer staple.

You'll find a wide range of prices out there, from the mid $20s up to the $50 mark, and we've included examples at every level.

Check out the list of the best lobster rolls on the Island by clicking here: https://t.co/JSUhuWxSmm 🦞
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.(Photo credit: Yvonne Albinowski, Corey Sipkin)
#longisland #longislandny #longislandfood #lobsterrolls

[Newsday @Newsday]

Suffolk keeps police officers on the force for years despite determining their misconduct warrants departure, costing taxpayers millions of dollars, a Newsday investigation found.

The county has negotiated at least seven settlements since 2011 that let disciplined officers stay employed just long enough to reach 20 years of service and full pension eligibility, at salaries as high as $270,000, records show.
The agreements — negotiated by the police commissioner, county labor relations director and the influential officers' union — raise questions that county officials refused to answer: why people they wanted gone are allowed to remain on patrol; allowed to keep collecting overtime and allowed to increase their final pension payments.

"This is an alarming practice that nearly completely defeats the purpose of the discipline in the first place," said Josh Parker, deputy director of policy at New York University’s Policing Project.

For more of the findings from Newsday, click here: https://t.co/Adn77W8qU0. (Photo credit: John Keating)
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#longisland #investigations #police #suffolkpolice #longislandnewyork

[David Brand @DavidFBrand]

Inbox: 👀👀👀 Modell’s News

[Newsday @Newsday]

For Tijuana Fulford, Juneteenth is a reminder of what "freedom feels like." So, this Friday, as the nation celebrates the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, her community nonprofit organization will host a celebration in Riverhead featuring soul food delights, a bouncy house, and face painting.

That celebration this week will be a jubilee of joy and healing, followed by another for the Fourth of July. As the daughter of a Marine who fought for the United States, she said, she can’t untwine what the two holidays represent — one that speaks to America’s promise, and the other the conclusion of one of the nation’s darkest chapters.

Read the full story here: https://t.co/mXktvw71dk. (Photo credit: Elizabeth Sagarin)
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#longisland #liny #juneteeth #fourthofjuly #250thanniversary

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

For the first time since the U.S. government began collecting the data, young Black men are dying by suicide at a higher rate than young white men https://t.co/vkSPC7ERvz

[Newsday @Newsday]

To celebrate the Knicks' NBA title, clinched with a Game 5 victory over the San Antonio Spurs, New York City on Thursday will host the first-ever ticker-tape parade for the team's championship — and Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the parade could be the biggest the city's ever seen.

"We've been waiting 53 years for this," Mamdani said, adding: "There are many of us for whom a Knicks championship was something that we weren't even alive to see."

Click here for more details about how to attend the 10 a.m. parade, where to go and why this is a first for the team: https://t.co/zbPq658457
(Photos: AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Getty Images/Gregory Shamus)
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#longisland #nyc #newyorkknicks #parade #nycparade

[Tiffany Cusaac-Smith @T_Cusaac]

Wow

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

for the boroughs and Knicks fans around the world 🏆

[Joseph Ostapiuk @OstapiukJ]

“Everyone’s pulling for the Knicks. That’s what’s great about New York right now."

A @Newsday vignette of @nyknicks fans and how this run is making them feel.
https://t.co/BxfdZmHnbQ

[Newsday @Newsday]

Ritter, who has anchored the 6 p.m. newscast since 2001, said Friday's broadcast would be his last. https://t.co/YEu0XpHGDP

[Newsday @Newsday]

The project will end up costing about $6 million, some of it raised from Muslims in Shirley but the bulk coming from members of other mosques on Long Island. https://t.co/zm3Ut3zxJV

[Steve Popper @StevePopper]

The impossible has happened! Knicks overcome 29-point deficit to beat Spurs in Game 4
OG Anunoby tipped in a missed three-pointer by Jalen Brunson with less than two seconds left to give the Knicks the lead.
https://t.co/xvF6zMPft1

[John Asbury @JohnAsbury]

"I’m sorry. I don’t usually do this on game day," said Spurs forward Julian Champagnie, who hails from Flatbush and went to St. John's. "We have Game 2 tonight."

Intrepid reporting by @chayesmatthew https://t.co/P1dObetJWZ

[James L. Edwards III @JLEdwardsIII]

Jalen Brunson thrives under pressure in a way few ever have.

Because of that, and my very recent 12-round bout with anxiety, I wanted to learn more about his relationship with pressure so I can continue to better understand myself.

Free for all:

https://t.co/nlKWvK5s6Z

[Elmo @elmo]

KNICKS that last message! Elmo didn’t mean to SPUR you on!

[Desus MF Nice💯 @desusnice]

3 more to go

[reuvenblau.bsky.social @ReuvenBlau]

Eight years after NY launched a task force to reduce maternal deaths, state auditors say officials are only now making "significant" progress. Meanwhile, Black women in NYC remain 5X more likely than white women to die during pregnancy or within a year.
https://t.co/XmGSTOl6hH

[Jon Campbell @JonCampbellNY]

"Those losing access to the Essential Plan earn between 200% and 250% of the federal poverty level — about $32,000 to $40,000 for an individual."

More from @clewisreports: https://t.co/OW8epXy6lR

[Steve Popper @StevePopper]

Matchups and storylines to watch between the Knicks and Spurs in NBA Finals. And a prediction that I’m oddly confident in (don’t gamble folks)
https://t.co/A3HaD3To4Z

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

“Lately, it has been hard not to feel a little cynical, or even nihilistic, about the prospects of human beings in the age of A.I. Why play chess, if a computer always wins?” Louisa Thomas writes. “The beauty of chess goes beyond logic; it includes desires, ideas, and feelings. That is the game’s difficulty, too.” Read more about the new age of chess. https://t.co/EZJhPqQ0sk

[Newsday @Newsday]

Immigration arrests on Long Island reached a historic high at the start of the year and continued steadily into last month, new data shows, offering the first comprehensive look at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s crackdown locally.

Read the full story here: https://t.co/5PaXo8Bkg1
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#longisland #ice #immigration #iceonlongisland #immigrationenfocement