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National Weather Service confirms early-season nor'easter will impact Long Island this weekend

National Weather Service confirms early-season nor'easter will impact Long Island this weekend

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 After days of debate about potential storm tracks, the National Weather Service is now certain an early-season nor'easter will impact Long Island this weekend, with strong winds and localized storm surge-related coastal flooding beginning today — and "a prolonged period of rainfall" expected to follow on its heels and continue straight into Monday.John Valenti reports in NEWSDAY that as much as 5 inches of rain could blanket Long Island, forecasters said, adding that wind gusts as high as 55 mph are expected today, adding that the strength and duration of the system will likely cause the downing of tree limbs and power lines.Beach erosion also is a key concern for all South Shore ocean beaches while the timing of the storm to a full moon and astronomic high tides will likely lead to coastal flooding on both the North Shore and South Shore.In fact, the wide range of storm-related concerns has led the weather service to issue a gale warning, coastal flood watch and advisory, wind advisory, storm warning, high surf advisory, small craft advisory, gale warning and a warning about life-threatening rip currents. Seas of 14-to-19 feet are expected in the Atlantic Ocean from Sandy Hook, New Jersey, to Montauk.The NWS said sustained winds of 20-25 mph are expected with the storm — and the resulting wind advisory is in effect from 2 p.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Sunday for Nassau, Suffolk and Queens."Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects," the warning read. "Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outage may result." The weather service said high-profile vehicles — trucks and SUVs — will be at risk during travel.The East End is expected to see the heaviest rainfall in coming days, while the strongest sustained winds and wind gusts are predicted along the South Shore — also stronger and with higher velocities toward the Twin Forks.***Long Islanders are sharply divided along partisan lines over a state law that bans local law enforcement agencies from signing cooperation agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to a Newsday/Siena University poll.After New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act, Nassau County in August ended its agreements with federal immigration officials. Days later, 15 upstate sheriffs filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the law. Steve Hughes reports in NEWSDAY that the poll found 51% of Long Islanders oppose the NYS measure, while 45% support it. The remaining poll respondents said they didn’t know about the law.Democratic and Republican voters express equally strong levels of support and opposition in their responses. For Democrats, 75% support the law, and 74% of Republicans oppose it."You look at the party breakdown on that, and you can’t be more mirror image," said Don Levy, director of the Siena Research Institute.A majority of independent voters are against the law, with 57% opposing it and 38% supporting it.That could present an opening on the issue for Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, the Republican challenging Hochul in November, Levy said. Blakeman has argued the agreements, such as the one Nassau had, are a key public safety measure.Hochul has said the federal government has the resources it needs to enforce immigration laws and she wants law enforcement agencies in the state to focus on crime in their communities."It is quite possibly an inroad for Blakeman on Long Island," Levy said. He added that statewide, voters have expressed higher levels of support for the law than they have on Long Island.The law’s support was consistent across Nassau and Suffolk counties, with 45% and 44% indicating their support, respectively. Fifty-seven percent of younger voters, between 18 and 34 years old, support the ban.The Newsday poll was done in conjunction with the Siena Research Institute from Sept. 11-17 among 411 likely voters on Long Island. The margin of error was 5.7 percentage points, meaning answers may vary by that amount. ***If you’ve ever been to a Southold Town Board meeting, you might notice that members of the public are able to talk at length without being asked to stop. Beth Young reports in EAST END BEACON that this practice is in stark contrast to other neighboring municipalities, which generally have strict time limits on public speaking. But it turns out, Southold does have a time limit on the books — it’s just quite generous and never enforced.The Southold Town Board debated whether to enforce time limits on speaking at its work session this week, before landing on a very Southold solution — asking people nicely to respect other peoples’ time.By law, municipalities are allowed to set a minimum limit of three minutes for speakers from the general public, and five minutes from subject matter experts, said Southold Town Attorney Ben Johnson, who added that, if the town were to enforce the limit, it would be advisable to have a visible timer clock that was reset for each ...
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