Long Beach Island

The city of Long Beach has an abundance of culture, resources, diversity and means. This reflection is what attracts many people to visit downtown, attend school and other surrounding vicinities. At the close of Fiscal Year 2015, “the City’s assets increased $118.9 million, or 3.5 percent from the prior fiscal year. Citywide, assets increased $282.3 million or 5.0 percent” (Finance, 2016). The report also states, “sales tax revenues increased 8.6 percent or $5.1 million. Other taxes, inclusive of

Where most other areas of Long Beach are near freeways, North Long Beach has access to three freeways, the Los Angeles riverbed, Long Beach Transit, MTAs bus lines, and the Metro blue (Long Beach-Downtown Los Angeles) rail line. Since North Long Beach is more spacious than the more concentrated area of downtown, it makes it a hotbed for homeless encampment sites. The homeless accessibility

in New York. I lived most of my life on Long Island in a town called North Bellmore. North Bellmore is about fifty minutes from Manhattan and you can take the Long Island Railroad straight to the city, if you like. I did that often. New York City was second nature to me for 27 years of my life. I worked in the city often and took the train back and forth. Everyone did. You were lucky to find a seat. Getting back to suburbia was nice and peaceful after a long day in downtown near wall street with the

hundred miles east, and you’ll find yourself gazing out at the question mark that dots the end of Long Island’s North Fork. Located a mile offshore of Orient Point, Plum Island Animal Disease Center is the rumored birthplace of the “Montauk Monster,” an international bioterrorism target, and the only place in the country that is authorized to work on live foot-and-mouth disease virus. Photographing the island is strictly prohibited. In Silence of the Lambs, it was proclaimed the “one place fit for Hannibal

Greetings to all from the Long Island Biddles! We hope you all are healthy, happy and loving every minute of your life. It seems my intentions are always to get our annual letter out before Christmas, but this year I am just happy to get it out before Easter! This year has, once again, been very busy. Let me tell you about it: Bill was offered a new job as the Executive Director at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at Long Island University Post (formerly CW Post University) in New York

The Poster session was very informative, it had various topics that had information on relevant health issues. One the posters that caught my attention was “To explore the impact of psychological counseling on pregnant women who are at high risk for carrying a fetus with down syndrome” by Fatima Riaz. The aim of that study was to research the impact of psychological counseling on pregnant women who were 35 years old or above which are at a high risk of having a child born with Down syndrome. The

Central Land Issues In the United States, Long Island is one of the most densely populated regions where land is a hot commodity. The population as of 2014 was over 7.8 million. As a result, of many people living in a fixed area a large amount of waste starts to develop. Waste is being left behind after many human activities. If nonbiodegradable products are not disposed of properly; the vast population growth is forcing the further building of homes and roads which is encroaching upon natural habitats

County Long island during the early eighties. I grew up in a small community called Gordon Heights which is a predominantly African-American Neighborhood in Coram NY. This small community was surrounded smaller towns in Suffolk county New York mainly composed of Families of Italian, German & Jewish descent. Growing up we spent our weekends and summers in the Bronx and Spanish Harlem, which allow my siblings and I to stay in touch with our Afro Latino roots. Attending school on long Island in comparison

of Throgs Neck and Maritime College. “In September 1642, John Throgmorton , with 35 families applied to the Dutch authorities in Niew Amsterdam for permission to settle in. Permission was granted in October 1642, and the conlonists settled on the long neck lying south of what is Eastchester Bay today and named it Throgmorton’s Neck after their leader. By the time of the American Revolution, the name had been contracted to Throgg’s Neck. Throgmorton and his colony thrived for short time, for in the

1938” by R. A. Scotti was first published in 2003 by Little, Brown and Company in New York City. The novel attempts to recreate the confusion, chaos, and devastation before, during, and after one of the largest hurricanes to hit New England. The “Long Island Express,” as it was named for its speed and impact location, killed 682 people and had massive implications for the region as a whole particularly, the coastal areas where its effects were felt the most. The novel draws less on these implications