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The New York Blood Center is counting on conscientious young people to help rebuild a blood donation program that has taken a blow the past two years.

The 25-acre property came under new ownership on Dec. 17, when China Orient Asset Management Co. Ltd. paid nearly $42 million to buy majority control of the parent company of Delaware-based Mercury International. But the property's LI-based caretaker said there are no plans to sell it.

As Suffolk cops continued the search for the killer of Yusef Staine, 20, of West Babylon, a Wheatley Heights man said losing his close friend "hurts so bad."

Four men forced their way into a home on Everglades Lane in Coram and shot one victim, police officials said.

"All he wanted to be was a fireman. His life was a fireman, and all his friends were firemen," Jesse Gerhard's father said.

The town and the fire company have agreed to name a receiver, FDNY Fire Academy Chief Frank Leeb, to oversee the shuttered fire company's operations, which was among the requirements to allow North Amityville to again answer emergency calls.  

A Long Island Rail Road passenger, who police identified as Yusef Staine, 20, of West Babylon, was shot dead by his traveling companion on a 1:51 a.m. Ronkonkoma train to Penn Station, Suffolk police said. The suspected shooter remained on the loose Wednesday night, according to police.

The fire broke out Wednesday night at a home on Magnolia Drive near Talbot Lane in Selden, according to Suffolk police.

The fire broke out Wednesday night at a home on Magnolia Drive near Talbot Lane in Selden, according to Suffolk police.

Akcel Arriaza lured his mother, Dora Villatoro Arriaza, outside their home on Adams Avenue in Brentwood on Dec. 8, 2019.

The victim had been helping a driver back up one of the trucks in a parking lot, Suffolk police said.

The deal calls for Huntington Town to take over certain roads and for Suffolk County to waive past maintenance and repair charges, officials said.

Developer Benchmark Senior Living said it wants to build a 90-unit facility for seniors on the site of the long-standing bowling alley on East Main Street. But residents are speaking out against the plan and have launched a petition drive against the project.

A total of $17.3 million in state funding, with an aim of housing homeless New Yorkers, was awarded to six projects in Suffolk and three other counties, Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement.

With expanded programming such as a new bingo machine and a knitting club at the town's Senior Center, officials hope to bring back the regulars who've stayed home during COVID.

Rep. Lee Zeldin will compete in a crowded GOP gubernatorial primary in June that includes former Westchester County Executive Ron Astorino and Andrew Giuliani, son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. 

Tire-popping potholes have opened up across Long Island — flooding car repair shops and towing companies with work — and leaving fed-up motorists feeling the pinch.

"I'm very confident it's going to help us identify a suspect going to the near future," Suffolk Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said Tuesday during a virtual news conference via Zoom. 

The proceedings essentially ask a judge to bar the town from closing the airport in Wainscott on Feb. 28 and reopening it March 4, citing the possibility it will not be able to reopen in the projected four-day time frame, or perhaps, ever. 

Fire Island Ferries of Bay Shore said services including freight, water taxi and ferry will be paused beginning March 1 until a new contract is reached.