The “Hamilton” playwright said Sunday during a visit to the island that he hopes the fund will grow to $15 million in upcoming years
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"Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda announces arts fund for Puerto Rico
The “Hamilton” playwright said Sunday during a visit to the island that he hopes the fund will grow to $15 million in upcoming years
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"Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda announces arts fund for Puerto Rico
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Rhode Island native Kevin O’Donnell attended the famed Johnson and Wales Culinary Institute before heading off to Italy for a cooking internship. While there, he met fellow chef Michael Lombardi and the two became fast friends as well as cooking collaborators. The pair went on to work at the same restaurant kitchens in Italy, France and New York, before heading back to their native New England. Last year in Boston’s South End, they opened their dream restaurant, SRV, specializing in the regional food of the city of Venice.
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RONKONKOMA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A 14-year-old boy has been arrested for smashing a memorial in Lake Ronkonkoma dedicated to a fallen Navy SEAL from Long Island . Police investigators say the youth was arrested at his Ronkonkoma home at 3 a.m. on Friday. He was charged with second-degree criminal mischief and was scheduled to be arraigned in family court on a later date. The stone centerpiece in Lt. Michael P. Murphy Memorial Park in Lake Ronkonkoma was vandalized on Thursday, discovered broken into pieces. “I lost Mike, and then when I saw that I felt I lost him again,” and Maureen Murphy, the soldier’s mother. Murphy, of Patchogue, became the first American awarded the Medal of Honor during the Afghanistan War, when he was killed along with two fellow Navy SEALs during an ambush in 2005. He was 29. Lt. Murphy’s memorial was a labor of love built at Lake Ronkonkoma by local volunteers who sought to mark their native son’s bravery, courage and selflessness, reports CBS2’s Jennifer McLogan. SCPD is investigating vandalism @ Lt. Michael P. Murphy Memorial Park in Lake Ronkonkoma. @SCPD4thPrecinct is assigned to the case. Anyone w/information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. A fast cash reward of $2,500 for info leading to arrest. #navyseal #murph pic.twitter.com/v3vMc6eLDC — Suffolk County PD (@SCPDHq) July 20, 2018 Community leaders took to social media asking for leads after the vandalism was discovered. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he was “appalled and disgusted” by the vandalism. Cuomo says the state will pay to replace the memorial. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone expressed compassion toward the unnamed youth police are saying was responsible. “A minor probably didn’t realize the significance of what he was doing,” he said. “I hope this is a teachable moment.” “Michael would have taken this kid under his wing to teach him what a war hero is,” said Vicent Calvosa of the NAvy SEAL Museum. In addition to memorials around Suffolk County, a 510-foot destroyer is named after Murphy and the movie “Lone Survivor” outlining the the final hours of his life in Afghanistan. “Michael has become more a symbol — he’s our son, but he’s more a symbol — of our military men and women, and our first responders — fire, police — that are out there every day protecting us,” his father, Daniel Murphy, said.
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Action is finally being taken to stop one of New York’s most populated graveyards from falling into Long Island Sound. This year marks the 150th anniversary of Hart Island , a little known Potter’s Field in New York City, reports CBS2’s Natalie Duddridge. It’s often referred to as the “island of the dead,” a name reinforced even more recently since bones have been washing up along the shoreline , but now there’s a push to restore it. It takes months to schedule a visit to this public burial ground, the largest in the country, where more than a million New Yorkers have been laid to rest – many because they had no money or family, or were never identified. The island is highly restricted and run by the city’s Department of Corrections, so armed officers didn’t show CBS2 the area where years of storms have unearthed graves. In the last few months, Chopper 2 spotted red flags marking the spots where bones and teeth were found – including those of infants. “My baby was buried right near the water,” said Dr. Laurie Grant of the Hart Island Project. “The babies are buried in small coffins so there’s about five on top of each other, and the whole area has sunk.” Grant’s child died in 1993 and was buried on Hart Island in error. There are countless stories like hers. Elaine Joseph’s daughter died days after she was born in February 1978. On that day a catastrophic snowstorm hit the city, and she says there was mass confusion at the hospital. “I was told they had been understaffed in the morgue and was told the city had ‘quote, unquote’ taken care of it,” said Joseph. “Taken care of” turned out to mean Joseph’s daughter had been mistakenly buried on the island. It took weeks to track down her grave, but at that time Hart Island did not allow visitors. It wasn’t until three decades later in March 2014 when Joseph became the first person ever to visit the grave of a loved one buried on the island. Each markers represents 150 people, so in a small section of the island, thousands have been buried. All of those graves are dug by Rikers Island prisoners. “Sentenced inmates who are in the department serving sentences of a year or less for misdemeanor charges, they perform burials and disinterment as well as general grounds keeping around the island,” said Carleen McLaughlin, director of legislative affairs/special projects for the Department of Correction. The inmates are the reason security has to be so tight and access so limited to the public, a policy that found its share of critics. “We need to end jail for the dead,” said Melina Hunt, one such person who believes the way the island is run is a disgrace. She has been monitoring it since the 1990s and doesn’t believe the Department of Corrections is equipped to operate a burial ground. In April, 74 exposed bones were recovered by the medical examiners office. They were eventually re-interred after pressure from local advocates who say this issue is not new. “I saw those bones in 1992 and we rephotographed them in April 2018,” said Hunt. “That’s an awfully long time so now the city needs to take action.” City council members have introduced two bills to transfer jurisdiction of the island to the parks department. They also want abandoned buildings that have sat empty for years renovated and put to use, along with proposing a public ferry service be set up. Corrections is fighting back to maintain control, saying in a statement: “The New York City Department of Correction has managed burial and disinterment services at Hart Island for more than 100 years, and we consider this a solemn responsibility.” Despite promises, so far advocates say nothing been done to make the island more accommodating to visitors or to fix the worsening erosion. Back in 2015, after Superstorm Sandy, FEMA gave the city $13.2 million to strengthen the shoreline, but three years later the work hasn’t even started. This spring, after CBS2 covered the story, the department of correction announced it is now fast-tracking the project. Repairs are set to start next year, which advocates hope is the first step to a revitalized island. They hope one day people like Elaine Joseph can visit her daughter without being escorted by armed guards. “So I can come visit her grave site as often as I choose to visit,” said Joseph. “Just like anyone else visits their family’s gravesite.”
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New York’s first apparent shark attacks in more than six decades injured two children off Long Island on Wednesday. The two separate incidents happened at beaches less than five miles apart, along a popular vacation spot known as Fire Island. Don Dahler reports.
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ISLIP, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Two children are recovering Thursday after being hurt in apparent shark attacks off Fire Island. The 12-year-old girl and 13-year-old boy were swimming at two separate beaches Wednesday less than five miles apart. The first incident happened at Sailors Haven Beach where 12-year-old Lola Pollina was swimming in waist deep water with her younger brother. “I kinda thought it was a dream. I didn’t think it was actually happening,” she said. The girl was bitten by what appeared to be a shark. “It was like this tannish, orangey looking body and this small fin on top,” she said. “When I got out, my leg was bloody.” “When I looked back, I see her in the water struggling,” her mother, Barbara Pollina said. Lifeguards bandaged Lola’s leg and she was taken to the hospital. Elizabeth Rogers, a spokeswoman for Fire Island National Seashore, said the girl suffered bite marks “consistent with a large fish.” Then just minutes later, a 13-year-old boy was boogie boarding at a day camp on Atlantique Beach when something latched onto his leg. “I brought him out of the water. He had blood on his leg,” a lifeguard said. “I didn’t think about it till we got out of the water and saw lifeguards wrapping his leg up, blood all over the place,” one camper said. EMTs pulled a tooth from one of the deep gashes around his knee. “A tooth was found in the bite wound, consistent with a large fish,” said Rogers. Long Island officials call these two incidents incredible rare, but say summer is shark mating season and anything is possible. Wednesday evening, Gov. Andrew Cuomo deployed Department of Environmental Conservation officers to investigate the waters where the attacks happened. “I probably will go in the water cause I like the beach and ocean, but I’ll be more careful,” said Lola. Both children are expected to make full recoveries. Long Island officials will re-assess Thursday morning before reopening both beaches to swimmers.
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MINEOLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A Long Island police officer walked into court with a cane Wednesday and faced the alleged drunk driver who left him seriously injured on New Year’s Eve. CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff was there as the officer spoke publicly for the first time about the crash. Nassau County Police Officer Willard Gomes said he’s lucky to be alive, though he’s still recovering from his injuries. “Long lasting injuries — I’m going to have to deal with them for the rest of my life,” he said. “It’s going to be a reminder every single day when I wake up that on January 1, 2018, somebody decided to drink and drive and changed my life forever.” Gomes was on DWI patrol in Greenvale when he became a victim himself. Prosecutors said Keith Dillon, of New Hyde Park, was driving 70 mph with a .27 blood alcohol level – more than three times the legal limit. He was allegedly in a rage after a family argument that followed an all-you-can-drink New Year’s celebration. “We’re here because of his selfish actions. We’re here because he stupidly decided to drive drunk,” said Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas. “This is the human toll of what happens on our roadways when people make those decisions.” Surveillance video shows Dillon traveling south on Glen Cove Road, then crossing the median and slamming into Gomes’s unmarked police car heading north. The litany of elevated charges against Dillon takes into account a prior DWI arrest, Gusoff reported. “My client, yes he had a prior driving while impaired incident, but has otherwise led a completely law-abiding, respectable life. This is a tragic event, he feels incredibly remorseful for what happened. If he could take that night back, he would,” defense attorney Marc Gann said. “I’m sure the defendant is remorseful, he’s not a career criminal. I’m sure he was out having a good time, but there’s no excuse for drinking and driving,” said Gomes. “I was out that night trying to prevent such an injury to somebody else and it is ironic that it happened to me. Hopefully I can be a lesson to someone else.” Dillon’s attorney said his client would like to resolve the case quickly without a trial, hinting he would accept a plea deal if offered, Gusoff reported. He is facing five to 15 years in prison on Wednesday’s upgraded charges. Gomes is in rehab, working toward returning to the police force.
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Lava is changing the outline of the island itself and now threatens even more of the Big Island coastline
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Lava has destroyed 700 homes – and added 700 acres to Hawaii
Lava is changing the outline of the island itself and now threatens even more of the Big Island coastline
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(CBS News) — New restrictions are in place for boaters near Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano after a lava explosion injured 23 people on a sightseeing tour. One woman suffered a broken leg and others were burned when the blast sent rocks crashing through the boat’s roof. “The explosion looked like a gigantic firework, right off the side of the boat,” said passenger Kirk Olsen, who says the sightseeing boat was about 100 yards off the coast when a basketball-sized lava bomb crashed through the roof. Capturing the irresistible, horrifying beauty of Kilauea volcano “It was suddenly bedlam. There was screaming… You’d look on the floor and there were hot lava rocks glowing,” Olsen said. The boat that was hit is run by Lava Ocean Tours, one of several companies that takes visitors to see Kilauea’s lava pouring into the ocean. Tourists on nearby boats could see the thick plume of steam and hot ash blasting into the sky, reports CBS News’ Carter Evans. Nearly two dozen people on board were treated for burns and scrapes and one woman was hospitalized with a broken femur. The Coast Guard recently changed the rules for lava tour operators to allow them to take visitors as close as 50 meters from shore. But after Monday’s incident boats are required to stay 300 meters out at all times. Kilauea’s latest eruption started in early May and the lava flow has now destroyed more than 700 homes. “What happened today shows the unpredictable nature of a volcano, you just can’t know what’s going to happen,” Olsen said. Even though the vast majority of the Big Island is unaffected by the lava, concerns about the volcano have hurt tourism there. It’s unclear if this accident and the new restrictions will have any further impact. © 2018 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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(CBS News) — New restrictions are in place for boaters near Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano after a lava explosion injured 23 people on a sightseeing tour. One woman suffered a broken leg and others were burned when the blast sent rocks crashing through the boat’s roof. “The explosion looked like a gigantic firework, right off the side of the boat,” said passenger Kirk Olsen, who says the sightseeing boat was about 100 yards off the coast when a basketball-sized lava bomb crashed through the roof. Capturing the irresistible, horrifying beauty of Kilauea volcano “It was suddenly bedlam. There was screaming… You’d look on the floor and there were hot lava rocks glowing,” Olsen said. The boat that was hit is run by Lava Ocean Tours, one of several companies that takes visitors to see Kilauea’s lava pouring into the ocean. Tourists on nearby boats could see the thick plume of steam and hot ash blasting into the sky, reports CBS News’ Carter Evans. Nearly two dozen people on board were treated for burns and scrapes and one woman was hospitalized with a broken femur. The Coast Guard recently changed the rules for lava tour operators to allow them to take visitors as close as 50 meters from shore. But after Monday’s incident boats are required to stay 300 meters out at all times. Kilauea’s latest eruption started in early May and the lava flow has now destroyed more than 700 homes. “What happened today shows the unpredictable nature of a volcano, you just can’t know what’s going to happen,” Olsen said. Even though the vast majority of the Big Island is unaffected by the lava, concerns about the volcano have hurt tourism there. It’s unclear if this accident and the new restrictions will have any further impact. © 2018 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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In the wake of yet another fire at one of the island’s licensed waste disposal sites, the second in as many weeks, the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) has expressed frustration at what it describes as the decades-old inadequate management and neglect of the facilities.
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NEW YORK (Hoodline) – Looking to satisfy your appetite for Peruvian fare? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top Peruvian restaurants around New York City, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to satisfy your cravings. 1. Pio Pio 8 Pio Pio 8 (credit: Maisha R./Yelp via Hoodline) Topping the list is Pio Pio 8 . Located at 604 10th Ave. (between 43rd and 44th streets) in Hell’s Kitchen, it is the most popular Peruvian restaurant in New York City, boasting four stars out of 2,047 reviews on Yelp. The boisterous spot is the eighth of nine Pio Pio restaurants (the ninth is in Brooklyn), serving the ubiquitous rotisserie chicken with dipping sauces, alongside seafood and Chinese-influenced fried rice at its long bar, small tables and on the outdoor patio. Cocktails like the pisco sour are another draw. 2. Jora Restaurant & Bar Jora Restaurant (credit: Jora Restauarnt & Bar/Yelp via Hoodline) Next up is Long Island City’s Jora Restaurant & Bar , situated at 47-46 11th St. It brings ceviche, potatoes with creamy chili sauce and grilled meat to the table. Desserts include flan, sorbet and traditional pumpkin and sweet potato fritters, and the drinks menu features an extensive list of beer, wine and cocktails. With 4.5 stars out of 404 reviews on Yelp, this Peruvian spot has proven to be a local favorite. 3. Lima 33 Restaurant Lima 33 Restaurant (credit: Stephen L./Yelp via Hoodline) Little Neck’s Lima 33 Restaurant , located at 254-04 Northern Blvd., is another top choice, with Yelpers giving it 4.5 stars from 329 reviews. The eatery also features Peruvian staples: rotisserie chicken, potatoes with creamy sauce, ceviche, lomo saltado (stir-fried steak strips) and fried rice. Alcoholic drinks are limited to wine and beer, or try the fruity soda, Inka Kola. 4. Flor De Mayo Flor De Mayo (credit: Lori L./Yelp via Hoodline) Flor De Mayo , on the Upper West Side, is another high-traffic go-to, with four stars out of 1,057 Yelp reviews. Here the Chinese side of Peruvian cuisine is emphasized: you’ll see moo goo gai pan, egg foo young and noodle stir-fries, for example. But grilled meats and seafood dishes still play a starring role with stuffed potatoes, spicy seafood chowder and paella. Head over to 484 Amsterdam Ave. (between 83rd and 84th streets) to see for yourself. 5. Mezquite Restaurant Mezquite Restaurant (credit: Maria I./Yelp via Hoodline) Finally, over in Astoria, check out Mezquite Restaurant , a combined Mexican and Peruvian spot. The prix fixe menu perhaps exemplifies the offerings, with rotisserie chicken, grilled steak, fried pork chop and fried tilapia served with choice of rice and beans, fried green plantains, sweet plantains or yucca. With 4.5 stars from 227 reviews on Yelp, you can find Mezquite Restaurant at 45-06 30th Ave.
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