July 10, 2011 Leave a comment
My senior project from Stony Brook University. The website was designed, created and produced by me and features reporting over the course of the 2011 spring semester regarding animal cruelty on Long Island. The site features a video, graphic elements, a story, statistics and a timeline. Click the image to visit the site.
August 26, 2010 Leave a comment
Suffolk County lawmakers are getting ruff with animal abusers as they propose new initiatives for animal protection including a county registry that will keep animals away from abusers.
Pet owners, animal rights advocates and even animals gathered outside the Suffolk County Legislature in Hauppauge on Thursday to join Majority Leader Jon Cooper (D-Lloyd Harbor) at he unleashed several animal protection bills. The main component is a database known as the Animal Abuser Registry, which will include the names of people who have been convicted of harmful treatment and torture to animals. Additional legislation would restrict those on the registry from adopting animals and prevent shelters or pet stores from letting those on the registry take a new pet home.
“All animal offenders will be on the database,” Cooper said. “I think this is information the public should be aware of.”
If the law passes, Suffolk County will be the first municipality in the nation to have an Animal Abuser Registry.
Click here to read the rest of the article of the Long Island Press.
July 20, 2010 Leave a comment
While BP announced Thursday afternoon that the well which has been spewing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf for the past 86 days has been capped, the full impact of the existing oil in our waters has yet to be seen.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy discusses the Gulf oil spill emergency response plan for the potential impact on Suffolk County at Timber Point Country Club on Thurs. July 15, 2010. Photo by Amanda Marzullo.
In preparation for a possible oil contamination of Long Island’s waters, Suffolk County officials devised an emergency response plan to deal with the catastrophe if it does reach the shores of Long Island.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, Suffolk County Legis. Tom Cilmi (R-Bay Shore), and Suffolk departmental commissioners joined together to unveil The Gulf Oil Spill Emergency Response Plan at Timber Point Country Club Thursday afternoon.
“The good news is the threat is minimal at this point,” said Levy about the oil reaching the Island. If oil impact our shores it will not happen right away. “It would be after the summer tourist season,” he said.
Click here to read the rest of the article at the Long Island Press.
July 20, 2010 Leave a comment
U.S. Rep. Steve Israel announces $1 million in federal funding for homeland security technology initiative on Long Island at the Long Island Forum for Technology in Bethpage on Thursday, July 8, 2010. Photo by: Amanda Marzullo
The Morelly Homeland Security Center in Bethpage, a new public-private research and development lab, showed off some of its wares Thursday as one of Long Island’s congressional representatives announced that the center is expected to get an infusion of federal funding that will help bring on more researchers.
U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) said $1 million is earmarked for the center in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act. The funds will create up to 15 jobs at the center’s Homeland Security Research, Development and Manufacturing Consortium, which aims to adapt next-generation technologies to be used by first responders in case of a terrorist attack or natural disaster.
The 90,000-square foot center would also double as a “command and control” hub in the event of a major disaster in New York.
Click here to read the rest of the article and view photos from the conference.
July 20, 2010 Leave a comment
Jeff Reynolds, executive director of Ronkonkoma-based Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD) called on the state Thursday to pass the 911 Good Samaritan bill (Amanda Marzullo/Long Island Press)
Considering about one Long Islander per day fatally overdoses on drugs as the heroin epidemic maintains its grip on LI’s youth, Good Samaritans are all the more crucial. But oftentimes drug addicts are more worried about getting arrested than calling 911 to get help when the witness a friend overdose. Many simply run away.
“Their friends are scared they are going to get in trouble,” said Kevin Smith, 21, of Oakdale, a recovering heroin addict who has been clean for six months after overdosing three times. “I have lost numerous amounts of friends.”
To try and reverse this trend, advocates are calling on New York State lawmakers to pass legislation that would protect witnesses to drug and alcohol overdoses from being prosecuted on relatively minor possession charges. The Ronkonkoma-based Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD) called on the state Thursday to pass the 911 Good Samaritan bill before more lives are lost.
Click here to read the rest of the article at the Long Island Press.
July 20, 2010 Leave a comment
Nassau County Legislator Diane Yatauro holding up a mailing sent out by the Mangano Administration at a press conference in Mineola on Monday, June 14. (Photo By Amanda Marzullo)
Nassau County Legis. Diane Yatauro (D- Glen Cove), the minority leader, criticized Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican, for spending too much money on mailers to county residents touting his accomplishments—a charge he denied.
“The taxpayers are barely making ends meet,” Yatauro said during a news conference Monday in Mineola. “We can’t be wasting money.”
Yatauro said Mangano should be finding a solution to help save Able Ride, a paratransit bus service for people with disabilities, and not spend taxpayers’ dollars on what she called self-promotional full-color “puff pieces.”
Click here to read the rest of the article at the Long Island Press.
July 15, 2010 Leave a comment
Vodpod videos no longer available.
Vodpod videos no longer available.
A historically rich, more than 3,000 acres of land, hiking trails, fishing, and horseback riding could be shut down on the weekdays due to recent proposals for New York State budget cuts by Governor David A. Paterson.
Connetquot River State Park Preserve, located in Oakdale right off of Sunrise Highway, is just one of the many Long Island parks and historical sites that could potentially be affected by the $20 million park budget cut.
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November 20, 2009 Leave a comment
On Friday Oct. 16, President Samuel L. Stanley hosted a campus forum in the Health Sciences Center. The meeting allowed the Stony Brook Community to express their own ideas and raise potential questions to the search committee members on behalf of what they believed a prospective Dean of the School of Medicine should exhibit and possess.
November 20, 2009 Leave a comment
Stony Brook University’s annual Wolfstock homecoming celebration will be filled with fun activities and lots of school spirit. Check out these events taking place from Sept. 30 through Oct. 4 to make the most out of your 2009 Wolfstock experience.
Amanda Marzullo 