This Week's Long Island News
Join the WHPC staff for a week’s look at the stories shaping the Long Island community. Hosted by Bill McIntyre. Listen as Newsday reporters and local leaders talk about the stories affecting Long Islanders like you.
Episodes
April 19, 2024 • 28 mins
Bill McIntyre talks with New York State Assemblymember Charles D. Lavine, who represents the 13th District here in Nassau County. They speak about the bill he introduced and how New York’s Legislature gave final legislative approval to repeal a 117-year-old law that makes adultery a crime with a sentence of up to 3 months in jail, what is holding up the final approval of the state budget, and more.
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April 12, 2024 • 27 mins
Bill McIntyre talks with New York State Assemblywoman Taylor Darling, who represents the 18th district here on Long Island. Ms. Darling is also facing off against Nassau County Legislator Siela Bynoe will be facing off for the Democratic nomination in the 6th Senate District. The primary is happening on June 25th. They speak about Nassau University Medical Center, illegal cannabis sales, and more.
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April 5, 2024 • 28 mins
Bill McIntyre learns about the leadership in the Democratic Party and what their thought process is going into the 2024 elections. He speaks with Jay Jacobs, Chairman of the State and Nassau Democratic Committees.
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March 15, 2024 • 29 mins
Bill McIntyre talks with Dave Denenberg, who recently announced that he would run for Congress, but decided to withdraw from the race in the 4th district and support one candidate to try to, in his words, unite and build the Democratic party. Dave has been an engineer, an environmental attorney, chair of the Nassau County Environment and Development Legislative Committee and is the Founder and Director of Long Island Clean Air Wate...
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March 8, 2024 • 28 mins
Bill McIntyre talks with Nassau County Legislator Howard J. Kopel, from District 7, who was installed as presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature back in January, marking the 15th term of the governing body - and was re-elected this past November to the legislature to serve his 8th term. They speak about his new role, the Sands Nassau Coliseum proposal, redistricting, the State of the Union, and more.
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February 16, 2024 • 28 mins
Bill McIntyre speaks with Gian Jones, a business owner and a real estate professional, who is running on the Democratic ticket for New York’s 4th Congressional District, the seat currently held by Anthony D’Esposito.
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February 9, 2024 • 28 mins
Bill McIntyre speaks with Mazi Pilip, the Republican Candidate in the NY-03 Special Election for Congress. Ms. Pilip is currently serving her second term as a Nassau County Legislator. Together they speak about immigration, abortion, the SALT cap, and more.
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February 2, 2024 • 26 mins
Bill McIntyre talks with New York State Senator Kevin Thomas from New York’s 6th District, who is the Assistant Majority Leader on House Operations, and Chairman of Committee on Consumer Protection. Mr. Thomas has also declared himself a candidate for Congress in New York’s 4th Congressional District as a Democrat, to try to unseat Anthony D’Esposito this November.
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January 26, 2024 • 27 mins
Bill McIntyre speaks with Tom Suozzi, the Democratic Candidate in the NY-03 Special Election for Congress. Mr. Suozzi held this seat until 2022, when he gave it up to run for Governor of New York. He has also held positions including Nassau County Executive and Mayor of Glen Cove. Together they speak about immigration, fighting for "working people" and why he believes he is the right choice. (We are scheduled to speak with Ms. P...
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January 19, 2024 • 28 mins
Happy Days Dispensary on Route 109 in East Farmingdale near Republic Airport is the second state-licensed brick-and-mortar recreational marijuana shop to open - and it went through a lot of legal hurdles to get those doors to swing open. Now that recreational marijuana is legalized, people are asking a lot of questions surrounding it, so today, Bill Mcintyre talks with the expert, Paul Lepore, the President of Happy Days Dispensary...
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January 12, 2024 • 28 mins
Bill McIntyre talks with Nassau County Legislator Siela Bynoe, a Democrat who represents the 2nd district which includes New Cassel, Uniondale and parts of East Meadow, Hempstead and Westbury. AND, In December, she announced that she will run for the 6th District State Senate seat in this year’s election. Together they talk about why she is running, her thoughts on the Nassau Coliseum Sands deal, the futute of the Nassau University...
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January 5, 2024 • 28 mins
Bill McIntyre talks with Ms. Delia DeRiggi-Whitton, a Nassau County Legislator since 2012, who in December was appointed the new Democratic Minority Leader by the members of her caucus. They talk about what the leader is responsible for, her thoughts on the Nassau University Medical Center's future, and more.
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December 15, 2023 • 28 mins
Bill McIntyre talks with Yancey Roy, Newsday's Albany Chief, about the special election and the candidates that have been selected for NY-03, George Santos' seat, redistricting throughout New York State, and other important issues.
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December 8, 2023 • 29 mins
Bill McIntyre talks with Mr. Richard Kessel, who back in October was appointed to the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority in the role of chair and director for the board, by New York’s Governor, Kathy Hochul. NIFA was formed over 20 years ago to monitor and oversee Nassau County’s finances and to ensure that the County is fiscally strong and has long term plans to have balanced budgets and stable finances to protect taxpayers a...
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December 1, 2023 • 28 mins
Bill McIntyre speaks with Laura Gillen, Laura Gillen, who is the Democratic candidate running in the 4th district, the seat currently held by Republican Anthony D’Esposito - setting up a rematch of the 2022 election in the district. Ms. Gillen held the title of Hempstead Town Supervisor, when she was elected back in 2017. They speak about George Santos (before he was removed from Congress), Justice Sandra Day O'Connor passing awa...
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November 17, 2023 • 28 mins
Bill McIntyre talks with Jim Toes - a candidate running on the Republican ticket in the 2024 election for NY's 3rd Congressional District, the seat currently held by George Santos. They talk about why Mr. Toes wants to join politics, what his thoughts on George Santos is, issues like the national energy and fentanyl crisises, and more.
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November 3, 2023 • 28 mins
Bill McIntyre previews Election Day 2023, and the races that you need to know about in Nassau County including the Legislature and Township leadership. He speaks with Scott Eidler, who reports on Nassau County government and politics for Newsday and Newsday.com.
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October 27, 2023 • 28 mins
Bill McIntyre talks with Joseph Saladino, the Supervisor of the Town of Oyster Bay, who is running for re-election on the Republican ticket in the upcoming election. They speak about the town budget, environmental issues - and even Mr. Saladino's interests as a musician!
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October 20, 2023 • 28 mins
Bill McIntyre talks with Mike Sapraicone - a declared candidate on the Republican Ticket in 2024 for New York’s 3rd Congressional District, the seat currently held by George Santos. They speak about his police and security background, his opinion on George Santos, congestion pricing and more.
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October 13, 2023 • 28 mins
Bill McIntyre talks with Mr. Jon Kaiman - who is running to become the Supervisor for the Town of North Hempstead - a job he held from 2004 to 2013. Since 2017, he has served as the Deputy County Executive of Suffolk County. They speak about why he wants his old job back, the 311 system in the town, and his feelings on the latest news coming out of Israel.
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