A 32-year-old Mastic man was accused of unemployment fraud on Wednesday, New York State police said.
Christopher Rosado
Christopher Rosado was found to have fraudulently collected more than $1,000 in unemployment benefits following an investigation by police and the New York State Department of Labor, police said.
Rosado was charged with grand larceny. He is due at First District Court Central Islip on March 24.
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It was 70 degrees in Central Park and Islip on Nov. 28, a temperature that shattered a 115-year-old record for New York City and trumping Long Island’s previous of 68 degrees for that date in 1995. The mercury hit 72 degrees in Newark the same day—tying a [...]
Bloods Attempted Takeover of a Long Island Indian Reservation Smoke Shop
It was Sunday, shortly before daybreak, last Labor Day eve when three gunshots pierced the peaceful morning quiet on the Poospatuck Indian Reservation in Mastic. One of the bullets struck a 23-year-old security guard in the abdomen, toppling him to the [...]
Off The Reservation: Jimmy’s Diner
Producing this week’s cover story on the Indian cigarette trade was a laborious affair that was reported over a period of several months. And since it is essentially one giant “Off the Reservation” column, I wanted to digress from my usual diatribe and [...]