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Headlines good morning it's Wednesday August 14th I'm Jasmine Anderson Nassau County will make history today with the signing of a mask ban that's among the first of its kind in the state county executive Bruce blakeman will sign the ban into law minola it will prohibit non-religious or non-health related facial coverings in public nasau officials claim it'll help increase Public Safety now critics question how it would be enforced and how it'll affect the First Amendment rights of protesters offenders could face a $1,000 fine or a year in jail stay with Newsday for more on this story we'll have reporters at the signing ceremony and we'll bring you the latest on the law and how the blakeman administration plans to enforce it only a Newsday DNA testing has directly leaked New York's leria outbreak to bores head Deli meet an official at the Center for Disease Control tells Newsday DNA sequences from sicken New Yorkers were linked to the bacteria in late June the CDC also confirmed liver worst was the culprit Nationwide three people have died and 43 have become ill 14 of the people who got sick were in New York a data breach is costing a biotech firm Millions the Farmingdale based company Enzo biochim reached a 4 and a half million do settlement with authorities in New York New Jersey and Connecticut the Attorneys General in those states claim lack cyber security led to the breach in 2023 hackers were able to access patient information belonging to nearly 2 and2 million people a 54 unit luxury apartment building is set to open this fall in Rosland Bryant Plaza will offer one and two bedroom apartments with rent starting at just under $4,000 a month 11 units will be income restricted with rent starting at just over $2,300 a month the building will also have retail space free shuttle service to a Stony Brook Beach is in danger of ending the program launched this summer by two Stony Brook University professors aims at providing beach access to underserved communities starting June 1st the project has provided weekend bus service to and from West Meadow Beach but so far ridership has been low in order to keep the funding and the shuttle um we have to use the shuttle more often so we're hoping that someone picks it up after an ends this year and perhaps we can provide more transportation and uh just keep spread the word The Last Ride of the season is August Bruce Blakeman 31st only Newsday Nassau County Executive Bruce blakeman has another year before he has to run for re-election but he already has a million dollars in campaign cash and Counting newsday's Drew Scott and Candace Fetti look at his fundraising let's talk about uh Bruce blakeman uh he has an enormous amount of money in his reelection campaign fund but even more is on the way yes Drew um we looked at the first half of 2024 and I found that um the county executive even though he has not yet uh announced a bid for reelection formally he is raising over $100,000 per month um and now has crossed the $1 million mark and is still about a year and a half nearly a year and a half away from reelection next November now that's an enormous amount of money but of course reelection campaigns are very expensive but does he have uh loftier uh uh Ambitions for a elected office I would love to know um I will say that the county Executives race is generally A1 to2 million race so he is uh amassing a war chest right now uh there have been so many theories out there maybe he wants to run for governor and challenge Kathy hokel um he's obviously a perennial political figure he's been in politics for over two decades um we've seen him run for New York city mayor US senator um House of Representatives so it wouldn't surprise me at all if he had loftier political ambitions I do know that he and uh the Nassau County Republican committee chairman Joe Cairo have spoken and he has indicated that he has is loves the job that he has right now uh running Nassau County so who knows Drew Candace thank you you can read more about this story on newsday.com click get more below the Newsday TV video box Newsday Sports is brought to you by King oor Automotive Group now that the Summer Olympics are Jamie Stewart over a brother and sister from suffk have their sights set on the Winter Games Jamie Stewart hits the ice for a story you'll see only in news day imagine spending all day every day with your sibling maybe we need to work on that a little bit yeah yeah sure you might grow tired of one another pretty quickly pretty [Applause] often meet the brown siblings Gage and una they watched the Olympics from a different perspective than most of us they watched with an eye on the future it definitely does light a fire under us to kind of just be there in the winter time 21-year-old Gage and 19-year-old una started competing as a dance team a decade ago the Middle Island natives rank 24th in the world as a team and recently won the silver medal at the lake plasted ice dance International we grew up in a very Musical households that we always would be grooving we always would be dancing Gage and una's goal is to compete in ice dancing at the 2026 Winter Olympics but what is ice dancing well it's a form of figure skating but there are some major differences in ice dancing there are no jumps or overhead lifts and the Browns say the main focus is artistry it's a lot more like she said artistic oriented I guess it's a lot more knee Bend it's a lot more how you can make the audience feel in a way emotionally not just like at a visual perspective the brother and sister combo compliment each other's dancing Styles una's dancing style is very she has fun doing it and you can see that a perfect balance to brother Gage I would describe it like crazy I was going to say I think crazy but in control so it's like interesting to watch it's like than a rare compliment perhaps but these sibling skaters always have each other's backs and one day perhaps they'll have an Olympic experience when we're on the ice it's it's a it's a good it's a good feeling to be with somebody that you know for this long and that you trust in a lot of things for Newsday TV I'm Jamie [Music] Stewart I would love to see them in the Winter Games read more exclusive stories like this on newsday.com just click get more below the Newsday TV video [Music] box checking out your hyper local forcast lots of sunshine today as it starts to heat back up here's a look outside at shinicok fishing dock and hand and Bays clear and sunny another beautiful gorgeous day checking out your day planner sunny today highs and the low 80s but you get a mix of kind of everything especially this morning we start off in the 70s uh sunny today obviously in the 80s but tomorrow another beautiful day ahead with highs in the mid 80s here's a look at your 7-day forecast still some rain this weekend of course we'll keep you updated as we get closer to Friday Long Island weather is brought to you by PT RC I'm Jasmine Anderson 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