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New measures will mandate tracking of race and ethnicity in all arrest data, and require "officers to report any weapons discharge within six hours" and to "provide mental and medical help for any person under arrest or any person in custody when they require it."

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Sunday that the state received 25,000 complaints about social distancing violations at businesses, mostly at bars and restaurants, with Manhattan and the Hamptons leading the way.

East Hampton Town is considering a plan to temporarily change traffic circulation on several streets in Montauk's downtown and close a segment of Main Street to vehicles one day a week in an effort to create more open space for pedestrians and cyclists and to encourage social distancing.

A proposal from AT&T to build a 50-foot-high freestanding bell tower, or “campanile,” to house cellphone antennas at St. Peter’s Chapel on Old Stone Highway in Springs faced fierce opposition from the church’s neighbors during an East Hampton Town Planning Board public hearing on June 3.

The town board voted to allow surveying for the transmission cable landing site in Wainscott.

"I love this candidate," the actor John Leguizamo said on Sunday. "I feel he's one of the best out there."
Mr. Leguizamo, who bought a house in Amagansett in 2012, was speaking of Perry Gershon, who is vying for the Democratic Party's nomination for a second bid to represent New York's First Congressional District. He spoke during an online fund-raiser for Mr. Gershon, organized and co-hosted by Loida Lewis of East Hampton and Manhattan.

Five Democrats vying to represent District 1 in the New York State Senate faced off Monday night in a debate sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island, and the North Fork. The incumbent, Kenneth P. LaValle, a Republican, announced his retirement in January after 44 years in office.

The Sand Land mine on Middle Line Highway in Noyac is the recipient of an updated permit from the State Department of Environmental Conservation, as well as a brand-new cease-and-desist order from Southampton Town.

The New York State Department of Transportation will repave approximately eight miles of Route 114 between Stephen Hand’s Path in East Hampton and the South Ferry on North Haven, Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. and State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle announced Tuesday.

Southampton Town will reopen its Town Hall on Monday after it was closed for several weeks during the shutdown. The hours will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.

A long-running deliberation on revisions to the laws governing how, when, and where musicians can perform is finally headed toward resolution, following a public hearing before the East Hampton Town Board last Thursday.

Four Democrats made a case on Monday for their nomination to challenge Representative Lee Zeldin in New York’s First Congressional District, presenting policy positions that were largely in sync. Again and again, they took the opportunity to tie the incumbent to President Trump.