But the New York State Education Department swiftly pushed back saying "If members of the Massapequa Board of Education are genuinely interested in honoring and respecting Long Island’s Native ...

Conway Corp makes a $600,000 gift to Hendrix College for the restoration of Galloway Hall. From left to right: Tanya Corbin ...

New York’s education leaders moved to ban Native American-inspired mascots in 2022, drawing a lawsuit from the Massapequa school district. Now, the president has weighed in. By Troy Closson As ...

Trump posted on Truth Social in part, "I agree with the people in Massapequa, Long Island ... the Shinnecock Indian Nation sent CBS News New York the following statement: "Disrespecting entire ...

Massapequa and Wantagh were part of a group that unsuccessfully sued the New York State Board of Regents to keep their monikers in defiance of a 2023 mandate to remove all Native American team ...

The New York Board of Regents ordered all New York public schools to remove Native American names and imagery. The Massapequa school district, with a “Chiefs” mascot and logo, has resisted the ...

MASSAPEQUA, Long Island (WABC) -- President Donald Trump is throwing his support behind a Long Island school district's fight to keep its mascot after New York's state education board banned ...

said that her department would “not stand by as the state of New York attempts to rewrite history and deny the town of Massapequa the right to celebrate its heritage in its schools.” ...

"The U.S. Department of Education will not stand by as the state of New York attempts to rewrite history and deny the town of Massapequa the right to celebrate its heritage in its schools,” said ...

A Medford man was charged with vehicular manslaughter after a fatal three-vehicle crash in Massapequa ... in connection with the crash about 9 p.m. Saturday on Sunrise Highway at Unqua Road ...