Mercy College Sues Former Dean for Encroaching Potential Business Students on Behalf of LIU
Nicole Acosta, Managing Editor
October 4, 2018
Mercy College is suing ex-dean of the School of Business, Edward Weis, as well as Long Island University, with damages of up to $700,000, after accusing Weis of smuggling prospective business honors students and swaying them to admit to LIU, according to documents obtained by The Impact by the New York...
Opioids: An Epidemic Plaguing Westchester County
April 9, 2018
"There’s no discrimination on age, race, religion, anything. Some people become addicted by getting prescribed regular medication, like pain killers. It goes into heroin," said Sean Hagan, a sergeant in the Greenburgh Drug and Alcohol Task Force, of the far reaches of addiction to opioids that...
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