Dad, son face about $20K in fines after officials remove about 42 tons of trash from propertyMASTIC BEACH, N.Y. — A father and son are facing almost $20,000 in fees and fines after New York authorities said they removed about 42 tons of trash from their property. Brookhaven Town officials said they took away tires, car parts, hoses and other trash — about 85,000 pounds in all — piled up on a residential lot in Mastic Beach on eastern Long Island. 5 NY family members accused of endangering 7 children living in ’squalor’MASTIC BEACH, N.Y. — Two of five family members accused of keeping seven young children in a feces-strewn, filthy home on Long Island pleaded not guilty Friday to child endangerment charges. 5 NY family members accused of endangering 7 children by living in squalorMASTIC BEACH, N.Y. — Five family members kept seven children and more than a dozen animals in a Long Island house that reeked of urine and was littered with rotting food and animal feces, authorities said Friday. |