🌱 Argument Leads To Knife Attack + Nassau DA Won't Charge Cuomo

Happy Friday, Merrick! Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Some sun, then clouds; milder. High: 46 Low: 37.

Here are the top four stories in Merrick today:

1. An argument over closing a bedroom window led to a knife attack in Massapequa on Wednesday night. Santiago Real, 49, was arguing with a 55-year-old man about keeping open a window and Real slashed the other man with a small knife, hitting him in the nose, upper arm and chest. (Patch)
2. Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith announced that her office will not press charges against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo for allegedly harassing a female state trooper at an event at Belmont Park in 2019. (Patch)
3. America's largest online used-car seller, with multistory "car vending machines," purchased 1.9 acres of land in Garden City to build a Carvana Customer Center. Carvana paid $9.7 million for the site, on North Avenue. (Subscription: Newsday)
4. A new Tex-Mex restaurant called Ole’s Fajitas has opened in Wantagh. The spot serves fajitas, burritos, tacos, quesadillas, crunch wraps and fajita bowls. (Greater Long Island)

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Today in Merrick:

• The Santa tracker from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) that happens every Christmas Eve is run by the New York Air National Guard.

From my notebook:

• A 21-year-old Nassau woman finally went home after nine months of living in a hospital and rehab after becoming paralyzed in a skiing accident. (Patch)
• Sixth-graders at Boardman Elementary School 9E in Oceanside invented a wheelchair attachment for Tyler Lipsky, a first-grader, that will help him play sports. (Subscription: Newsday)
• Long-time Rockville Centre Bishop Robert Brennan was installed as the eighth bishop of the Archdiocese of Brooklyn on Nov. 30. (LI Herald)

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— Jackie