On the first day of the federal shutdown, the immediate impact to Long Island was just starting to be felt.

But there is worry about the uncertainty of what's to come for the Island and beyond as the shutdown — the first since the 35-day closure from December 2018 to January 2019 — stretches on with no end in sight.

On Long Island alone, thousands of federal workers were being kept from their jobs, New York State Attorney General Letitia James warned at a rally Wednesday, outlining the forthcoming catastrophic impacts on the state. There are 31,000 resident federal workers on Long Island.

"Thousands of individuals in this city will be furloughed. Thousands on Long Island," said James, adding, "in upstate New York, in central New York," with cuts affecting "every possible program you can

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