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Howie Rose Stepping Down As Islanders TV Announcer

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)Howie Rose, the TV voice of the Islanders since 1995, is stepping down.

Rose informed MSG Networks of his decision Wednesday, Newsday reported. Also the radio play-by-play announcer for the Mets, Rose cited a desire to reduce his workload.

“I don’t know that I’ve ever been more conflicted about a decision I’ve had to make in my life,” Rose told Newsday. “But I’m confident I made really the only one I could make at this point in time in my career and life. Strictly, it’s the idea that I could have an offseason like most people who do what I do for a living.