A group of Westbury High School students traveled to Albany Thursday to appeal to New York lawmakers for additional funding for their district as negotiations over the state budget approached an April 1 deadline.

District's funding plan of more than $212M also includes funds for more academic services while avoiding a tax increase.

County Executive Laura Curran Wednesday night pitched her vision of ethical responsibility, fiscal prudence and economic development in Nassau while acknowledging the fragility of the government she inherited.

Edward Mangano paid for some of his own meals and even asked that his campaign be charged for events, Harendra Singh acknowledged at Mangano's federal corruption trial.

On the seventh day

In Brookville, the potential presidential candidate in 2020 referred to Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "ruthless leader" and railed against President Donald Trump.

Candidates accused the mayor, who in October was indicted on tax fraud charges, of being abrasive to residents and presiding over an unwieldy permit process.

No, Billy Joel's name hasn't been mentioned, not once, during the trial. But Christiano's has.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran called on the county's Industrial Development Agency to end a tourism loophole the agency has used to offer tax breaks to self-storage facilities and car dealerships.

It wasn't just Nassau County and Oyster Bay Town officials, but their aides, friends and extended family members who benefited from Harendra Singh's perks, the restaurateur testified.

Credibility check

Adding housing to retail and entertainment project allows the Hub property to maximize its full potential, developers say.

A Syosset man was sentenced to five years in prison for hurling bricks and cinder blocks at vehicles from an overpass, leaving one of the motorist whose car was struck with a permanent eye injury.

Hundreds of FDNY firefighters waited on a line that snaked more than 50 yards to pay their respects to Michael Davidson, who died while battling a fire.

Nassau County is suing its five public employee unions, asking a judge to invalidate a September 2017 agreement made under the Mangano administration that could restore pay to longtime workers and prevent layoffs through July.

The Glen Cove City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on buying and installing equipment to remove a contaminant that has kept two city water wells closed for months.

Retired Navy Capt. Weyman Watson, who followed his Tuskegee Airman father into a career of military flight, died of smoke inhalation in a fire at his home.

To hear Harendra Singh explain it, he was the sugar daddy for Oyster Bay and Nassau Republicans. He was the Bank of Singh.

A long-delayed reassessment is looming, but there are concerns about whether inequities will be adequately addressed.

FDNY firefighter Keith Young didn't ask questions when he traveled to Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks.