Michael Castellano was targeting small businesses owned by immigrants who, in many cases, speak English as a second language, said District Attorney Timothy Sini.

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.

Jacob "Kobi" Alexander, the former CEO of Long Island software firm Comverse Technology who fled to Namibia for a decade to avoid facing fraud charges, has been released from prison in Israel after serving just 20 months of a 2-1/2 year sentence, his lawyer confirmed Tuesday.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Newsday journalist Les Payne was hailed at his Harlem funeral service not only as a legendary African-American reporter and columnist but a devoted family man whose son called him "my first superhero."

Islip Supervisor Angie Carpenter delivered a State of the Town address on Tuesday that was more retrospective than forward-looking, using the platform to tout successes of the past year and emphasize the importance of community.

Richard Albano was beside himself the morning after his historic Smithtown mansion burned to the ground during renovations.

Better get adjusted to the idea of a stretch of mildly unsettled weather, as it looks like the rest of the workweek is bringing varying chances of mostly light showers -- that's rain, not snow -- forecasters say.

Live production hopes to tour national air and space museums.

The same man stole iPhones from at least two stores in Suffolk County this month, police said Tuesday.

A man was charged with drunken driving after crashing his sport utility vehicle into two parked cars and flipping it over in Babylon late Monday, police said.

A Mill Neck home listed $2.595 million was named Westerleigh by William Loeb Jr., Theodore Roosevelt's personal secretary because it sat west of Sagamore Hill, the president's summer White House in Oyster Bay.

Ebo Hill mansion was to undergo a major renovation, which was to return it to "look like it did the day it was new," then-prospective owner Richard Albano told Newsday earlier this month.

Removal of the more than 500 "I Love NY" signs that have had their share of haters since they went up on Long Island and elsewhere throughout the state will begin in April, a federal official said.

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

The Suffolk Water Authority board Tuesday will vote on a proposed 3.75 percent rate increase that would raise the average customer's bill about $14.79 in the coming year.

Elmer Alexander Lopez displayed little emotion as he described how he and other MS-13 members drove to a wooded, secluded section of Brentwood to kill Jose Pena, a fellow gang member.

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.