A proposed moratorium on ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft was tabled Tuesday night, as more than a dozen drivers told Suffolk lawmakers that ending the service would hurt their incomes and riders who have come to depend on them.

A Coram man who stole purses from three separate women walking in commercial parking lots last month was arrested Tuesday morning, Suffolk County police said.

The head of the Pine Barrens Society called for the resignation of the director of the Pine Barrens Commission as the start of tree-clearing for a Mastic solar farm highlighted a bitter dispute among environmentalists.

A pencil drawing on a classroom desk in a Queens high school last week was the source of a social media post displaying a threatening message that disrupted Long Island school districts on Monday, the New York Police Department said Tuesday.

A candlelight vigil for Scott Beigel, the teacher and Long Island native fatally shot while trying to save his students during last month's school shooting in Florida, has been postponed a week because of the nor'easter expected Wednesday.

The boy's mother is now calling for airlines to include EpiPens in their emergency kits.

The Nassau County executive said the study of county-owned roads will help in prioritizing resurfacing work.

East Hampton Town received more than 4,000 pre-applications for its Section 8 housing voucher waiting list this year, a record number and a tenfold increase since 2012, when the list was last opened up.

Bellport homeowners will be allowed to rent out their properties five times between the Memorial Day and Labor Day holidays, putting an end to a three-year debate over how short-term rentals in the village would be enforced.

The Smithtown Town Council on Tuesday ordered that an environmental impact study must be conducted before it will vote on an application for a cellphone tower on West Main Street across from Stop & Shop.

Bitcoin will be accepted as payment for this $4.495 million Hewlett Harbor home, says the property's listing agent.

Bitcoin will be accepted as payment for this $4.495 million Hewlett Harbor home, says the property's listing agent.

A 40-year-old worker was in critical condition Tuesday after he was trapped inside conveyor belt machinery at a Baiting Hollow plant, Riverhead police said.

Suffolk police are assessing a request to beef up patrols at polling places in schools during a special state Assembly election next month in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

After three days of deliberations, the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the case of Thomas Kokell, who was charged in a multi-count indictment of falsifying federal fishing records, wire and mail fraud.

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One woman was injured in a one-car accident that closed the westbound lanes of the Northern State Parkway in Dix Hills for about two hours Tuesday, State Police said.

An accident involving a school bus and a passenger vehicle forced the closure of Wading River Road for more than two hours Tuesday morning in Center Moriches, Suffolk County police said.

"I want to try and see if I can talk to any former gang members to get more insight on gang life and why people get involved in those types of things."

A man was arrested Monday after posing as a passenger and attempting to board a plane Sunday at Republic Airport in East Farmingdale, Suffolk County police said.