Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said the arrests were part of a hot-spot crackdown based on the department's new anti-opioids mapping.

New York State agencies are gearing up for a Thursday-to-Saturday nor'easter that could drench and blast Long Island with rain and high winds and envelop upstate with snow, officials said.

For the past year, THRIVE has provided Long Islanders in recovery a place to go for help bridging the gap between treatment programs and sticking with healthier choices once they leave.

Suffolk County sheriff officials, trying to ease concerns the county jail could house hundreds of federal immigration detainees, told county lawmakers they so far have held only one to three such detainees at a time.

Sure, Alicia Napoleon always saw herself living in the spotlight.

"He just loved, loved the motorcycle," said his sister Diane Facciarossa, a Newsday employee.

The mother of a Brentwood teen allegedly slain by MS-13 gang members made a plea for better school programs to help young people.

A former East Hampton man was brought back to Long Island 19 years after fleeing the country while facing a charge of killing his best friend in a drunken driving crash.

The Amityville Village board of trustees has approved hiring a law firm to work on a developer contract despite objections from two board members.

For 25 years, Officer Joel, as everybody called him, helped keep a sense of small town in the waterfront hamlet of Sayville.

Amtrak expects to begin a two-month effort to rebuild Track 18 later this month.

The discussion on gun violence came after the Parkland, Florida, shooting that killed 17 people and as area schools consider different security measures.

The Town of Huntington Youth Court will soon start sending students out to promote the court's mission of offering a different kind of justice system.

Here are dozens of fairs and festivals all over the Island this fall and winter.

There are many events coming up to celebrate Dr. Seuss' 114th birthday.

Authorities are investigating a crash that seriously injured a pedestrian in West Babylon on Thursday morning, Suffolk County police said.

Last Easter, my family went to the White House thanks to my mom. Originally, we went to Washington, D.C., without tickets for the White House Easter Egg Roll because we were not selected in the lottery. On Easter Sunday, my mom found someone who was giving away tickets to the Easter egg roll. My family was very excited to have the privilege to go to the White House.

Sellers Lauren and Andrew Lieb

This 4,047-square-foot home was going to be the Lieb's forever home, says owner Lauren Lieb. They did a gut renovation and even planted 150 trees on the perimeter of the property for privacy.

The Suffolk County SPCA said the year-old Rottweiler was "severely underweight" after it was found living in "deplorable conditions" at a residence in Riverhead.