Suffolk probation officers will receive sensitivity training to improve relations and policies with the LGBT community while county police officers will partner with gay/straight alliances in area schools to reduce bullying, officials announced Monday.
The suit claims town officials and police conspired to terminate the agreement of a PGA professional to manage a town-owned golf course after he was accused of inappropriately photographing a teenager.
County Executive Steve Bellone has rejected Suffolk County Community College trustees' request for a 4 percent increase in the county contribution to their proposed budget, offering a 1.84 percent hike instead.
Sen. Chuck Schumer warned that the Internal Revenue Service plans to close its Hauppauge office, leaving only one facility, located in Nassau County, to serve Long Island.
Nassau County Executive Laura Curran on Monday signed legislation banning sales of tobacco products to buyers younger than 21 -- an achievement hailed as a "great tribute" to the late Legis. Judy Jacobs.
"You can go put your name on the warm fuzzy list," our teacher Mrs. Robyn Grieco will tell our class. If you're wondering what the warm fuzzy list is, I'm here to tell you.
The Village of Lindenhurst will not move ahead on several planned contracts with a Woodbury engineering firm that has been indicted on corruption charges.
While the East End was still seeing a bit of rain early afternoon Monday, skies were mostly clearing, with expectations for a spot of sun later in the day, forecasters said.
The motorcyclist killed last month when his bike hit the side of a sport utility vehicle that was making a turn across traffic was identified by police as a 27-year-old Valley Stream man.