Long Island state parks are slated to receive $16 million of upgrades this year, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Friday, and while most are not particularly showy, they are critical.

Thousands of volunteers across the state and on Long Island took to their parks Saturday, picking up trash, painting bike racks and trimming brush for the seventh annual I Love My Park Day.

When Democrat James Gaughran holds his first fundraiser Thursday in his bid to unseat veteran Republican State Sen. Carl Marcellino, Suffolk Democratic chairman Rich Schaffer will headline the $250-a-head event.

An elderly woman suffered minor injuries Saturday after she drove into a men's clothing store in Huntington, Suffolk County police said.

Testimony showed how favors that officials do for each other can degrade a neighborhood.

A public alert was issued for Andre Patton shortly after he allegedly stabbed deacon Patrick Logsdon at a Roosevelt halfway house.

Nassau County police say John Moruzzi kept his criminal activity close to home, burglarizing the homes of his neighbors in Hewlett.

A Shirley man was arrested and charged with drunken driving after he crashed his vehicle into a parkway median late Friday, police said.

The number 13 was not unlucky for M. Kent Stillwagon. He was born Oct. 13, 1965. He wed his bride on the 13th of September 2002 -- a Friday.

Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, appeared at Gossip on Feb. 23. She confirmed Friday's scheduled return engagement in a tweet.

It was a nice, warm ride for part of the work week, but look for temperatures to head down for the weekend, forecasters say.

Rear-end crashes at intersections with red-light cameras in Suffolk County rose by more than 35 percent while accidents with injuries declined by 1.5 percent, according to a county report on 2016 data released Friday.

Hempstead trustees LaMont Johnson and David Gates held a news conference regarding the preliminary report by auditor Plante Moran.

Dozens of volunteers looked for Moe, a shelter dog who belongs to Danny Kriedter of Aquebogue.

The Stony Brook women's lacrosse team's self-billed #LI3 helped the Seawolves take the express route to their sixth consecutive America East championship game with a 19-5 drubbing of New Hampshire in Friday's semifinal.

A Manhattan federal judge on Friday ordered the release from immigration custody of an undocumented 16-year-old Honduran boy after a year separated from his Brentwood mother, calling his detention for suspected gang affiliation in Suffolk County a "pretext."

Robert Crumb showed Maria Crumb no mercy in the Nov. 4, 2016 attack in their home, prosecutors said.

Christ Episcopal Church officials say the town's threat to remove most of the more than 2 feet of mulch at its rectory would destroy the permaculture method they use to grow fruits and vegetables.

To the muted strains of music from the film "Gladiator," the NYPD during a poignant ceremony Friday unveiled the names of 27 officers and civilians who died in recent years in the line of duty.

Mineola officials said that the village will become home to a pair of parking garages that will add at least 900 more spaces in a downtown area.