Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, at conference on LI, tells teachers that Assembly-passed legislation could have "unintended consequences."

A Patchogue teenager who had been missing since he left a hospital Wednesday night has been located, Suffolk County police said Thursday morning.

A line of "gusty thunderstorms" was headed for Long Island, the National Weather Service said Thursday evening.

New LIRR president Phillip Eng on Thursday said he was "outraged" over how Amtrak's lateness in wrapping up planned overnight repairs near Penn Station snarled the morning commute for tens of thousands of Long Island Rail Road riders, who were forced to deal with delays, cancellations and diversions with little notice.

Tommy Stallone was only 4 years old when his parents enrolled him in the day program at Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County. That was 70 years ago.

Two Republican assemblymen and a Democratic Nassau correction officer say they're in the race to replace Croci in the Third District.

A Dix Hills man and two Brooklyn men are facing security and wire fraud charges of operating a scheme to defraud as many as 50 elderly individuals out of a combined $2 million in valueless stock, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

Photos of the knife-wielding woman who police said tried to rob a BP gas station in Lake Ronkonkoma in March show her reaching over the counter in an attempt to steal cash from the register.

With a chain saw and a call of "clear," representatives from the state, county and the Central Pine Barrens Commission demonstrated their readiness to suppress southern pine beetle infestations this summer.

Movehub.com, a website that helps connect people with international shipping companies, calculated its U.S. Hipster Index from among the 150 most populous American cities.

Movehub.com, a website that helps connect people with international shipping companies, calculated its U.S. Hipster Index from among the 150 most populous American cities.

Little Debbie cakes are a very popular brand of dessert. We had the sweet opportunity to conduct a taste test with kids in our school from kindergarten to seventh grade with lemon and strawberry cakes. These cakes are special just for Mother's Day! They also have vanilla cream and vanilla icing. These two flavors are both delicious but also very different. Some kids even tried to steal more cakes.

A man was arrested on impaired driving and other charges after he drove the wrong way toward officers, police said.

Some Long Island "Gray Riders," as the formerly mounted state troopers are known, have moved to a new barracks in Hempstead from a rundown Valley Stream building.

Weeks after the MTA announced another $1 billion cost overrun for East Side Access, MTA Chief Development Officer Janno Lieber said that there's "no more messing around with the delivery date."

Blumenfeld Development Group says its initial elements would include indoor go-karting, rock climbing and green space on the 77-acre site anchored by NYCB Live's Nassau Coliseum.

The one-time deputy supervisor of the Town of Oyster Bay admitted he had initially lied to federal prosecutors because he was "in panic mode" and was protecting his boss, former Town Supervisor John Venditto.

Following a taste of temperatures more akin to those at the height of summer, Thursday, was looking to deliver much of the same, forecasters said.

The robber who took about $550 from a Cutchogue gas station last month was arrested Wednesday near her home, Southold Town police said.

Republican State Sen. Tom Croci will not run for re-election this fall, his spokeswoman said. The development -- which Croci had been hinting about for months -- makes it even more dicey for the GOP to maintain its one-seat hold on the Senate majority in this fall's elections.