Det. William Maldonado, the department's 1990 Cop of the Year, worked on a FBI task force where officials said he helped in the prosecution of dozens of MS-13 gang members.

Nassau's Republican legislative leader criticized the Democratic county executive for not taking steps to borrow $23 million for a legal judgment.

Federally required crash prevention technology failed in simulated tests done by the Long Island Rail Road, setting back its efforts to have positive train control in place throughout the LIRR by the end of 2018, officials said.

Opponents say the proposed $500 million, 1,365-unit luxury apartment complex on the site of a former golf course would alter the nature of the residential community.

The Town of Babylon on Wednesday will hold public hearings on proposals to ban e-cigarette use in public parks and to limit stores that primarily sell such products to industrial areas.

They honored his memory. They wished his soul peace and rest. But the mourners attending the funeral for the Rev. Paul Wancura did not ignore the terrible, violent way he died.

Randy Stith, a Hempstead Village police officer, school board member and former volunteer firefighter, has been indicted, Stith and his lawyer said.

A witness stressed that he believed former County Executive Edward Mangano was behind the push to award restaurateur Harendra Singh an emergency, no-bid catering contract in the wake of superstorm Sandy.

The lighthouse sat 300 feet from the coast when it was built in 1796. Today, because of erosion, it is less than 100 feet from the ocean.

Long Island got another mild day Tuesday with highs in the 60s but expect rain to enter the picture later at night, forecasters say.

New Suffolk Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. got approval to hire a new class of 30 correction officers Tuesday to offset the loss of 30 officers to retirement or resignation over low pay since the last class was hired in September.

The site of a small Bay Shore power plant shuttered by the state more than 20 years ago has been sold by the Suffolk County Landbank in a complex transaction that will turn a county tax liability into a tax producer, officials said.

Long Island's Gersh Academy plans to open a new school for kids on the spectrum at an equestrian center.

The Town of Babylon is replacing a pair of historic bridges in the American Venice section of Copiague to make the neighborhood more accessible to first responders during hurricanes and other emergencies.

Fifth Squad detectives were investigating a robbery early Tuesday at an East Patchogue gas station, Suffolk County police said.

The driver of a vehicle that overturned Tuesday morning was airlifted by Suffolk County police helicopter to an area hospital, Southampton Town police said.

The song thanks the school community for helping him as he recovers from a skiing accident.

A Lynbrook Colonial on the market for $485,000 won the Lynbrook Beautification Award in 1999, the home's listing agent says.

Top brass at the Nassau, Suffolk and New York police departments said their officers were on alert Monday after a motorist in Toronto mowed down several pedestrians, killing at least 10 people.

New Long Island Rail Road President Phillip Eng said he will bring added urgency to the LIRR's proposed Performance Improvement Plan, including by replacing problematic track switches right away.