A bus with 38 students and five chaperones crashed into a Southern State Parkway overpass after returning from a spring break trip to Europe, injuring six of the passengers seriously and leaving 37 with minor injuries, police said.
Suffolk County law enforcement agencies have failed to comply with a 2017 law that mandates detailed disclosure of how proceeds from assets confiscated in criminal investigations are spent, legislative leaders said.
A proposal for a 17,500-seat arena designed to lure a professional sports team to Suffolk County has been selected as the centerpiece for development of a 40-acre parcel between MacArthur Airport and the Ronkonkoma train station, a county spokesman said.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo rallied Suffolk Democrats to retake the state Senate and defeat Republican members of Congress, highlighting his administration's progressive record against Republican policies coming out of Washington.
A Smithtown street was rededicated in memory of four women after a ceremony at which their families and officials called for stricter limousine regulations and installation of a no U-turn sign in Cutchogue, where the victims died.
The developer behind the latest proposal for Farmingdale's bustling downtown hasn't resolved a parking issue ahead of a public hearing, Mayor Ralph Ekstrand said.
New York lawmakers pushed back against federal fishery quotas and regulations that reduce the amount of black sea bass fishermen can catch in the upcoming season.
In her first 100 days in office, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran had to find $45 million to pay a lawsuit judgment and marshal county resources to respond to four nor'easters. She also banned her appointees from accepting gifts as minor as a cup of coffee from county vendors.
A provision in New York State's recently passed budget envisions the state buying more than 800 acres of prized woodlands around the shuttered Shoreham nuclear plant, but does not provide any funding.
Officials in a Fire Island village said they are considering whether to close down their seasonal post office as packages from online retailers have overtaken office space and increased operating costs nearly tenfold.
The Smithtown town attorney said last week that a Manhattan-based nonprofit serving people with developmental disabilities apparently "misled" the town and its residents in its "surreptitious" handling of the purchase of a Commack house to use as a group home.
It's first-class all the way at The French Workshop in Garden City, from the exquisite French-style pastries to the silver salvers they are served on, to the marble-top tables at which you consume them.
A nonprofit serving people with developmental disabilities plans to open a home for five clients in Commack, but neighbors said the home would bring traffic, quality of life and safety problems.
An expanded Levitt house, listed for $499,000, features a front porch that the listing agent says "you would normally see in the country, not in Nassau County."