WASHINGTON -- Former Nassau County Republican chairman Joseph Mondello will appear before a U.S. Senate hearing on June 13 for his nomination to be the ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Foreign Relations Committee said Wednesday.

iPic Entertainment plans to open the location as part of a new development at the site of the former Sears store in Hicksville.

"The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office has initiated a grand jury investigation, which has resulted in the arrest of two Nassau County Police officers," the Suffolk district attorney said in a prepared statement.

The appointments come amid turmoil in the police department, including an officer's arrest and allegations of racism.

Nestled in Belmont Park, a world away from the track, there's a dream. And it's not about getting a big payout if Justify wins the Triple Crown.

Repairs to the Hicksville garage that were to begin July 9 have been postponed after the Oyster Bay Town Board rejected contractors' bids as too high.

The victim, a Freeport High School student, had been friends with two schoolmates who police suspect are also MS-13 victims.

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.

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.

Many Long Island taco joints feature al pastor tacos, but few get them right.

On the morning a mistrial was declared, the jury had voted 11-1 to find Edward Mangano guilty in connection with a contract to supply bread and rolls at the Nassau County jail, four jurors said.

The fifth annual march attracted demonstrators who lofted signs into the air with messages such as "Nassau, Give Us Our Rights" and "Trans Lives Matter."

Opponents of the proposed Belmont Park development called for the environmental impact study to include measures of traffic during this Saturday's Belmont Stakes race.

The estimated cost of repairing the Hicksville garage and various parking improvements has increased to $18.1 million, according to a legal notice published ahead of a special meeting Tuesday to approve additional borrowing.

Brian Adamkiewicz's film, "Build Ramps Not Walls," won best student documentary in the Cannes Film Festival's Emerging Film Maker category.

The trial of Edward and Linda Mangano and John Venditto was a rare look into the mixing of politics, friendships and business that permeates Long Island governments, experts say.

The U.S. Attorney's Office will once again prosecute former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and his wife, Linda, on all the counts they faced in the proceeding that ended Thursday in a mistrial, federal prosecutors said Friday.

Lee Moser did not make repairs for five Nassau County homeowners, prosecutors said.

Jakwan Keller, who admitted firing the bullet that fatally wounded a 12-year-old girl in her home in 2015 was sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison. The girl, Dejah Joyner, was eating dinner in her Hempstead home when a single gunshot blasted through a window and hit her in the head, according to authorities.

Shortly before noon the truck, traveling east, hit the Eagle Avenue bridge at Exit 18 in Lakeview, causing temporary traffic delays.