"It was a hard life," he said, reflecting on the milestone and what he withstood to reach it. "That I survived is a miracle."

Nassau County police have charged a Westbury man with 19 burglaries of restaurants and shops during the past year.

It took just eight minutes to get from start to finish at former Nassau Deputy County Executive Rob Walker's arraignment in U.S. District Court in Central Islip on Thursday.

He performed 58 acts of kindness to honor the Las Vegas shooting victims, and after Parkland a Long Island man will do 17 more.

New Hyde Park Village trustee Donald Barbieri died Friday morning after a yearslong battle with multiple sclerosis, village officials said. He was 58.

A California company announced Friday that it is appealing Glen Cove's rejection of its application to open a residence in the city for people with eating disorders.

Former Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino's $150,000-a-year senior policy adviser Matt Coleman is still acting as a spokesman for his former boss although his town job ended Dec. 31.

She now uses social media to share her creations.

Police are still searching for whoever spray-painted a swastika and lewd graffiti outside two homes this week.

Rob Walker, who served as chief deputy to Edward Mangano and as a former state assemblyman, has surrendered to federal officials, multiple sources said.

The defendant, a former treasurer for the department, charged a department-issued card for iTunes purchases and a NASCAR membership.

New work includes elements of dance, poetry and storytelling.

The lawsuit focused on the right to develop retail and restaurants around the arena.

An additional $674,000 in salary and contract spending was eliminated Wednesday at the Nassau University Medical Center, bringing the two-day purge of costs deemed unnecessary for hospital operations to more than $2.34 million.

Town officials say they plan to reconsider policy and will require senior appointees to submit financial disclosures before they can be added to the town payroll.

The Town of Hempstead on Wednesday unveiled new vending machines at Camp Anchor that replaces unhealthy foods with better alternatives, officials said.

A judge ruled that the man facing murder charges in the August triple slaying in Hempstead of his mother, sister and a family friend needs psychiatric treatment and isn't fit to stand trial.

The village installed about 830 of the energy-saving bulbs to boost public safety and cut utility costs, officials said, but the nearly $1M lawsuit says the plaintiff can't enjoy her home.

The chancellor of the state Board of Regents voiced support for board member Roger Tilles, who represents Long Island on the policymaking panel and has been criticized by Hempstead school trustees for describing the district as "a zoo."

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Robert J. Coyle as an auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Rockville Centre, bringing the Long Islander back home after years of ministering to the United States military, church officials said.