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

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 leader of a company that loaned millions of dollars in 2012 to restaurateur Harendra Singh for expansions at Oyster Bay Town facilities testified that Singh introduced him to then-Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano for the possibility of providing financing for the Nassau Coliseum.

The Kings Point school has expanded its victims' assistance office and trained faculty to be advocates for students, with more changes to come.

The measure requires the disclosure to legislative leaders of all settlements and violations involving county employees.

A court date for Oyster Bay Public Works Commissioner Richard W. Lenz has been set for a charge of leaving the scene of an accident, Nassau County police said.

The owners say the move to a space twice as big represents a win for small business in an era when local stores struggle to compete with corporate chains and online retailers.

The city has "curtailed" spending, and state and county lawmakers are calling for an audit after a bond measure to cover workers' separation payments was rejected, Long Beach officials said.

Majority Republicans on the Nassau County Legislature have proposed a bill to raise the age to purchase tobacco products to 21 from 18 -- a year after blocking an attempt by Democrats to update the local law.

The juniors of Farmingdale High School looked like movie stars in their fancy cars and limousines. But, they were still in a New York State of Mind.

Two lawyers who testified last week had opposing takes on a town loan guarantee for Oyster Bay concessionaire Harendra Singh.

Robert Blakeman, a World War II veteran, a three-term state assemblyman and former Valley Stream Village attorney, died Saturday morning. He was 92.

The former student alleges he was subjected to "unwanted, nonconsensual, forcible sexual battery and assault," hazing and ridicule in fall 2016.

The Hempstead school board has extended its contract with Plante Moran LLC, the company it hired last year to conduct a forensic audit of the district's finances, and increased payment to the firm by an additional $100,000.

The news comes on the heels of city officials saying Long Beach will run out of funding in less than a month.

A Woodmere man faces multiple charges after police said he struck another motorist's vehicle with a wooden bat in a case of road rage on the New York State Thruway in upstate Ramapo.

The Salvadoran citizen reportedly known as "Reaper" pleaded not guilty in Nassau County Court in Mineola.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs and the Kings Point academy agreed to the dismissal, according to the order entered by a U.S. District Court judge.

The chief executive and president of the health system that runs the Nassau University Medical Center was unanimously fired.