The new state budget will bring $16 million in new money to fight criminal gangs in Suffolk and Nassau counties, much of it targeted for Brentwood and Central Islip, aides to Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said.
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Three armed men in ski masks robbed narcotics and cash from a pharmacy in Port Jefferson Station, and authorities are investigating whether the holdup might be related to similar robberies in Nassau, police said.
Two EMS workers and the driver of a pickup truck were injured when the pickup collided with a Brentwood Legion Ambulance on the Robert Moses Causeway, State Police said.
"Mr. Singh, you spent 15 years of your business life telling various lies because it served your interests, correct?" Edward Mangano's defense attorney Kevin Keating asked. Harendra Singh agreed.
"We have a fiscal crisis in Nassau County ... We've got to pay for the services that people expect from their local government, and we've got to find a way to pay for them," said the county executive, Laura Curran.
A Central Islip military veteran and his wife won their 12-year battle to save their home when the appellate division of the state Supreme Court threw out the foreclosure case against them.
Southampton Town officials will increase security at Town Hall this spring, a change spurred by the nationwide rise of fatal mass shootings in public places.
The second day of April slapped Long Island with about 3 to 6 inches of Spring snow -- much of it shortlived after the afternoon sun took over and temperatures rose.
The group of about 60 -- traveling with tents, food, drinks and even a DJ -- was disappointed when they learned the Yankees game was postponed, but they took the cancellation in stride.
The officer who arrested the driver observed he had "glassy, watery bloodshot eyes" and "mumbled slurred speech." He also had Xanax and hydrocodone with him, the complaint said.