All colleges promise to equip their students with tools to succeed. For Richard Daly, Johnson & Wales University did just that -- with a chisel and chain saw.
Steve Bellone is selecting Geraldine Hart, the corruption-busting head of the FBI's Long Island office, as the next Suffolk County police commissioner.
Jacquelyn McCoy, her daughter, Mary Alice Booker, son, Anthony McCoy, and his girlfriend, Tameka Foster, perished when their Mazda burst into flames after being struck by a stolen vehicle, police said.
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.
The detention of an immigrant teen from Long Island is at the center of a new class-action lawsuit lodged against the federal government and a shelter contracted to hold minors in immigration cases.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone on Wednesday signed legislation to mandate tracking of past and future sexual harassment complaints, lawsuits an settlements involving the county "to send a strong message" that Suffolk "has zero tolerance" for such behavior.
Southold town officials are considering reviving a town committee devoted to exploring alternative sources of energy that was disbanded nearly four years ago.