The American Lung Association has given Suffolk County a failing grade for poor air quality, ranking it among the worst air in the state because of an excessive number of days with high levels of ozone, the key gaseous component of smog.

"It makes me happy that kids with special needs can do what they love."

David Flynn, the top Smithtown planner who helped shepherd the town's suburban growth, will retire in May.

Suffolk County police are on the lookout for a man who approached a teen and asked him to expose himself in Lake Grove on Friday.

Port Jefferson theater presents 'Stand Up! Stand Out! The Bullying Project.'

The new president of the Long Island Rail Road began a listening tour on his second day on the job, a day when a switch problem disrupted the morning commute.

A Merrick man was fatally struck by a car in a westbound lane of the Northern State Parkway on Tuesday afternoon, New York State Police said.

City Council President Anthony Eramo said by failing to pass the bond, which would have helped fund Long Beach through the end of the fiscal year, the city may not make payroll and be forced to begin layoffs.

The Navy also said its probe will continue and will include testing for radioactive materials and interviewing former employees.

Soil samples will be collected as part of efforts to determine the source of groundwater contamination that has been found in private wells nearby.

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto and his deputy Leonard Genova seemed to view being investigated by federal authorities as a "rite of passage" that was "not a big deal," former Deputy Town Attorney Frederick Mei testified.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said they arrested 21 people in Suffolk and 16 in Nassau over a six-day period that ended April 14.

They used the Letgo mobile app to sell what they billed as sealed boxes of Apple iPhone 8 cellphones, authorities said.

Wyandanch will receive $100,000 in state funding for a program to help reduce the number of shootings in the community.

Five virtual enterprise teams from local high schools will compete at the national level this week after taking top spots at the Long Island Business Plan Competition.

New York State will spend $5 million transporting material from the demolished Tappan Zee Bridge to bolster six artificial reefs and expand fish populations around Long Island, as officials vowed to battle with federal regulators to expand state fishing quotas.

Long Islanders on Wednesday get a respite from rain -- and chances of it -- as the day was looking to bring mostly sunny skies and temperatures heading up to the mid-50s, forecasters said.

St. Paul's United Methodist Church, the oldest existing church in Northport, is modernizing both the building and its religious principles.

A switch problem at Penn Station caused delays and diversions during the early part of the Tuesday morning commute on the Long Island Rail Road.

On April 16, we traveled from Montauk to Union Square in Manhattan to meet, interview and listen to author and activist Chelsea Clinton. She was speaking about her new book "She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History."