Local Legislator: No One Should Ever Ride Bikes In Suffolk County
A teen from Long Island was prompted to contact a local lawmaker and call for the installation of bike lanes, after his mother was injured in an accident.
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A teen from Long Island was prompted to contact a local lawmaker and call for the installation of bike lanes, after his mother was injured in an accident.
A Long Island woman is accused of stealing jewelry from the homes of people who hired her to tutor their special needs children.
Suffolk County may begin using beet brine to treat roadways in the winter in an effort to cut back on the use of rock salt.
Vincent Gargano of Setauket cut a Cablevision fiber optic cable wire and another Cablevision wire on Jan. 7, police said. The outage affected about 6,000 customers.
County Executive Steve Bellone asked state lawmakers for the authority to install speed cameras at about 20 sites near schools. Bellone said the move would help to reduce accidents and generate $2 million in revenue for the county each year.
One of the defendants is being charged with criminally negligent homicide following the October 2012 death of 72-year-old patient Aurelia Rios, prosecutors said.
A Harlem Globetrotter scored big with some Long Island schoolchildren Tuesday -- and vice versa.
Island Trees School Superintendent Dr. Charles Murphy said no injuries have been reported at the schools in Levittown.
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said the plastic particles can persist in the environment for centuries and accumulate toxic chemicals that could enter the food chain if marine creatures ingest them.
People have found themselves fed up with the hassle of plowing, shoveling and salting. In fact, people have been pushed to the edge to the point where they have been taking out their frustrations on plow drivers.
Graco is recalling nearly 3.8 million car safety seats because children can get trapped by buckles that may not unlatch. The recall covers 11 models sold from 2009 through 2013 by Graco Children's Products Inc. of Atlanta.
Town Clerk Vincent Puleo has declared Smithtown Supervisor Patrick Vecchio's seat vacant, along with another town board member who failed to sign the oath.
Some towns on Long Island have already blown their snow budgets and the season is only halfway over.
The town clerk has declared the office vacant because the state's longest-serving town supervisor failed to file his written oath of office within 30 days.
A panel of New York education policy makers is recommending protections for teachers whose students don't perform well on state assessments aligned with the new Common Core Learning Standards.
