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Despite almost "half" of the homes in Glen Oaks Village sustaining some sort of shingle damage during Superstorm Sandy, FEMA turned them down for hurricane damage grants, according to Bob Friedrich, President of Glen Oaks Village.
The funding being sought by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand would help improve energy efficiency in the homes of needy families.
Police say a Long Island woman was drunk when her car drifted off the road, struck a parked vehicle and overturned with her 6-year-old daughter inside.
Nassau County Police Commissioner Thomas Dale told hundreds of educators at a seminar on Monday that school shootings can be prevented.
Around 15,000 vehicles have been parked at Calverton Airport in Riverhead.
Sunrise Mall in Nassau County was evacuated Monday evening, after a woman described as acting "incoherently" dumped two suitcases and a shopping bag in front of a jewelry store and walked away.
The railroad said customers should take the 2 or 3 trains to Atlantic Terminal or the E train to Jamaica for service to other branches.
The trio is accused of a hit and run with a vicious twist. Witnesses said the victim, 16-year-old Ryan McCarthy, was deliberately hit.
Long Island South Shore residents, powerless for weeks, lashed out with intense criticism at LIPA's woefully inept and unprepared response before, during and after Sandy, agreeing with the Moreland Commission report.
Police were called to Homan Creek just before 8:30 a.m. by the pup's owner, Kevin Fitz, who said his 3-month-old Labrador named Simon was missing.
A man was arrested and charged with driving off after slamming into a pedestrian in Suffolk County Sunday, and two others were charged with trying to cover up the crime.
A 20-year-old Long Island man is dead, and his passenger was injured, after the car he was driving slammed into a house.
The $450,000 project was approved after the death of Nassau County highway patrolman Michael Califano. The 44-year-old father of three was killed in during a routine traffic stop in 2011 along a poorly lit stretch of highway when a passing truck smashed into his cruiser.
Back in November, the Heckman family of Long Island was without a home due to the high cost of caring for their young son with leukemia, and had lost a relative's home because of Superstorm Sandy.
Residents of Long Beach, Long Island, on Saturday were given a final chance to say goodbye to the landmark boardwalk before demolition began.
