Nassau Co. Legislator Peter Schmitt Dies Of Heart Attack
Schmitt, the Legislature's presiding officer, was in a meeting with County Executive Ed Mangano in Mangano's office when the 62-year-old collapsed.
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Schmitt, the Legislature's presiding officer, was in a meeting with County Executive Ed Mangano in Mangano's office when the 62-year-old collapsed.
Police said the 57-year-old officer was conducting speed checks on the Nassau Expressway in Lawrence around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday when he was hit by an Audi.
Waiting rooms at 41 LIRR stations will now be open until 10 p.m., the railroad announced Wednesday.
The accident happened on the Nassau Expressway around 11:30 Tuesday morning, police said. Det. Michael Bitsko described the collision as a hard impact.
Shawn Boone, 24, walked on to the campus of Nassau Community College and convinced a 19-year-old student that she was eligible to receive a $10,000 loan that she would not have to pay back, according to police.
Investigators believe the girls, who were not injured, were in the car unattended for about 10 minutes.
Skateboarders reaching speeds of up to 40 miles per hour have Farmingdale officials considering banning the sport on two very steep streets.
A disgraced caregiver who was fired for abusing a disabled man may be back on the job, according to a leading advocate for the rights of disabled people.
A fisherman found the 18-year-old's body Thursday night in Wilmette Harbor, a few miles north of Evanston, six days after he disappeared after leaving an off-campus party near Northwestern University in suburban Chicago.
An online fundraising campaign brought in more than million dollars in just six weeks to help preserve the laboratory where Tesla worked on his inventions.
Witnesses told them that a man fired a gun and then fled with another man in a Honda Civic. Police found the suspects inside the car at a nearby parking garage.
The suspect approached the drive-thru window, reached in and took an employee's purse off a coat hook that was hanging inside, police said.
Police said someone went into 16 lockers at Kellenberg Memorial High School in Uniondale and stole money, eight cellphones, school identification and personal papers.
An unidentified man has been arrested by Suffolk County Police in connection with the hit and run death of a male pedestrian in Hauppauge, according to officials.
New Yorkers had a chance to safely get rid of prescription drugs they didn't want or need at drop-off locations across the state on Saturday.
