Vote Postponed In Nassau Police Precinct Closure Plan; Union Chief Optimistic
A vote scheduled for today on Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano's plan to close four of the eight police precincts has been postponed until next week.
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A vote scheduled for today on Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano's plan to close four of the eight police precincts has been postponed until next week.
Straphangers can expect major subway disruptions in Manhattan starting tonight as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority begins another round of its FASTRACK program.
The doctors and nurses at one hospital in Westchester County have been looking a bit scraggly these days. But there's a good reason.
The flames gutted the garage, spread throughout the home on West Loines Avenue, melted siding, and burned an SUV.
"It was oily in substance, blackish-greenish oil. I thought it was hydraulic fluid," said resident Artie Hughes.
Responses to the surveillance range from cautious support to a warning about curtailing civil liberties.
Deputy County Executive Rob Walker says the administration is negotiating with police unions on issues related to Mangano's police plan.
A man who saved the life of a fellow straphanger, when he fell onto the tracks in Staten Island, died on Saturday.
Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn and Deputy Presiding Officer Wayne Horsley say a sewage treatment plant in West Babylon should not become a dumping site for hydraulic fracturing - or hydro-fracking.
A subway rider was attacked by a homeless man on Saturday morning. Police say that Andrew lessey, 29, pushed a 62-year-old man onto the tracks at the Times Square subway station.
Community leaders are demanding the creation of a congressional district in New York that would represent the city's Latino community.
Authorities say no charges will be filed following a casino scuffle involving New York state Sen. Mark Grisanti two weeks ago.
The creator of the Barack Obama ``HOPE'' poster pleaded guilty Friday to criminal contempt, saying he made a ``terrible decision'' in 2009 to destroy some documents and fabricate others in a civil lawsuit pertaining to The Associated Press photograph he relied upon to make the poster
A father and son were found dead in the Bronx on Saturday.
Goodyear is recalling six versions of its Wrangler Silent Armor tires over concerns that the tread could separate from the tire and cause accidents.
