Suffolk Authorities Back Cuomo On DNA Expansion
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans an expansion of the state's DNA databank and Suffolk County authorities are getting behind it.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans an expansion of the state's DNA databank and Suffolk County authorities are getting behind it.
Two Long Island senators and other elected officials are backing a bill to repeal the MTA payroll tax for Nassau and Suffolk counties, towns and villages.
On the two sides of Columbus Avenue at 78th Street are the two sides of the argument. To the west is a deli, a little boutique furniture store, and a few other small shops. To the east, the entire block is a Duane Reade, and a Chase bank.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's budget proposes cutting $40 million from the funding for New York City fire companies, and the possible reductions have the full attention of the fire officers union head - Al Hagan.
General Manager Gaetano Corteo, of Umberto's Pizzeria on Jericho Turnpike, hopped on a plane Friday morning at LaGuardia Airport to personally deliver 15 pies to the team just in time for lunch.
Muslim groups are planning a march to NYPD headquarters Friday afternoon to protest what they say is police spying on their community.
Police said a jogger stumbled upon the missing trailer containing four decades local of Cub Scout history on Sunday morning.
Maybe it is wishful thinking, but we are already into February and the Uniondale school district on Long Island has not used any of its two snow days. Dare we ask what happens if this continues?
2011 was the first time since 1963 that murders in Brooklyn dropped below 200.
The MTA suspended service in both directions along the Ronkonkoma Branch of the Long Island Rail Road as crews worked throughout the night to clear the train in time for the morning rush.
The deer hunter, behind bars for firing the bullet that killed little Charly Skala, broke his silence about how it happened and the overwhelming horror he felt as the dying toddler's family confronted him.
Bloomberg said politics "have no place" in health care and said "We should be helping women access that care, not placing barriers in their way."
The suits will go to graduates of the HOPE Program, which is a nonprofit providing training and job placement assistance to New Yorkers in need.
Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne said an officer from the special Narcotics Unit fired one time, striking 18-year-old Rahmarley Graham in the chest.
The Suffolk County district attorney said Brian Andersen "purchased and possessed a number of illegal weapons including illegal machine guns, unregistered automatic and semi-automatic handguns and a stolen firearm."
