Fireworks Family Relative Charged In L.I. Shooting
His lawyer said the 70-year-old Grucci was defending himself after the younger man threatened him. The grandson is expected to recover.
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His lawyer said the 70-year-old Grucci was defending himself after the younger man threatened him. The grandson is expected to recover.
A Coney Island Hospital spokeswoman said the victim was dead when brought to the emergency room. Her name and age were not immediately released.
Hundreds of thousands of U.S. revelers have cheered the traditional ball drop in New York's Times Square to mark the start of 2011 hours after dazzling fireworks lit up Australia's Sydney Harbor for the new year.
Police in Westchester County are looking into the death of a Mamaroneck woman, whose body was discovered late Thursday night.
On Saturday, Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo begins the job he always sought and few would want.
A glitch in the Metro North ticket system is making the only option cash for buying a ticket.
As his nearly three-year roller coaster ride as New York Governor neared its end, David Paterson was on CNBC Friday talking pension reform.
Heading into Friday night's drawing, the Mega Millions jackpot is up to $242 million -- and it's generating a ticket-buying frenzy at area lottery outlets.
It's been five days since the blizzard dumped nearly 20 inches of snow in and around New York City and the effects are still being seen across the five boroughs.
If you're celebrating the New Year in White Plains and you feel you can't drive, the good people of Heineken are willing to drive you home.
With the New Year comes new leadership in the Department of Education. Cathie Black will take over for outgoing Chancellor Black, starting her new position on Monday.
The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County plans to use a $1.2 million state grant to battle obesity-related issues.
A Long Island man has been sentenced to five months in jail for mislabeling cartons of oysters believed to be from a river where shellfishing is banned.
Still digging out from a debilitating blizzard, New York was poised to welcome nearly a million visitors to Times Square on Friday for the country's largest annual New Year's Eve celebration. Nationwide, revelers set aside concerns about the winter weather and even potential terrorist threats to ring in 2011 at large and small gatherings.
Nassau County police said the gas apparently leaked from a first-floor deli in Garden City Park into the apartments upstairs.
