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Hempstead is just one of many Nassau County towns that is dealing with this pricey problem. In Garden City, neighborhoods are strewn with uprooted stumps and shattered sidewalks.
These are the first reimbursements delivered in the state since Sandy hit in late October.
Retired Nassau County Police Officer Mike Tedesco pleaded not guilty Friday to having sex while on duty.
Officials slammed the Long Island Power Authority Tuesday for its performance in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, in a hearing by a commission exploring how those utilities might be restructured.
Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano announced Tuesday that homeowners will soon receive a property damage review form in the mail.
More than 71,000 households in Nassau and over 26,000 in Suffolk have applied for FEMA help.
Volunteers headed out Saturday to clean beaches around New York and New Jersey, in an effort to help communities recover and rebuild in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
Holiday shopping locally is among the best ways of supporting your community, especially this year especially because of superstorm Sandy, according to Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano.
It was one of the most dangerous environmental side effects of Superstorm Sandy – crippled sewage treatment plants sent raw waste into homes.
Jared Gurman, 26, was having an ongoing debate with his long-time girlfriend through text messages over whether or not a zombie apocalypse-type scenario as depicted in the popular AMC show could ever happen in real life, according to police.
Chopper 2 HD was over the scene late Wednesday afternoon where the home was boarded up, looking completely different than at the same time on Tuesday.
Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano says he's proud of his county's emergency response after superstorm Sandy. Some village mayors, however, say otherwise.
Officials say the repair of West Shore Road will take nine months to complete. With the roadway closure, residents have temporarily lost the unique vital link to Bayville, Oyster Bay Hamlet and Centre Island.
A committee of Nassau County police and fire department chaplains has been formed to collect and distribute recovery funds to residents.
Black Friday was the big day for major retailers, but Saturday is all about the mom and pop stores.
Fuller, 33, is charged with two counts of murder, robbery, criminal possession of a weapon and more. He was ordered held without bail and is due back in court next month. He was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs.
Authorities say the alleged attack of a lineman from Florida who was on Long Island helping to restore power had nothing to do with anger over prolonged outages in Nassau County.
That means there are still 10,136 outages in Nassau and Suffolk counties. LIPA officials have said they hope to have most of them back by sometime Wednesday.
Police said someone walked up to the 34-year-old, punched him in the face and then took off in a dark-colored BMW sedan.
CBS 2's Lou Young got an exclusive look at a new kind of portable hospital that has popped up on Long Beach, Long Island, to help in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
The biggest breach took place at the Bay Park sewage treatment facility where a nine foot wall of water flooded the pumps. That led to the sewage inundation of more than 100 homes across nine South Shore villages.
The center includes a Red Cross Food and Drink Distribution Center and a free mobile laundry facility.
The Long Island barrier island community of Long Beach said Sunday that it has come a long way in its efforts to restore life to normal since Superstorm Sandy.
The Nassau County, Long Island, community of Bayville remained devastated by Superstorm Sandy this week, but the mayor said the damage could have been far worse.
Nassau County police said the 23-year-old Freeport firefighter was using an electric vacuum to illegally siphon gas from a Village of Freeport Fire Department vehicle to his personal car when electricity set the gas on fire.
