Calls grow louder for Sunrise Highway widening in Suffolk County
There are calls to widen Sunrise Highway, one of Long Island's most traveled thoroughfares, due to congestion in one 10-mile stretch in Suffolk County.
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There are calls to widen Sunrise Highway, one of Long Island's most traveled thoroughfares, due to congestion in one 10-mile stretch in Suffolk County.
Also known as New York State Route 27, Sunrise Highway has become so congested in one 10-mile stretch in Suffolk County, officials and first responders say it needs another lane in both directions. CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff reports.
In the middle of near whiteout conditions during Monday's blizzard, a snow plow driver spotted two dogs running down Sunrise Highway on Long Island and came to their rescue. CBS News New York's John Dias reports.
For years, New York has been fighting the Shinnecock Nation, saying the land in Southampton where the Nation put up massive billboards isn't Shinnecock land, but Thursday, the U.S. Department of the Interior sided with the tribe, saying the land known as Westwood Property is theirs.
If you've driven to the Hamptons, you've surely seen the big Shinnecock Nation ad boards on Sunrise Highway. Now, the nation is building a large gas station next to them, and some neighbors aren't happy about it. CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff reports. According to the NYS DOT LI spokesman, Stephen Canzeroni, "The New York State Department of Transportation has not received a formal application for a highway work permit from the Shinnecock Nation. As this matter may relate to pending litigation, we cannot comment at this time."
A Lindenhurst man who killed four members of one family after driving high and crashing into their car was sentenced Friday.
A Lindenhurst man who killed four members of one family after driving high and crashing into their car was sentenced Friday. CBS New York's Carolyn Gusoff reports.
Three people have been indicted in a violent road rage attack on Long Island that was caught on camera. It happened in Lindenhurst on Dec. 20. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/48LqXhR
Video of the incident appears to show two groups fighting and two people swinging what appear to be sticks.
Two men involved in a violent road rage incident on Long Island appeared in court Thursday. Two 16-year-olds are also charged. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/48qQeh8
Officials say a 6-year-old girl has died from injuries she sustained in a crash in Massapequa on Sunday. Read more: https://cbsn.ws/45hMY6g
A father was taking his children out for ice cream when they were killed on Sunrise Highway, police said.
CBS New York's Naveen Dhaliwal has the latest on the investigation into a crash in Massapequa that killed a father and his two children.
The officer was airlifted to a hospital and is expected to be OK.
Connor Reilly just wants to get back to playing lacrosse, but his mother says he has a long way to go.
An out of control tanker truck careened into a commercial building and flipped across Sunrise Highway.
The teen's Honda SUV hit another car and crashed into the center median, police said.
Elvis Galvez Menjivar, 27, was pronounced dead at the hospital after officers found him lying in a lane on Sunrise Highway around 1 a.m. Saturday.
Highway Patrol officers responded to a 911 call around 1 a.m. about a man lying in a lane on Sunrise Highway.
Orange markings showed the location of impact, where the boy was thrown to his death at around 10:15 p.m. on an unlit stretch of the road.
A woman told police she was transporting four pigs to an animal rescue when three of them escaped.
A car crashed into a family's backyard in Seaford, Long Island, Friday, leaving their property destroyed. And it's not the first time.
It started at 5:20 a.m. at a gas station on Sunrise Highway in Islip Terrace, police said.
It happened around 2:15 p.m. Thursday near exit 39 in North Babylon.
It happened shortly after 4 a.m. Friday in the eastbound lanes of Sunrise Highway near exit 53.
