Long Island News

By Hank Russell As her first proposal for the 2025 State of the State, Governor Kathy Hochul introduced New York State’s first-ever Inflation Refund during a press conference on December 9. The refunds would deliver […]

By Hank Russell Suffolk County just received an increase in its short-term ratings from both Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings. The announcement was made by Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine. Fitch Ratings assigned an […]

A federal jury has awarded $2 million to a Levittown woman who was wrongfully arrested in her home by Nassau County police. Donna Cipley, who was falsely arrested on March 12, 2019 by Nassau County […]

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena recently invited Great Neck Alert Volunteer Firefighter Richard Deem to Town Hall to recognize and honor his recent efforts that ultimately saved his grandfather’s life. Hearing the screams of […]

Suffolk County Police Detective Edwin Hugh and Police Officer Thomas Joy were among the recipients announced during the Seventh Annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in  Community Policing ceremony in Washington D.C. on December […]

Previously Published in The Messenger By Matt Meduri In the ongoing saga of the proposed Kings Park Rail Yard, a civic group has been denied their petition for the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to reconsider […]

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has opened Disaster Loan Outreach Centers (DLOCs) at two locations in Suffolk County — Mount Sinai and Saint James — to assist New York businesses and residents with losses […]

The Town of Smithtown has begun construction on the new Welcome Center at Paul T. Given Park, located across from the iconic bull monument on Middle Country Road (Route 25). The town said that the […]

On December 2, Brookhaven Town Supervisor Dan Panico and Councilman Neil Manzella were on hand for the demolition of a “zombie house” located at 691 Horseblock Road in Farmingville. The house, which had been vacant […]

By Hank Russell Local elected officials expressed their sympathies to the family of Plainview resident Omer Neutra after it was just confirmed that he was killed by Hamas during the October 7, 2023 attacks. Neutra, […]