Long Island News

Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers and Town of Smithtown Harbormaster officers rescued two kayakers in the Long Island Sound. On June 30 at 5:10 p.m., Roger Daniel Ramos Galo and Manfredo Garcia fell off […]

By Hank Russell A group of consumer advocates reached an amended agreement with the New York State Department of Health over what the group called the chaotic registration process of a home health care program, […]

By Hank Russell A recent report from the state comptroller’s office found that the North Amityville Fire Department did not implement the auditor’s recommendations on setting financial controls. It was found that some of the […]

On June 26, Nassau County Legislators Scott M. Davis (D-Rockville Centre), Olena Nicks (D-Uniondale) and Seth I. Koslow (D-Merrick) attended a road renaming ceremony in Bethpage honoring former Nassau County Police Department Chief of Patrol […]

The Arson Bomb Squad is investigating a building fire that occurred in Baldwin. On June 26 at 11:27 a.m., First Precinct police responded to a three-story apartment building fire that housed between 160 and 200 […]

But Still Below Pre-Pandemic Levels By Hank Russell More people on Long Island took the bus and the train and crossed local bridges last year than in the previous year, but the numbers did not […]

Previously Published in The Messenger By Matt Meduri A bill to bolster housing options in Suffolk has just passed the Suffolk County Legislature unanimously.  Legislator Dominick Thorne (R-Patchogue) sponsored a bill to set aside affordable […]

By Hank Russell The Town of Brookhaven has reached a landmark court settlement with a corporate landlord that the town board said was responsible for widespread housing code violations primarily in the Mastic Beach area. […]

By Hank Russell The Suffolk Credit Union Arena on the Suffolk County Community College’s Grant Campus in Brentwood was the site of Larry Swanson’s Third Long Island Environmental Symposium, which took place on June 25. […]

By Hank Russell The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has made substantial progress funding its capital programs and has tried to limit the strain on its operating budget from debt service costs, but potential federal actions […]