LI 9 rookie Phil Boyle a 'pro' to Albany
ALBANY -- Phil Boyle will be a freshman state senator when he takes office in January. But he won't be new to politics, or the State Capitol. "He's probably the most experienced freshman there's ever...
View ArticleInside LIPA's chaotic plan for electrical inspections
The Long Island Power Authority had no advance plan for restoring power to homes severely damaged by flooding from Sandy, despite warnings from experts who peppered their storm surge predictions with...
View ArticleEx-Reliance Group CEO Saul Steinberg dies
Saul P. Steinberg, the former corporate raider and chief executive of Reliance Group Holdings, has died. He was 73. He died Thursday, according to CNBC, which didn't provide a cause of death....
View Article'LI Nine' rookie Phil Boyle a 'pro' to Albany
Web links ALBANY -- Phil Boyle will be a freshman state senator when he takes office in January. But he won't be new to politics, or the State Capitol. "He's probably the most experienced freshman...
View ArticleCops: Woman, 84, hit, killed by driver, 70
Galleries Web links A Melville woman was fatally struck by a vehicle in a Hicksville church parking lot Friday night, Nassau County police said. Police arrived at the crash at Our Lady of Mercy...
View ArticleCops: Woman, 70, hit, killed by driver, 84
Galleries Web links A Melville woman was fatally struck by a vehicle in a Hicksville church parking lot Friday night, Nassau County police said. Police arrived at the crash at Our Lady of Mercy...
View ArticleNassau child care cuts would hurt 800 kids
Videos Protesting Suffolk's child care cuts Galleries More than 800 children face removal from Nassau County's child care program under tightened eligibility requirements meant to save the county some...
View ArticleTeens arrested in street robbery spree
Two Hempstead teens on a robbery spree swiped cellphones from at least five victims in nine days, using a knife in one instance to threaten a 12-year-old boy, Nassau County police said Saturday....
View ArticleProgram aids teens in foster care
Teenagers sat at tables in a Middle Island classroom equipped with a kitchen, watching as a professional chef demonstrated how to chop a cucumber. "See your fingers? We don't want to lose them," said...
View ArticleTeens accused of robbery spree face judge
Galleries Web links Two Hempstead teens who police said swiped cellphones from at least five victims in nine days, using a knife in one instance to threaten a 12-year-old boy, were arraigned Saturday....
View ArticleCops: 3 rob man early Saturday in Roosevelt
Galleries Web links Nassau County First Squad detectives are investigating a robbery that took place at 1:45 a.m. Saturday in Roosevelt. According to police, a 21-year-old male was on East Fulton...
View ArticleDoc charged again with illegally selling narcotics
Galleries Web links The Bay Shore cancer doctor charged a second time with selling fake prescriptions ran a complex drug ring that pumped illegal narcotics into Suffolk County, federal authorities...
View ArticleCanada goose impaled with arrow
A Canada goose with an arrow impaling its body was found in Sag Harbor on Saturday, and investigators are searching for the culprit who shot it and the means to capture it. Roy Gross, chief of the...
View ArticleSchumer, Menendez propose tax breaks for Sandy victims
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View ArticleUpstate cops revisit LI teen's 1974 murder
Galleries Web links Nearly four decades after a Ronkonkoma teenager was found stabbed to death near her upstate university campus, police are once again seeking the public's help in solving the case....
View ArticleUnsettled weather ahead
Galleries Web links The good news? The temperature will be unseasonably high on Monday. The bad news? The rain won't let you enjoy it. Forecasts from the National Weather Service show showers on and...
View ArticlePedestrian killed in Hicksville
Galleries Web links A woman was killed as she crossed the middle of a street in Hicksville on Saturday evening, Nassau police said. Leema Karnati, 48, of Hicksville, was crossing Newbridge Road near...
View ArticleTwo robbed of shoes, hat in Uniondale
Galleries Web links Two men were robbed of shoes and a hat by two suspects, one of them armed, as they walked along a street in Uniondale Saturday evening, Nassau police said. The men were walking in...
View ArticleTwo robbed in Uniondale
Galleries Web links Two men were robbed of shoes and a hat by two suspects, one of them armed, as they walked down a street in Uniondale Saturday evening, Nassau police said. The men were walking in...
View ArticleMedford gas station attendant shot
Galleries Web links A gas-station employee was shot by an armed robber in Medford on Saturday evening, Suffolk police said. The shooting occurred at the BP gas station at 1614 Route 22 at 8:39 p.m.,...
View ArticleDoc charged again with selling fake prescriptions
Galleries Web links The Bay Shore cancer doctor charged a second time with selling fake prescriptions ran a complex drug ring that pumped illegal narcotics into Suffolk County, federal authorities...
View ArticleCops: Man shot three times in Hempstead
A man was shot three times Saturday afternoon near Terrace Avenue and Bedell Street in Hempstead, police said. Authorities responded to the scene about 4:30 p.m. The victim was taken to Nassau...
View ArticleAnalysis: PSE&B tops LIPA in outage repairs
PSE&G, the utility unit of the New Jersey conglomerate set to take over the Long Island electric grid in 2014, restored twice the number of outages during Sandy for about a quarter of what LIPA...
View ArticleLoving mom DonnaJean Forker-Cutrone, 50, dies
DonnaJean Forker-Cutrone, described as a loving Islip mother who enjoyed horseback riding and was a longtime fan of the "King of Rock and Roll," has died. She was 50. She enjoyed Elvis Presley so much...
View ArticleBishop aide to join Bellone administration
Lisa M. Wieber-Santeramo of Stony Brook, who was an aide and campaign manager for Rep. Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) in two bitter election fights against Republican Randy Altschuler, will join the...
View ArticleSuffolk appointees' health payments put off
The Suffolk Legislature approved an emergency resolution last week that postpones to New Year's the date for newly hired county patronage appointees to begin paying a 15 percent share of health...
View ArticleAdelphi, NYIT presidents on top salaries list
Two Long Island college presidents made more than $1 million and are on a list released Sunday night that highlights the seven-figure compensation of 36 private-college leaders. Robert A. Scott,...
View ArticleBoy robbed of cell phone in Valley Stream
A 16-year-old boy was robbed of his cell phone while riding his bike Saturday night near Sydney Place and Green Acres Road East in Valley Stream, Nassau police said. Police say, about 9 p.m., three...
View ArticleBoy robbed of cellphone in Valley Stream
A 16-year-old boy was robbed of his cellphone while riding his bike Saturday night near Sydney Place and Green Acres Road East in Valley Stream, Nassau police said. About 9 p.m. three males approached...
View ArticleCops: Man robbed in Franklin Square
A man walking in Franklin Square Saturday night was struck in the head by three assailants and robbed, Suffolk police said. The 41-year-old man was walking on Franklin Avenue and Scherer Boulevard at...
View ArticleOfficials: Sandy destroys more than 2,000 LI homes
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View ArticleHicksville man dies after being hit by car
Galleries Map A 24-year-old Hicksville man died after being struck by a car Monday evening as he attempted to cross Stewart Avenue in East Garden City, police said. Justin Pistoia was taken to a...
View ArticleRonnie Duren gets 50 years to life in Hempstead fatal shooting
A Nassau judge sentenced a Brooklyn man to 50 years to life in prison Wednesday, after he was convicted of murdering a Valley Stream man last year in a Hempstead fast-food restaurant parking lot. In...
View ArticleCops: Woman fraudulently used credit card
Crime Stoppers and Nassau County police are looking for a woman who fraudulently used another person's credit card to purchase items from an Elmont department store in October. Police on Tuesday...
View ArticleReport: Fatal D.C. shooting ends in LI suicide
Galleries Web links A man who committed suicide Monday in Hempstead is suspected in the shooting that killed a 20-year-old woman and injured her daughter on a Washington, D.C., METRO bus Sunday, a...
View ArticleCops: Elmont man shot in North Babylon
Galleries Web links Police are investigating an early morning shooting that left a man wounded in North Babylon on Wednesday. Suffolk County police said Shawn Smith, 26, of Elmont, was taken to Good...
View ArticleCops seek man who stole, then abandoned van
Galleries Web links First Squad detectives are looking for a man who stole another man's van and wallet Monday in East Meadow, Nassau County police said. The suspect opened the passenger side door of...
View ArticleCops: Man took elderly driver's van, wallet
Nassau County police have charged a 34-year-old Bayside man with robbery for allegedly stealing an elderly man's van and wallet on the Hempstead Turnpike on Monday. Rickey Emmons, of 35-34 211 St.,...
View ArticleMan struck, injured by car in Melville
Galleries Map A man was struck by a car and seriously injured in an early morning accident Wednesday on Route 110 in Melville, police said. The identity of the man was not released. Suffolk County...
View ArticleCops: 2 teens rob student of books, iPad
Galleries Web links A teenager walking home from school was robbed of his textbooks and iPad by two others Friday in Uniondale, Nassau police said. The victim, 14, was on Emerson Street near Hempstead...
View ArticleCops: Fatal D.C. shooting ends in LI suicide
Galleries Web links A man who committed suicide Monday on Long Island was suspected in the shooting that killed a 20-year-old woman and wounded her daughter on a public bus in Washington, D.C., Nassau...
View ArticleCops: Man tosses coke while fleeing police
Galleries Web links An Amityville man who threw cocaine from his pockets as he was running from police was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Massapequa, Nassau County police said. Carl Anthony Henry, 22,...
View ArticleCops: Drunk driver caused MTA vehicle to slam into home
A man was arrested for drunken driving Saturday night following an accident in which a large MTA vehicle smashed into a home in Baywood, injuring the driver and a person inside the home, Suffolk...
View ArticleFresh faces in LI's Assembly delegation
ALBANY -- Friends thought Chad Lupinacci would have been the last person to run for the Assembly, after making a living in part by teaching a college course in state and local politics. "I had someone...
View ArticleCops: Two men nabbed shortly after burglary
Galleries Web links Two men were arrested Tuesday morning shortly after they burglarized a Hempstead home, police said. Luke P. Mack, 20, of 650 Winthrop Dr., Uniondale, and Aaron C. Gause, 21, 109...
View ArticleLI students helping kids hit by Sandy
Sixth-grader Matthew Motherway, from the Harborfields school district on the North Shore, sent best wishes in a brightly colored construction-paper card to an Oceanside school all the way to the...
View ArticleUpstate cops revisit LI teen's '74 slaying
Nearly four decades after a Ronkonkoma teenager was found stabbed to death near her upstate university campus, police are once again seeking the public's help in solving the case. Police have put...
View ArticleLIRR's full rush-hour service returns Monday
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View ArticlePolice: Men sought in Elmont puppy theft
Crime Stoppers and the Nassau County police said Tuesday they are looking for two puppy pilferers who struck an Elmont pet store in June. The suspects, both men, took a Pomeranian pup worth about...
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