Ever since the pandemic, the issue of mental illness has become front and center on the streets and in the subway of New York City.

The AARP is urging NY state to step in to help some 1.3 million utility customers who are behind on their bills by at least ...

A unique element of the governor’s self-proclaimed “affordability agenda” is her idea of mailing checks of up to $500 ...

The Senate and Assembly will also negotiate over a plan one to ban cellphones in classrooms from "bell to bell." ...

A group of Long Island pols is urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to boost taxpayer funding for the ailing Nassau University Medical ...

The initiative will provide conditional funding over five years to develop programs that integrate critical time intervention ...

The wildfires that burned through more than 600 acres on Long Island probably originated from a backyard fire in Manorville, ...

Governor Hochul issues emergency measures and a burn ban in response to intense brush fires in Suffolk County, Long Island.

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sunday announced an immediate "burn ban" for all of Long Island and New York City, and for parts of the ...

Long Island brush fires were caused by a resident trying to make s’mores - The Westhampton Pines Fire burned approximately ...

The wildfires began accidentally when someone in Suffolk County tried to light a fire to make s’mores, officials said. They ...

Law enforcement agencies are still interviewing all 911 callers to rule out any possibilities, but they "strongly feel that it was accidental." ...