Long Island leaders tout new housing projects while defending local control
Long Island mayors and supervisors are embracing new housing in their communities — as long as they maintain control of where ...
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Long Island firefighter accused of setting Medford brush fire
MEDFORD, N.Y. -- A volunteer firefighter on Long Island is accused of intentionally ... "Unfortunately, under New York's 'bail reform,' intentionally setting fires in the midst of the dangerously ...
The New York Times29d
Firefighter Charged With Arson Said He Put Lit Cotton Balls Under Car
A volunteer firefighter on Long Island was arrested after the police said he intentionally set a brush fire. The New York area has contended with numerous fires during an unusually dry fall.
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New York firefighter accused of intentionally setting brush fire on Long Island
A volunteer firefighter on Long Island, New York, was arrested Tuesday after he intentionally started a brush fire, authorities said. Jonathan Quiles, of the Medford Fire Department, set a fire in ...
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NYC congestion pricing approval prompts Long Island leaders to turn to Donald Trump and Congress to kill it
LONG ISLAND, N.Y.-- Leaders in Nassau and Suffolk counties are coming up with ways to try and stop congestion pricing, including lawsuits. They held a roadside rally on Monday to roll out their ...
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Residents say army of wild turkeys taking over parts of Long Island
"So they were extinct on Long Island and nearly extinct in most of New York and it wasn't until the 90s that the DEC actually brought some of the survivors from upstate NY to Long Island to try to ...
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Moving back to Long Island: High cost worth it for many wanting to come home
Between 2020 and 2023, New York saw more than 800,000 of its residents move to other states, the most of any state by share of population, according to Census Bureau records. Long Island's share ...
Long Island, N.Y., man skateboards 3,162 miles from coast to coast
A New York man took a 3,162-mile trip on his skateboard over the course of 57 days, 6 hours, 56 minutes to cross the United ...
The New Yorker26d
The Lizard King of Long Island
to stretches of the Metro-North and Long Island Railroads; the Bronx Zoo; the Planting Fields Arboretum, in Oyster Bay; the Cloisters, in northern Manhattan. He delivered lizards to the New York ...
Events to Shake, or Gently Rattle, the World in 2025
The Covid-19 pandemic sent the world into lockdown in 2020 and normalized remote work. Wars in Syria, Ukraine and Gaza ...
New York Post25d
Ex-mayor of notorious Long Island town accused of spewing racist remarks and forcing his staffer to take edibles
Imbert, who served as mayor of the notorious Long Island village for 16 years ... Guarino contended in the New York State Division of Human Rights filing. “For the last 10 years, I’ve ...
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Wildfire threat remains extreme as rain continues to evade tri-state area
A red flag warning is in place for the New York City metro area, the Hudson Valley, Catskills, Connecticut and Long Island. Elsewhere, the fire danger remains very high. Check the latest weather ...