The Long Term Care Workforce Support Act calls for increasing salaries to attract people to the profession. Proposed by New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, the bill also calls for $100 billion in federal grants and to improve labor protections.

While excavating six 55-gallon barrels filled with chemicals at a Long Island park, environmental workers made a discovery: Even more barrels, between four and five of them, encased in concrete that were discarded decades ago.

A Long Island county official is putting out a call to all licensed gun owners, looking to deputize armed residents and allowing them to respond during emergencies.

A Long Island roller derby team is the first to challenge a Nassau County executive order that prohibits transgender women from competing in women’s sports at over 100 different county owned venues.

29-year-old Cole Brauer, who came in second in the Global Solo Challenge, is an East Hampton native — and her teacher watched her heavily documented journey with awe.

A string of jet ski thefts are plaguing Nassau County, and in every case, the thieves are using a U-Haul truck to tow the jet ski away.

Several drivers have sued a city on Long Island alleging their vehicles were seized without a hearing.

A migrant from North Africa was charged with assault and robbery as a hate crime for allegedly removing a Long Island man’s Israeli flag and then beating him up in front of his neighbors.

Two Long Island teens have turned tragedies in their lives, losing loved ones to car crashes, into a way to help other young people going through similar grief.

Two students were stabbed during the middle of the day at a Queens high school, according to police, and a gun was recovered at the scene.