Long Island

The lawsuit accuses a hotel guest – a former Club Med employee who the victim’s friends said was last seen with her — of killing her, and alleges Club Med helped cover up the crime

A year ago, Maria Kuhnla was found strangled to death at Club Med in Turks and Caicos while on vacation with coworkers. Now, her family has filed a lawsuit against the resort. Sarah Wallace reports.

Suffolk County police have released the name of a previously unidentified victim linked to the notorious Gilgo Beach killings. Nearly a week after announcing they had unearthed the identity of the woman previously referred to as “Jane Doe #6,” cops revealed her to the public as Valerie Mack. Mack was 24 when she was last seen; she was working as…

As Long Island enters phase one and retail businesses start to reopen, many stores have been forced to alter their operations, opting to conduct all sales over the phone for curbside pick-up only, Greg Cergol reports

Most of the state of New York is open — with the exception of New York City. Long Island is the latest region to reopen — doing so on Wednesday. Katherine Creag reports.

A 19-year-old driver has been arrested following a crash that killed a 4-year-old on Long Island on Tuesday night. Suffolk County police say Christian Yanes was driving on Fulton Street in Brentwood just before 7 p.m. when he struck Roussy A. Cabrera Fuentes in front of her home. The girl was transported to the hospital where she was pronounced dead….

Four beaches in Nassau County were closed on Tuesday and will remain so indefinitely after a sewage spilled into a harbor due to a blockage of baby wipes and paper

Starting tomorrow, due to Phase 1 of Re-Opening some stores will be able to open and execute curbside pick up, Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

While the virus crisis has eased in New York, COVID-19 is still killing roughly 100 people a day statewide. There were 96 deaths Sunday, according to figures released Monday. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

The MTA is cleaning busses daily and planning to add train cars to the Long Island Railroad as Long Island begins to reopen. Adam Harding reports.

Another woman linked to the Gilgo Beach killings, a file of 10 unsolved cases over a nearly two-decade period, has been identified, officials said Friday. Suffolk County Police, working in tandem with the FBI, say they now know the name of the woman previously referred to as “Manorville Jane Doe” or “Jane Doe #6.” They did not provide a timeline…

Gov. Cuomo expects the Mid-Hudson region to reopen Tuesday, while Long Island could follow the day after as progress continues over the holiday weekend.

A Long Island man was stabbed and killed by his son while he was participating in a live video chat from his home, police said

As New York State works toward reopening, Long Island and the Mid-Hudson Region look like they could be the next areas to enter phase one, much to the relief of many residents and local business owners, Gaby Acevedo reports

Mayor De Blasio shifts how NYC measures progress towards reopening as Long Island and Mid-Hudson could reopen as soon as next week. Andrew Siff reports.

As Long Island begins to open up, residents of Hempstead deal with social distancing guidelines that are being enforced in their town. Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Two decades after finding her remains, police have identified a victim of the Gilgo Beach killing thanks to new DNA technology. Jonathan Dienst reports.

A man was charged with killing his own father while he was on a zoom call. The man says that it was payback for what his dad did to him. Erica Byfield reports.

Long Beach is reopening its boardwalk and beach in time for Memorial Day, but not without some restrictions in place to make sure residents remain socially distant, Greg Cergol reports

A Long Island man was stabbed and killed by his son while he was participating in a live video chat from his home, police said. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.