Nassau County

The Village of Hempstead on Long Island has formed the police reform and reinvention committee, consisting of members from law enforcement, religion, and the community, in an effort to improve police practices and strengthen community relations. News Four’s Pei-Sze Cheng has the latest community reactions to the effort

A witness told the U.S. Coast Guard they saw the chopper go down into the marsh near Nassau County’s Point Lookout, where there’s about 1-4 feet of water

A report says officers planned to make an arrest after one of the suspects told police by phone that he had been discharged from the hospital and was returning to the hotel — even though he had already packed his things and the couple was already on their way back to New York

The county fire marshal’s office issued twelve violations to the operators of the Bayville Scream Park on Saturday night for lack of social distancing and other fire code violations

A haunted house on Long Island is facing possible shut down after people who went for a fright left scared they may been put t risk of catching COVID, after being made to wait in packed lines for hours. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Officials in Nassau County issued a missing child alert Monday afternoon for a 15-year-old teen with autism possibly in “imminent danger.” Police say Rakiem Wrighton was last seen leaving his Inwood home around 2 p.m. Wrighton has gone missing before, police say, and he is known to like buses and trains. Officials say he may be in need of medication….

Nassau County Officials Investigate Hate Vandalism in Police Clubhouse

Police say an officer who was helping an injured woman in a Long Island bar was attacked by a friend of the victim

The owner of the venue admitted that there were more than 100 people in attendance at the wedding over the weekend, but he said that’s because he was unsure of unclear rules. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Chenge reports.

A string of Long Island businesses were seriously damaged in an early morning fire that left two firefighters with minor injuries, officials said Sunday. Fire teams from several departments in Nassau County responded to the Park Place Bar & Grill on Covert Avenue around 6:30 a.m. Sunday. The Nassau County Police Department says the Arson Bomb Squad has begun its…

Flames erupted inside a restaurant in Nassau County early Sunday morning. Myles Miller reports.

A 23-year-old Long Island woman has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for her role in what prosecutors have described as the “barbaric” barbell murder of her own mother, authorities said Thursday. Francesca Kiel, of Lynbrook pleaded guilty in July to first-degree manslaughter in the death of 56-year-old Theresa Kiel who was rendered comatose after he attacked her with…

Four people are dead and two others are hurt, one of them seriously, after a multi-vehicle collision on Long Island’s Southern State Parkway early Tuesday that apparently was caused by a wrong-way driver, New York State Police said. State Police said they received a call about an eastbound crash involving three vehicles and a motorcycle around 5:10 a.m. near...

One vehicle was driving the wrong way on the southern state parkway when it collided with another vehicle causing multiple deaths, Greg Cergol reports.

Four people are dead and two others are hurt, one of them seriously, after a multi-vehicle collision on Long Island’s Southern State Parkway early Tuesday that apparently was caused by a wrong-way driver, New York State Police said.

Four people are dead and two others are hurt, one of them seriously, after a multi-vehicle collision on Long Island’s Southern State Parkway early Tuesday, New York State Police said. The Southern State Parkway was closed in the area as authorities investigated.

Student athletes and parents are urging fall sports to not be postponed, Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

While high school sports will be played over the county border in Suffolk, Nassau voted to postpone the season. One PE teacher said he couldn’t justify telling students in class to separate according to CDC guidelines, then allowing a soccer team to play with close contact after school. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A man who has spent 14 years in prison for killing his abusive father was granted a new, shorter sentence that allows him to now be freed, thanks to a recently enacted law

A 32-year-old Queens man has been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly raping three women in separate attacks on Long Island between 2015 and 2020, prosecutors say. Adell Hardwick, of Hillis, was arraigned Wednesday on charges of predatory sexual assault, rape and criminal sexual act, all felonies, in connection with the three attacks. All three were on the streets…