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The church will be ringing its bell for every one of the nearly 220,000 lives lost from COVID-19, a tribute that will last for about two weeks — but not everyone thinks it’s an appropriate tribute. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

Patchogue’s bustling Main Street echoes with the sounds of a typical Monday — but if you listen closely, you’ll hear a church bell tolling softly. Every bell toll emanating from the 850-pound bell at the Congregational Church of Patchogue represents an American dead from COVID-19. The sound of mourning now echoes every six seconds in Patchogue Village, Long Island. This...

The state also moved over the weekend to shut down a planned Brooklyn wedding that up to 10,000 people were expected to attend Monday. The nuptials are still permitted to proceed, though just close friends and family can attend. Meanwhile, Gov. Cuomo and New York state health officials have begun drafting plans to disperse coronavirus vaccines in anticipation of the...

Authorities are investigating a Long Island bar that posted on Facebook that it was taking bets on whether Chicago or New York City would see more shootings over Labor Day weekend. Both cities have struggled with upticks in violence. New York City shootings, for example, surged 166 percent this August compared with August 2019. Murders citywide are up 47 percent…

The Cliffton, a bar in Patchogue, is receiving backlash from residents and even the mayor for taking bets on whether shootings in New York City or Chicago will be worse during Labor Day weekend. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

A 39-year-old man was found dead on the side of the road on Long Island Saturday night, police said.

Trains to the Hamptons resumed Memorial Day after a derailment snarled travel to the popular resort area during the holiday weekend, the Long Island Rail Road says.

Long Island Rail Road service was suspended on the Montauk Branch each of Patchogue early Saturday after a train heading to Montauk sideswiped another train, the agency said.

U.S. military officials say the remains of a New York sailor killed in the Pearl Harbor attack 77 years ago last week have been identified.

A pair of kittens died after someone threw them through the window of a moving vehicle, the Suffolk County SPCA said.

A alleged drunk driver fled the scene after hitting a pedestrian on Long Island — only to end up rear-ending another car and hitting a utility police, police said.

A man who was driving drunk struck with his grandchildren in the vehicle another car at a stop sign, police said.

A dog was found abandoned and tied to a pole on Long Island.