Suffolk County

Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found by a jogger in a wooded area on Long Island. A home health aide was jogging in Manorville on Thursday when he spotted the body and called 911, Suffolk County police said. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Her name was not immediately released. It wasn’t…

An Oakdale man is suing a Suffolk County police officer for damages stemming from an incident in January when the man was tased by an officer “for no apparent reason.” Craig Costello, 52, says he was driving to his brother’s house in West Islip after stopping at a CVS. That’s where a Suffolk cop started following Costello to the...

Victim claims he did nothing to warrant being tased by an officer. News 4 Long Island reporter Greg Cergol reports.

An NYPD officer has been accused of slinging hundreds of oxycodone pills a day – including to a man that prosecutors say later died of a drug overdose. Officer Joseph Recca of West Islip was one of three men rounded up Tuesday on Suffolk County. The 28-year-old has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, official misconduct and drug count and released…

State police say a trooper was seriously injured when he was struck by a vehicle while assisting a disabled motorist on an overpass leading to the Long Island Expressway near Brentwood.

Governor Cuomo shut down bars in Queens and Suffolk County, saying it’s “downright dangerous.” NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

New York state’s confirmed virus deaths topped 25,000 Wednesday as Gov. Andrew Cuomo added nine more names to the toll. Daily death tolls have dropped to the single digits in recent weeks, down from an 11-day stretch of “hell” in April, according to the governor, where nearly 800 New Yorkers were dying a day. New York City accounts for the…

After 25,000 New Yorkers lost their lives to Covid-19, we’re looking at how NYC will be entering Phase 4, Andrew Siff reports.

July 4th parties spark rise in Suffolk cases, but not due to large numbers of people, Greg Cergol reports

A Dairy Queen customer on Long Island was flipped off by the manager after he asked them why employees weren’t wearing masks. The caught-on-camera incident is one of many across the country that shows the tension among Americans when it comes to COVID-19 and face covering. Brandon Trotta was at the Dairy Queen drive-thru on Route 112 in Medford over…

When a man on Long Island complained to a Dairy Queen manager that an employee wasn’t wearing a mask, a heated argument ensued. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

Residents of Suffolk County are hoping to see their community pools reopen now that towns have been given the green light to do so from the governor, and while reopening plans are currently being formulated, the county’s public pools are remaining closed for now, Pei-Sze Cheng reports

A town supervisor in Suffolk County said he’s not sure where the governor is getting the idea that there are rampant social distancing issues there, saying most people have been following guidelines. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

Police in Suffolk County on Tuesday evacuated two floors at Stony Brook University Hospital as they investigated a suspicious package found on a man. A security guard told State University Police about about a suspicious person in the emergency department just after 9 p.m., according to authorities. Officers arrived and tool the man into custody, and shortly after called Suffolk…

Police in Suffolk County evacuated two floors at Stony Brook University Hospital late Tuesday as they investigated a suspicious package.

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

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.

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.

As beach season gets ever closer, a battle over beach access could be in the making. Beach badges went on sale for parts of the Jersey Shore, and the lines were long. But with New York City beaches still essentially closed, shore residents are worried New Yorkers will invade their sands and shove out the locals. Brian Thompson reports.