Suffolk County News

"Remember before we had vaccines and boosters, all we had were masks, and we did a very good job," said Dr. David Battinelli, physician-in-chief at Northwell Health.

After falling from 91 million riders in 2019 — a modern record — to about 30 million in 2020, the Long Island Rail Road rebounded by 17% last year, when it carried 35 million passengers.

The cable is a 600-megawatt line that snakes through Nassau County before spanning the Sound to Westchester County.

Some shelters received donations of goods in addition to monetary funds. A breakdown shows how Long Islanders donated to local shelters and rescue organizations.

The National Weather Service says "a significant winter storm" could bring heavy snow to Long Island beginning Friday and going through Saturday.

The state law enforcement agencies will remain independent of each other, putting to rest a plan in 2019 by then-Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo that would have merged the two.

Some residents of a condo complex in Babylon Village say the barking from the dog park located directly across from their homes is impacting their quality of life, and they want the park moved out of their neighborhood.

Dog owners are angry with the decision, saying complaints by Whalers Cove condo residents are overblown and that the village should reconsider, but Mayor Mary Adams said escalating tensions between both groups required officials to act. A nearby dog park will be renovated and expanded.

"When I went into work and you saw this guy, you would say I know I'm going to be safe tonight because if anything goes wrong, that's the guy you want with you," retired FDNY firefighter Ron Darcy said of Christopher Viviano.

Homes in the hamlet, a big draw for boaters, start at $500,000 with most selling for about $750,000.

The state plans to appeal State Supreme Court Judge Thomas Rademaker's decision immediately, Gov. Kathy Hochul said, and the state education department said districts must continue to enforce the mask rule.

Tuesday's daytime high will exceed 40 degrees, the National Weather Service, and forecasters are watching a coastal storm due to possibly hit the region Friday. 

One officer lifted the deer out of the water and onto a sled before two other officers pulled the sled back to shore, police said.

Village officials are applying for $1 million for its Asharoken Seawall Resiliency Upgrade Project. The funding would go toward design and engineering work, Village Mayor Greg Letica said. 

Determined to narrow the tech gender gap, Lilah Lindemann, a junior at Miller Place High School, enlisted the help of tech firms such as Microsoft to host free virtual workshops, where girls learned to code games and build apps. 

According to court filings and statements by the defendant, Suffolk police found the victim covered with blood in the backyard of a North Bellport home on June 29, 2019.

The 32-year-old Shirley man took electrical wire on six occasions from Home Depots in Patchogue and Bellport before his arrest, police said.

The soonest the Food and Drug Administration would be able to approve such a vaccine would be "at best" late March, especially with the time needed to get it "into the supply chain," Scott Gottlieb, who is also the former FDA commissioner, told CBS' "Face the Nation."

After the chance for overnight snow showers, Monday will be mostly sunny but cold with a high under freezing.

The company has put on hold a plan to pay employees up to $1,000 in a special one-time incentive to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, after the Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration's vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers.