Suffolk County News

A plan issued by a key House committee failed to address the issue of deductibility of state and local taxes.

Forecasters at the National Weather Service say the rest of September should be warmer than average.

Sellers still have the upper hand in Long Island's housing market, with buyers paying a median price of $535,000 in Suffolk and $670,000 in Nassau last month. 

A Huntington Station man was arrested and charged with drunken driving following a wrong-way crash on Pulaski Road, Suffolk County Police said.

Commack officials said police were notified after the district received "two anonymous alerts" Saturday containing "very limited threatening information" directed at a "few" students. 

Vincent Tessitore Jr., the LIRR union representative on the MTA Board, said many workers feel "threatened" by the MTA's mandate that all employees get inoculated.

The total number of new cases on Long Island and the seven-day positivity rate declined in test results on Sunday, as 1 million public school students went back to class in New York City and the city began enforcing rules requiring proof of vaccination for patrons of indoor venues.

The water forum, originally scheduled for Sept. 15, will now be held on Sept. 22 at 6 p.m., Town Hall officials said. The change follows a request from the town's anti-bias task force.

The cats were uninjured, while two of the dogs appeared to be severely injured and the third looked to be in stable condition, West Islip Chief Michael Cooper said.

The two-part project at Setauket Pond — an old marsh on the coastline of Setauket Harbor — will include replacing bulkheading, dredging the pond and removing invasive plants, officials said.

Acting Suffolk Police Commissioner Stuart Cameron said the increase in shootings is the result of a number of factors, including gang-related shootings, a flood of illegal weapons in the county and fewer law enforcement gun seizures during the early days of the pandemic.

One beneficiary was Jen McNamara of Blue Point, whose husband, FDNY firefighter John McNamara, died from 9/11-related cancer in 2006 while she was pregnant with their son, Jack.

Dr. Vivek Murthy said there was nothing unusual about the order, which requires companies with more than 100 employees to set mandatory vaccine policies, or test workers weekly for COVID-19.

The sculpture, described as a "gatekeeper" to the Hamptons, will be restored after years of vandalism and weather-related damage.

The algae flourished in warm, nitrogen-polluted waters and sharks chased recovering bunker fish populations toward shore.

A public hearing is scheduled for Sept. 23 on opting out, but Supervisor Edward Wehrheim and town Councilman Tom Lohmann have already said they see little benefit to allowing dispensaries and cafes for the "gateway drug" in the town, at least for now.

Sunday will be mostly sunny with a high around 82, but also windy with up to 29 mph gusts possible, according to the National Weather Service. 

The newly diagnosed cases of COVID-19 on Long Island totaled 837 on Friday, down from 1,273 on Thursday, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul's office.

Hundreds of people gathered at the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum in lower Manhattan Saturday, as moments of silence and the tolling of bells marked the times the hijacked planes struck the World Trade Center buildings and the times the buildings collapsed. 

They include $500,000 in matching grants for Main Street business facade renovations; $700,000 in parking lot repairs at the Smithtown Senior Center; and $400,000 toward paving and other improvements at Celebrate Park in St. James.