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The legacy of a hero Suffolk County police officer, killed 13 years ago by a drunken driver, will be honored again Saturday as his local fire department hosts a blood drive in his memory.

The ruling stems from a 2017 suit against the Town of Smithtown by an East Quogue bow hunters advocacy group, Hunters For Deer. 

State and federal officials are expected to be in East Hampton Friday to mark the beginning of work for New York State's first offshore wind farm.

Until now, the only hospitals near Long Island performing lung transplants were located in Manhattan or the Bronx.

Another man was injured in the crash, which occurred near Exit 59 at around 5:25 a.m., Suffolk police said.

The man allegedly got a woman's phone number after pulling her over last month, then solicited a nude photograph, Suffolk police said.

Removing the school mask mandate on March 7 is "a very strong possibility," Gov. Kathy Hochul said after announcing that COVID-19 test kits will be given to students to test twice in the first week after they return from the winter break later this month.

Leury Rodriguez was found in possession of more than a quarter kilogram of fentanyl, Suffolk police said in a news release.

Jack O'Malley, chairperson of the town's Economic Development Committee, said that though fewer businesses than expected took the survey, one of the biggest takeaways from the 37 that responded was the continuing labor shortage.

More than 29 million visitors spent time at Long Island state parks last year, a dip of nearly 2.5 million from 2020, but statewide, a record 78.4 million visitors traveled to state campgrounds, trails and historic sites, Gov. Kathy Hochul said. 

The injuries were non-life-threatening, Suffolk police said

Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine said the town hopes to memorialize Annie Henry, 104, of Gordon Heights, who died Jan. 30, with a plaque or monument. "She is the American story in a nutshell," Romaine said.

Hopes of peace are tempered by concerns about how a bloody conflict could upend the lives of family and friends living in Ukraine as the country prepares for a possible Russian invasion.

The five males, four teenagers and a 23-year-old man, await arraignment after the stolen Nissan Sentra they were in Tuesday night crashed into a marked police vehicle in North Bay Shore, Suffolk police said.

Gov. Kathy Hochul appears likely to make a final decision on the future of a mask mandate for schools after winter break, which ends when classes resume on Feb. 28, according to educators who attended an online meeting with her on Tuesday.

Defense attorneys for the two nurses and a receptionist at an Amityville pediatric health care center who were charged with forgery appeared briefly on behalf of their clients in Suffolk County District Court Tuesday.

A home health aide who allegedly hit a dementia patient on the head before the 83-year-old bled to death in his Garden City home told detectives she lashed out after he threw his walker and told her to get out, court records show.

PSEG ratepayers, meanwhile, will face a 26% jump in their power supply charge for February because of the gas price increase.

The Hauppauge school district's Board of Education approved an introductory course in American Sign Language for its high school students beginning next school year.

Long Island Rail Road customers will get new ticket discounts four days earlier than expected, but might have to wait until 2024 to use the MTA's OMNY fare system — three years later than originally promised.