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The highly contagious omicron variant is fueling "an enormous surge" in the county, Executive Steve Bellone said. Nassau County's daily positivity rate for results on Monday stood at 12.7%.

Omicron-fueled infections are behind the surge. The mayor said the city would increase the number of locally run testing centers, complemented by a new federal testing operation. 

Rapid antigen tests deliver results within minutes, said Dr. Dwayne Breining, executive director of Northwell Health Labs. A PCR test is more sensitive; a student would take it to return to college.

The shrinking labor force more than the addition of jobs drove down the unemployment rate.

Here are some questions and answers about getting around over the hectic days ahead. 

But the Marist College poll also found 42% of Americans will celebrate the holidays with people regardless of their vaccination status, even as COVID-19 infection rates soar.

New York's dozen artificial reefs are expanding with the sinking of two steel vessels, the DEC announced. Some commercial fishermen say growing these reefs could cost trawlers and other commercial fishing firms long-prized grounds.

'You can still get waterfront property without breaking the bank,' says a real estate agent about the hamlet on the Connetquot River.

The project will span the New York Avenue/Route 110 Corridor from the Huntington LIRR Station to 14th Street, with additional adjacent parcels to the east and west, town officials said.

The problem appears to affect a small number of devices that have the Microsoft Teams app installed but are not logged in.

Tonight will be clear and cold — as may befit the last night of autumn. Tomorrow, the first day of winter, will be mostly sunny, and warmer.

New York State is set to receive 5 million at-home COVID-19 testing kits, with another 5 million on the way in January, officials said.

"Any way to assist, I do it," Lizbeth Carrillo, 34, said. "It just feels good." Carrillo, who moved to Patchogue at age 4 when her family emigrated from Ecuador, said her new role gives her another way to help people.

Residents at a Dec.14 public hearing mostly spoke against it and were also opposed to allowing onsite consumption sites, but Supervisor Scott Russell said he is open to not opting out permanently.

COVID-19 hospitalizations are increasing rapidly on Long Island amid a spike in cases that pushed the region's seven-day positivity rate to 9.32%, the state's highest, in test results reported on Saturday. Hospital officials fear that the highly contagious omicron variant could fuel a further rise in patients that may strain systems.

Several riders have complained about receiving what they say are harsh emails from the Long Island Rail Road because they didn't activate their tickets before boarding the train.

That's a dramatic shift from the beginning of the pandemic, when Black and Latino communities were impacted much more heavily, a Newsday analysis shows.

The workweek looks to feature sunny skies and seasonable temperatures before what is looking like a wet Christmas, according to the National Weather Service.

The selection of two dozen projects reflects Supervisor Edward Wehrheim's focus on the town's sprawling parks system and includes a $900,000 renovation of the Hoyt Farm Nature Preserve. 

Work has begun to connect parts of the school district to the Southwest Sewer District and end the use of failing cesspools that were once described by a school official as a "ticking time bomb."