Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency a day earlier after four separate fires broke out across large swaths of Long Island’s Pine Barrens region, prompting closures to the highway and ...

A group of bipartisan lawmakers is throwing its weight behind an effort to obtain more state funding for Nassau University ...

The massive brush fire that impacted the East End of Long Island​ is no longer burning in Westhampton, but Forest Rangers ...

Two aging Manhattan hospitals need renovations to deliver modern medical care. Which hospital should get a makeover and expansion? Which should close? Astoundingly, our de-regulated health care ...

New York, for the third consecutive year, maintained its high state ranking in Advanced Placement testing, while dozens of ...

The weather is warming, and the days are growing longer, so now is the perfect time to plan quick and easy outdoor trips. A ...

Two commercial buildings were damaged and two firefighters suffered minor injuries, Suffolk County Fire Coordinator Rudy ...

The last of the wind-driven wildfires that had stretched hundreds of acres across eastern Long Island, prompting the New York governor to declare a state of emergency, was extinguished by Sunday ...

SUFFOLK COUNTY, Long Island (WABC) -- The battle against massive, wind-whipped brush fires raging across parts of Long Island's Pine Barrens entered its second day on Sunday, after flames prompted a ...

Towns and communities in Long Island, New York, were on alert Saturday after brush fires spewed thick smoke into the air. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency in Suffolk County as ...