Desiree D'Iorio

Thomas Spota was serving a five-year sentence for corruption and witness tampering in connection with ex-police chief James Burke beating a handcuffed man in 2012.

Sunrise Wind, in the waters south of Rhode Island, will generate enough clean energy to power more than half a million homes in New York.

Crime across Long Island has dropped by double digits. Compared to this time last year, shootings are down 44% and property crime dropped 16%.

MTA Board members voted Wednesday to pause the controversial plan to charge drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street, weeks after Governor Kathy Hochul pulled her support.

The New York Public Service Commission has approved a controversial battery storage facility in Holtsville. Some residents say the location is too close to schools and could be dangerous for students.

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut has accused leaders at the Coast Guard of a coverup after a damning report found dozens of mishandled sex assault cases at the academy in New London.

Amid a nationwide lag in military recruitment, the Connecticut National Guard has announced an incentive program that will reward members with $500 for referring new recruits.

OLA of Eastern Long Island is staffing up with two new lawyers to grapple with government-backed bans on incoming migrants, and to provide legal assistance for asylum seekers.

The Safe Center in Bethpage is one of five domestic abuse agencies in the state — and the only one on Long Island — that will study the barriers that members of the LGBTQ community face when they need help in an abusive relationship.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has introduced a bill to combat fentanyl overdose deaths. The bill would force President Joe Biden to declare international fentanyl trafficking a national emergency, and strengthen sanctions on traffickers.