Nassau County

Several towns in Suffolk County oppose New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposal to build an estimated 300,000 more housing units on Long Island in the next decade.

Sands Corp. has released plans to build an entertainment destination and casino on the property of the former Nassau County Coliseum in Uniondale. First, the resort company and casino needs to win a downstate New York gaming license — and local communities.

Rep. George Santos (R-NY), the Long Island freshman congressman who admitted to lying to voters about his academic, employment and financial history, is in hot water with his hometown Republican party. They want him out as federal investigations mount into campaign finance irregularities.

Officials broke ground on the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's $57 million Neuroscience Research Complex on Long Island.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said hate and anti-semitism will not be tolerated, as police presence at public Hanukkah gatherings will increase this holiday season.

In a hearing about Nassau County’s jail this week, lawmakers focused their questions on staffing levels, cutting costs and increasing visits for families.

Nassau County lawmakers will hear testimony Wednesday on a staffing shortage at the county’s jail that critics say has created a frustrating and restrictive visiting policy — with no weekend visits, no televisits for family and evening visits just two days a week.

Convicted serial killer Richard Cottingham admitted in court to killing five Long Island women in the 1960s and 1970s.

The Nassau County Police Department blamed its disproportionate arrests of Black and Hispanic people on the large number of malls along the Queens-Nassau border.

Hempstead Village in Nassau County is exploring the idea of becoming a city, which officials say would bring in more state aid and tax revenue.