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Not all new voting machines living up to expectations
ALBANY - Bugs in new voting machines, difficulties getting storage space funding and general anxiety about changing a system that's been around more than a century are problems counties face as the state ...
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10 from Nassau Memorial Day 'Wall of Shame' plead guilty
Ten of the 81 drunken driving suspects arrested in Nassau on Memorial Day weekend in the first phase of County Executive Thomas Suozzi's so-called "Wall of Shame" initiative have already pleaded guilty, Nassau ...
Unlicensed Teen Driver Crashes; Mother Killed
Police say a teenage driver has collided with a motorcycle on Long Island, killing his mother and critically injuring two people on the motorcycle.
MTA vice chairman turns in State Police badge
David Mack may be running out of perks. After agreeing to give up some of his privileges as a Metropolitan Transit Authority board member, the Kings Point real estate executive has turned in his honorary State ...
Two in custody after firing at cop
Two men are in custody after one of them fired at an off-duty police officer in Jamaica on Sunday morning and then fled to a Nassau County hospital for treatment.
L.I. Party Host Faces New Charges
Prosecutors have filed additional charges against a Long Island teenager who held a party where a high school senior died of a suspected drug overdose.
Nassau County provides close island getaway
An island getaway to Nassau can be closer than you think this summer. Nassau County is the gateway to Long Island, and some New Yorkers heading east to the Hamptons might think of it as being in the way of ...
Wife of man killed by tree finds accident scene
Jose Machicado was not one to arrive home late without calling first. A custodian at Long Island University's C.W. Post Campus, Machicado was supposed to get off work at 3 p.m. Saturday, but by 6:30 p.m. his ...
Baldwin neighbors upset over county land plan
Angry residents of the Baldwin area stormed out of a meeting of the Nassau County Planning Commission Thursday night after the commission approved a plan that could lead to the lease of 35 acres of county land ...
State Honors First N.Y. Policewoman To Die On Duty
More than four decades after New York state's first female police officer was killed in the line of duty, a bridge overpass near where she died is being renamed in her honor.
Counselors: 'No magic bullet' for drug addiction
Drug counselors and narcotics detectives liken the effort to combat heroin and save an addicted child to a maze, a nightmare, a 15-round heavyweight fight.
Authorities say teen who died at LI party used heroin
A Massapequa teenager used heroin before she mysteriously died at a house party last month, law enforcement officials announced Wednesday morning.
FEMA flood maps may force more insurance purchases
New flood maps for Nassau County could force thousands of previously exempt South Shore property owners to buy flood insurance and, in some cases, adhere to more rigorous building standards.
Teen pleads not guilty in graduation party shooting
A teenager who police said crashed a crowded graduation barbecue and shot into a group of people outside an Elmont home, wounding four, pleaded not guilty to assault charges yesterday.
Man shoots off fingertip at Nassau police headquarters
A 77-year-old Levittown man accidentally shot off the tip of his index finger at Nassau County Police Department in Mineola on Tuesday, police said.
Molotov cocktail thrown against NY home
Nassau County police are investigating a molotov cocktail attack on a Lynbrook home.
Police: Phony officer pulls woman over on LI
A New Hyde Park woman outsmarted a police impersonator who pulled her over in East Garden City when she demanded to see his badge and then stated she'd be calling 911 -- apparently scaring him off, Nassau ...
Nanny dies in boy's pool rescue in NY suburb
A nanny died Thursday as she tried to rescue a 3-year-old boy from a family's swimming pool, police said.
N.Y. Man Accused Of Stabbing Victim At Gas Station
A Long Island man accused of stabbing a man sitting in a car at a gas station surrendered to police.
Man Injures Self During Gun Inspection
Nassau County, N.Y., police said an elderly man shot himself in the finger during an annual inspection at the pistol license unit of police headquarters.