Suffolk County News

July 30, 2014 - U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $176,850 in federal funding for Lindenhurst Fire Department and $308,750 in federal funding for Orient Fire District.

Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime.

Individuals eligible for this round of funding experienced damage to their homes as a result of Superstorm Sandy, Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public's help to identify and locate a man who stole a television from a Centereach store last week.

The Suffolk County Legislature at its July 29 General Meeting unanimously passed a resolution, sponsored by Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman , asking the County Attorney to explore legal action against the Federal Government on behalf of Suffolk's commercial fishermen to correct inequitable fishing quotas.

Latino, immigrant and civil rights advocates, concerned that no arrests have been made in a 2010 slaying of one immigrant and an attack on another in Shirley, called Wednesday for Suffolk police to solve the crimes and for federal officials to examine the case.

You can have your cake, and kale, too. Concession stands at Suffolk County parks and beaches, as well as vending machines in county buildings, will be required to offer healthy options under a bill passed by the county legislature.

Suffolk County is planning ground spraying for adult mosquitoes Wednesday and Thursday on Fire Island, weather permitting, health officials said.

Suffolk County Police Fourth Squad detectives are investigating a two-car crash that killed a Sound Beach man early this morning.

John Bittrolff, the Manorville man who was arrested last week and accused of killing two women whose bodies were found dumped in the woods within months of each other in late 1993, and suspected in a third case in which the woman's body was discovered in North Sea, will be arraigned on a grand jury indictment on Thursday, July 31. John Bittrolff is ... (more)

The Suffolk County Arson Squad is investigating a fire that quickly ripped through a house under construction in Water Mill on Tuesday evening.

A 19-year-old Coram man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after he crashed his car into a wooded area off Sunrise Highway in Brookhaven early Wednesday, police said.

AG Schneiderman Announces Arrest of Two LI Convenience Store Owners and Eight Co-conspirators Alleged to Have Stolen Nearly $1 Million from SNAP Mastic, NY - July 29, 2014 - Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector General, today announced a 25-count indictment against two Suffolk ... (more)

A 21-year-old man was hospitalized after being shot in the arm by an unknown assailant late Tuesday outside his home in West Babylon, police said.

Gas station owners clashed with union and education leaders at the Suffolk County Legislature yesterday over a proposed local law aimed at retailers who charge credit card prices that can be $1 more per gallon than the cash price.

Prosecutors say a suburban New York man stabbed his girlfriend more than 20 times during a fight at her Long Island home.

In Lake Success accident on Northern State Pkwy WB east of Lakeville Rd/X25. Stop and go traffic from Shelter Rock Rd/X27 in North Hills In Lake Success accident on Northern State Pkwy WB east of Lakeville Rd/X25.

July 28, 2014 - Weather permitting; the Suffolk County Department of Public Works is planning to treat sections of the following communities as part of their ongoing annual efforts to control adult mosquitoes .

Plainview, N.Y.-based commercial developer Rechler Equity Partners plans to develop three parcels with a combined 119,000 square feet inside the Islip Foreign Trade Zone in Long Island's Suffolk County.

Susan Fisher, a cashier at the IGA in Southold helps shopper Carol Pearce from East Marion pack her groceries using the plastic bags which will soon be banned, on Friday, July 25, 2014.