Suffolk County News

Verizon overcharged Suffolk County on its phone bills $1.25 million, largely for hundreds of extra miles of emergency 911 phone lines for which it should never have been charged, county Comptroller Joseph Sawicki said Monday.

The East End of Long Island has a reputation for wealth and celebrity glitz that may be justified if applied to the east end of the East End , but Suffolk County is rich in creative people who may or may not glitz on a regular basis.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, Police Commissioner Richard Dormer and the office of Sheriff Vincent DeMarco announced plans today to crack down on drunk drivers this holiday season.

HAUPPAUGE As the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the largest crib recall in United States history, Suffolk Executive Steve Levy signed into law the first-in-the-nation prohibition on the sale of dangerous drop-side cribs, which was authored by County Legislator Wayne Horsley.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy on Thursday nominated Yves R. Michel, the chief executive officer of the Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency and Deputy Director of the Brookhaven Office of Economic Development, to serve as the countyA Commissioner of Economic Development and Workforce Housing.

The move creates a possible showdown between the County Legislature and County Executive Steve Levy , who has said the subpoenas were part of an ongoing struggle with the police union at a time of fiscal constraint.

Jon Cooper says he saw "the first red flag" back in January, as he sat in his home in Glen Cove with his spouse, Rob, watching David Paterson introduce Kirsten Gillibrand as the state's new junior U.S. senator.

The Suffolk County Legislature voted unanimously on Tuesday to order Suffolk's Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to probe an incident in which a driver with a suspended license failed to perform any of his 140 hours of community service after killing a Centereach youth in a 2006 car accident.

Education chiefs are being forced to apologise for trying to prosecute a pupil's family for truancy even though he had a phobia of school.

Friday the 13th is bringing Long Island some very unlucky weather. A big nor'easter, the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida , is passing over the Island with strong, gusty winds and rain, which could be heavy at times today in Suffolk and Nassau counties.

A mother of seven is accused of running a house of horrors for pets at her suburban Long Island home, forcing her children to help torture them and burying at least 20 dogs in her backyard - animals neighbors now fear were beloved pets that mysteriously disappeared over the years.

Violent crimes in Suffolk County are on the decline, according to the most recent reports by the state's Department of Criminal Justice Services.

A police officer, left, and Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy , center, greet Marcelo Lucero 's mother, Rosario, standing next to Marcelo's brother, Joselo, at a service in St.

Suffolk county councillor Lisa Chambers was at St Edmund's Primary School in Hoxne on Tuesday to present the school with its second Gold Pledge To Recycle Award.

Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi may be licking his wounds after a disastrous 2009 election that saw the Republicans take control of the county Legislature, but Suozzia s counterpart in Suffolk didna t have a night to remember either.

The Suffolk County District Attorney's office said today a six-week investigation failed to find enough evidence to charge a male Boston police officer with rape of a female colleague, at least, in Suffolk County: For the past six weeks, Boston Police detectives and Suffolk County prosecutors conducted a comprehensive investigation of a report by a ...

Solving overlapping government and streamlining the development process were major topics at the Suffolk Planning Federation gathering last week at Brookhaven National Laboratories.

County Executive Steve Levy on Monday says detectives will remind the countya s 400 registered sex offenders that they are not allowed to decorate their homes to entice trick-or-treaters. He says detectives and state parole officers will also conduct random surveillance of sex offendersa homes on Halloween.

Lane closures on the Long Island Expressway have traffic backed up in Suffolk County.

Suffolk County is the first municipality in the United States to ban the sale of drop-side cribs.