The downtown of Hempstead, the country’s largest township located right on Long Island, is getting a $10 million facelift ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul recently nominated Amanda Lefton, 39, to be the next commissioner of the New York State Department of ...

The area is part of New York's Hamptons region, on the eastern end of Long Island. It's unclear what caused the fires. New ...

The massive brush fire that impacted the East End of Long Island​ is no longer burning in Westhampton, but Forest Rangers ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is backing a push by prosecutors to revise discovery laws that were passed alongside bail reform in 2019.

Long Island’s Hempstead School District says it plans to close an elementary school and cut jobs over a $34 million budget ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul expanded emergency measures as firefighters continued battling the aftermath of weekend brush fires in ...

Dozens of fire departments and the National Guard were working on Saturday to extinguish multiple wildfires scorching the ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Saturday afternoon as dozens of fire departments responded to Long ...

Governor Kathy Hochul issued a state of emergency as Suffolk County battled multiple brush fires reported in Southampton on ...

The wildfires that burned through more than 600 acres on Long Island probably originated from a backyard fire in Manorville, ...

The Lower Hudson Valley and other parts of New York are under an early burn ban ahead of a statewide ban that starts Sunday, ...