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The changes come in response to the 2020 death of 8-year-old Thomas Valva, whose police officer father forced him to sleep overnight on the concrete floor of a freezing garage

Democrat Laura Gillen was projected to win a tight race on Long Island, according to NBC News, one of the hotly contested New York congressional districts that could determine the balance of power in the House of Representatives. In a rematch from 2022, the Republican incumbent Anthony D’Esposito had been trying to hold onto a congressional d...

Authorities have launched a criminal investigation, along with their internal one, in the case of a now-suspended New York State trooper who said he was shot by a suspect on Long Island’s Southern State Parkway last week.

NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Authorities have launched an internal investigation in the case of a New York State trooper who said he was shot by a suspect on Long Island’s Southern State Parkway at the end of October, authorities said Monday. Sources familiar with the investigation say they are looking into whether trooper Thomas Mascia shot himself in the leg, as oppose...

Illegal street racers stepped on the gas when police came to shut down their event on Long Island, but authorities said several of the drivers had to run on foot after crashing their rides. Two police officers were also involved in crashes, with each striking a pole during their response. Firefighters from Islip were dispatched around 2 a.m. Sunday...

A pastor at a Long Island church has been arrested over accusations he sexually abused an adult male victim, according to police. Nassau County police allege Thomas Moriarty, 62, who is a pastor at the Holy Spirit Church in New Hyde Park sexually abused a 22-year-old victim. The alleged incident occurred Oct. 26 at 12:30 a.m. in Oceanside. Moriarty...

Authorities are investigating the shooting of a New York State trooper on Long Island’s Southern State Parkway, and the person believed to be responsible is still on the loose. According to investigators, officer Thomas Mascia was patrolling shortly before midnight Wednesday on the westbound highway near Exit 17 in West Hempstead — about a mi...

Thomas Gannon, 56, was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, according to Suffolk County police. His connection to the victim, previously identified by police as 33-year-old Sabina Rosas, of Brooklyn, wasn’t immediately clear. Police said only that the case was domestic. Wednesday’s devel...

BREAKING UPDATE: Suspect in murder of NYC woman at luxury Hamptons spa found dead The family of a woman who police say was found murdered in a guest room at a high-end resort and spa in the Hamptons this week released a statement early Wednesday expressing their devastation — and asking for help finding her killer. Police identified the victi...

BREAKING UPDATE: Suspect in murder of NYC woman at luxury Hamptons spa found dead Authorities are investigating the apparent murder of a woman whose body was found in a guest room at a high-end resort and spa in the Hamptons a day ago, according to police. Officers from Southampton Town Police went to the Shou Sugi Ban House on Montauk…...

A police investigation is underway after a “suspicious death” was reported at a high-end resort and spa in the Hamptons on Long Island, according to town law enforcement.

The former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch pleaded not guilty Friday to federal sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges.

A child therapist on Long Island was arrested on “heinous and disturbing” child pornography charges after she distributed videos that contained victims as young as just 6 months old, federal prosecutors said.