Long Island

Prosecutors in New York dropped charges against a kaffiyeh-wearing, pro-Palestinian protester who was among the first people arrested under a local face mask ban that’s stirred free speech concerns.

Some Long Island leaders are pushing back on a state plan to share school resources, which would include staff and programs. The plan is called “regionalization,” and Gov. Kathy Hochul said it would only be an option for districts, not mandatory. But critics say it threatens the quality of education. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A proposed regionalization plan by the New York State Education Department is being opposed by a group of vocal Long Island school board members, parents and elected officials.

Rex Heuermann’s estranged wife is moving out of their Massapequa Park house and will be moving to South Carolina, according to her attorney

News 4’s Pei-Sze Cheng with the latest. 

The first-in-the-nation congestion pricing initiative is set to restart in early January after a months-long pause. Gov. Hochul announced on Thursday the new toll will have a reduced price of $9. But even with the lower fare, many are still vowing to fight it. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff and Adam Harding report.

With President-elect Donald Trump headed for the White House, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is hurriedly restarting the congestion pricing plan to fund the MTA — but faces staunch bipartisan opposition from lawmakers in surrounding boroughs and NYC suburbs.

In a shocking twist on Long Island, police said a volunteer firefighter intentionally set a brush fire in Medford on Tuesday, and has since been charged. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A volunteer firefighter on Long Island was arrested Tuesday night after allegedly admitting to setting one of the brush fires that swept through the town of Medford earlier in the day, according to a local official. Investigators were battling nearly a half-dozen small brush fires in Medford Tuesday. They put them out by the evening after fighting them for roughly…

The battle against wildfires in the tri-state got even tougher, as crews were battling flames being fueled by gusty winds. New fires have popped up in Suffolk County on Long Island as well. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports

All eastbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway were closed Monday morning as police investigated a deadly pre-dawn crash, according to Suffolk County police. Officials had closed down LIE lanes in Melville at Broadhollow Road due to their investigation. The crash happened at around 5 a.m., police said. The lanes were closed throughout the morning rush hour and up until…

A Long Island man was sentenced and could spend the rest of his life behind bars for shooting his former fiancée to death inside a parking garage at the medical facility where she worked, according to the district attorney.

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 district right outside New…

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 opposed to...

Greg Cergol with the latest for NBC 4 New York. 

There may be an unexpected twist in the investigation of a New York State Trooper who was shot on Long Island’s Southern State Parkway: Could the bullet have come from his own gun, by his own hand? NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

Illegal street racers unleashed a night of mayhem on Long Island over the weekend, burning rubber, doing donuts and figure eights on a street. It was part of an ongoing issue that was taken to a new level. When police showed up to shut down the race the drivers attempted to escape in their souped-up cars — and several of...

Suffolk County police are investigating after human remains were found in a sump on Long Island. Officers responded Monday at 10:55 a.m. to reports of remains in a sump in Brentwood, police said. The remains were found at Fifth Avenue and Bancroft Road. It was determined the remains were human and they were transported to the medical examiner’s office...