Desiree D'Iorio

Suffolk County officials have announced special plans as the nation gears up for its 250th Fourth of July celebrations, including an art and history exhibit now on display at the H. Lee Dennison building in Hauppauge.

On Long Island, advocates for the environment and green jobs gathered this week to celebrate South Fork Wind, the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S.

2025 was a bad year for Long Island's coastal waters, largely due to wastewater and fertilizer runoff, but the poor conditions bring opportunities for innovative water quality improvement techniques — like using mollusks and seaweed to clean up contamination.

New York State Attorney General Letitia James is pushing a pair of bills that would limit surveillance pricing, a practice used by some companies to set individual prices for each shopper based on their personal data and algorithms.

Labor leaders are set to meet again with officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on Thursday to continue contract negotiations.

About 3,500 Long Island Railroad workers could walk off the job at 12:01 AM Saturday if union leaders and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority can't hash out a deal on wage increases.

Despite marathon negotiation meetings Thursday and Friday, the MTA and labor leaders for the LIRR unions failed to agree on a contract before the strike deadline of 12:01 AM Saturday.

On Day 3 of the Long Island Railroad strike, New York state attorney general Letitia James warned Long Islanders to beware of price gouging at car rental companies and ride-hailing services like Lyft and Uber.

Labor leaders and Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials announced a tentative deal Monday night, ending the three-day strike on the Long Island Railroad.

A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would rename an Oceanside post office in honor of the late Luis Alvarez.