2:13

The new funding is available to restaurants with 20 or fewer locations and can be used to offset expenses from Feb. 15, 2020, through the end of 2021, including payroll, benefits, rent, utilities, maintenance, cleaning equipment, food and other operational costs.

2:15

The legislation would restrict current sales to at least 1,000 feet from schools, parks and playgrounds and limit new smoke shops to light manufacturing and industrial zoning districts, Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin said.

DuCharme said he would be succeeded by his first assistant, Mark Lesko, a former deputy head of the office's Criminal Division on Long Island and a former Brookhaven Town Supervisor.

The House will vote this week on a relief package that includes $1,400 direct cash payments to individuals earning $75,000 or less and married couples who make up to $150,000.

Town board member Ed Smyth, who is running for town supervisor, was named to the largely ceremonial position. 

As hundreds protested outside, Judge Peter Cahill said he does not have jurisdiction to rule on whether the third-degree murder charge should be reinstated against the former officer while the issue is being appealed.

State Appellate Division says tribe didn't waive sovereign authority to declare a member 'undesirable' after suing her to close her gas station.

Village officials say the program is too costly, but may reconsider after reviewing results of a Suffolk police trial of the cameras.