The new level, which includes health officials urging the wearing of masks in any indoor public setting, comes as COVID infections continue to rise. However, hospitalizations and deaths, key indicators for the pandemic's danger to the public, remain low.
1m read1m readRaw fish, vegetables and rice are wedged into sheets of nori and wrapped into taco-like cones.
1m read1m readNorth Hempstead Town and the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County want to add about 1 million spat-on-shell oysters to three parts of Manhasset Bay.
1m read1m readJhonny Contreras admitted in federal district to taking part in the three killings as part of what law enforcement officials said was a "twisted desire to increase his status within the MS-13 gang."
1m read1m readNearly 100 Village of Hempstead elected officials, clergy, law enforcement and local residents held a vigil Tuesday outside village hall to pray for racial equality and for the victims of the mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket.
2m read2m readThe president, who was joined by Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, also called on Congress to act on gun control reforms.
4m read4m readThe legislature advanced a measure that would establish a countywide referendum in November and settle an issue that caused a thorny political and legal dispute last year.
2m read2m readThe authorization may not mean much on Long Island, where most families have chosen not to have those children get even a single shot.
3m read3m readHigher mortgage rates have yet to bring down prices.
The first woman to start an Atlantic Legue game has been welcomed by teammates and even opposing fans.
2m read2m readThe town had planned to temporarily close the airport as part of its transition to a private facility, which would allow the town to institute a series of flight restrictions to reduce air traffic.
2m read2m readThe IRS is actively issuing penalty notices as it catches up on a backlog
2m read2m readAdventureland opens for its 60th season Sunday.
3m read3m readHigh school and college counselors interviewed say that at mainstream summer camps they earn at least $1,500 from the camp for an eight-week summer.
4m read4m readHere are day trip ideas for "vacations" that start once you set foot on a Long Island ferry
4m read4m readConsider these places for play spaces worth making a drive for.
Long read9m readFrom pirate-themed courses to ones loaded with windmills, miniature golf is in full swing on Long Island.
2m read2m readOptions include concerts, festivals and running races.
2m read2m readYou'll find small plates with healthy Indian food.
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No ticket? You still have other options if you want to see the annual show at Jones Beach Memorial Day weekend.
2m read2m readParents in the group are offering free formula for pickup.
1m read1m readThe grove of flowering Kwanzan cherry trees was first planted in 1972 using funds raised by a group called Huntington Women in Support of Our Men in Vietnam
2m read2m readThe city is raising the prices of individual and family beach passes by up to $30 for the upcoming summer.
1m read1m readSustaining old gerrymanders to erase new ones doesn't make for fairness.
1m read1m readInfants' needs and manufacturers' lobbying power has led to less accountability.
2m read2m readWith each new variant, the period of protection keeps getting shorter.
2m read2m readIt's the lack of guns that make these massacres possible.
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