The idea of armed civilian special deputies is not sitting well with a number of Nassau County legislators. They’ve filed a suit against county executive Bruce ...

Democrats are looking to un-arm Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman's so-called "citizen deputies." They are challenging the creation of what they call an unnecessary and illegal ...

The Nassau County Legislature is transferring the 287-acre Stillwell Woods Park to the Town of Oyster Bay, setting in motion ...

A popular website has released its list of the best towns in America to live in and one spot in New Jersey placed in the top ...

A former New York State Police trooper who claimed that a driver shot him, triggering a region-wide manhunt, made the whole ...

A landmark settlement in a suit brought by Democrats was signed on Thursday, Jan. 23, providing Nassau County with a new ...

A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color.

Until now, however, little has been known about where the richest households are located, which cities are the most unequal and ... Palo Alto, California, and Nassau County, New York, are two of the ...

The settlement -- the first of its kind under the New York Municipal Home Rule Law and New York Voting Rights Act -- secures fair maps for Nassau County voters, replacing Nassau County's current ...

A woman was found dead next to a retention pond in Monmouth County, N.J., authorities said Tuesday. The unidentified woman was discovered around 1 p.m. Monday in Neptune Township after a bystander ...

Night - Mostly clear. Winds variable at 9 to 11 mph (14.5 to 17.7 kph). The overnight low will be 15 °F (-9.4 °C). Mostly sunny with a high of 22 °F (-5.6 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 10 mph (9.7 to 16 ...

The National Weather Service in Cleveland issued a cold weather advisory that forecasts temperatures as low as minus 12 in parts of Erie County.