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A former New York correction officer and his 21-year-old girlfriend have been charged in the fatal beating of the woman's mother.

A driver who drunkenly rammed a minivan into a teenage skateboarder on and seriously injured him has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

The former president of a union representing school district employees in Hempstead, Long Island has been charged with stealing more than $90,000 in dues.

Public health officials in New York state are encouraging residents to protect themselves against West Nile Virus.

A man facing murder charges in connection with the shooting death of his co-worker at a gas station brought a gun to work after the two men had gotten into an argument the day before, authorities said on Sunday.

A Long Island, New York, man alleges in a lawsuit that a CVS pharmacy worker told his wife about his prescription for erectile dysfunction medication and it ruined his marriage.

A Long Island man has been accused of stealing more than $4.5 million from his mother to fund a lavish lifestyle that included private jets, nightclubs, Super Bowl box seats and a $100,000 bottle of champagne.

After a jury deadlocked following nine days of deliberations, a judge Thursday declared a mistrial in a federal corruption trial that accused former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano of accepting bribes, kickbacks and a $100,000-a-year no-show job for his wife.

A state appeals court has tossed the manslaughter conviction of a Long Island man whose drunken driving accident, prosecutors say, triggered another accident that lead to the death of a Nassau County police officer

Police say a 2-year-old boy was seriously mauled and his mother was bitten by a pit bull on Long Island.