The owner of the Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, N.Y., has been forced to euthanize its flock of more than 100,000 ducks due to positive bird flu tests.

A former New York City police sergeant died from an apparent drowning while surfing in Long Island’s frigid waters on Sunday.

Despite the havoc it is wreaking on the farm, health officials say the risk of the public getting sick is minimal.

New York City is getting a new area code, but we have to wait and see what it will be. The New York State Public Service Commission has approved what's known as an all-services area code overlay for the five boroughs.

President Donald Trump's return to the White House was celebrated by supporters in Washington, D.C., New York City and Long Island as "the dawning of a new day," while protests sprouted up as his second term began on Monday.

The sweeping zoning changes are supposed to spur housing construction, especially in places not previously keen on hosting it.

As New Yorkers continue to explore housing options beyond Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn emerge as the dominant boroughs to watch in 2025, according to StreetEasy ’s annual ranking of NYC’s “ 10 Neighborhoods to Watch ,” released Thursday.

Seven people from City and Long Island have been busted in a massive COVID relief fraud scheme that netted $44 million — and one of

Long Island is expected to receive 2 to 5 inches of snow, and possibly more, on Sunday, with an arctic air mass arriving next week, the National Weather Service said. A two-day precipitation period is forecast to begin with rain Saturday afternoon, when high temperatures will climb to the upper 40s, the weather service predicts.

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut could get a plowable snowfall Sunday as a winter storm moves through the region.

City officials are bracing for possibility of mass deportations and have even sent an email to every principal on how to support students, and their rights.

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