Newsday Opinion received more than three dozen letters from Long Islanders over the initial refusal by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman to lower the U.S. flag to half-mast to honor former ...

United States flag code directs that American flags be lowered for 30 days after the death of a president, but thus far Nassau County has not taken part in the symbolic nationwide tribute to ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Republican official who oversees Nassau County on New York's Long Island has done an about face after seemingly refusing to lower flags to half-staff in memory of the late ...

Home of the Brave’ is even my corporation’s name, so that’s what my employees see on their paychecks,” said owner Gus ...

MINEOLA, NY — Nassau County is set to honor President Jimmy Carter this week. It's an update from last week when a Democratic county legislator complained about flags not being lowered in the ...

A former Long Island-based New York State trooper has turned himself in to the police. Thomas Mascia claimed he was shot on ...

Thomas J. Mascia scattered casings around and then shot himself in the leg in a bid for attention, prosecutors said.

He pleaded guilty before Judge Anthony Paradiso on Nov. 25, 2024, to Aggravated Harassment PL 240.30(3), a subsection ...

FARMINGDALE, Long Island (WABC) -- A New York State Police Trooper who claimed he was shot on Long Island surrendered to police on Monday and is now facing charges after officials say he actually shot ...