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The lawsuit against Commack School district alleges the district fired former varsity girls' basketball coach Denis Conroy because of his weight. A district spokeswoman said she would not comment on pending litigation. 

Brandon Hyner, of West Babylon, shows off his skills on "Forged in Fire."

Inclusion on the registers makes properties eligible for financial assistance aimed at preserving historic sites, officials said.

The free COVID-19 tests will be distributed in New York by the end of the week, officials said, as people snapped up appointments for new testing sites.

Nearly 117,000 eligible military veterans are now able to participate in the state-run Excelsior Pass program to access businesses and venues statewide.

The precipitation this evening will switch over to all rain before midnight, forecasters say, leading into some warmer but often wet weather.

"A group of approximately 10 teenagers were involved in an altercation during which a trash can was knocked over, causing a loud noise that was mistaken for a gunshot," police said in a news release. There were no injuries, police said.

The South African anti-apartheid activist encouraged the Rev. Dwight Lee Wolter to invite police to community forums, where dozens discussed crimes that they had not previously reported, Wolter said.

The ruling says a bipartisan commission must be given a chance to propose new district maps. Democrats say they will appeal.

Southampton Town Police Chief Steven Skrynecki said there were growing fears in the community that the fatal shooting of Steven Byrnes — who was found shot by police responding to a burglary call — was random. But Skrynecki said investigators now believe Byrnes was targeted.

The project is reconstructing a 1.4-mile stretch of Austin Boulevard to improve pedestrian and vehicle safety, drainage and storm resiliency, officials said, but residents say they have not been kept informed or given a chance to voice opposition.

The group Citizens for the Preservation for Wainscott said in its motion a high-voltage cable under Wainscott Beach and the hamlet's roads could disrupt the "bucolic environment" of the neighborhood and cause "irreparable environmental damage."

A state bond sale exceeding $144M will help ratepayers in Riverhead and North Hempstead share in $19M in savings on already completed clean water projects by allowing municipalities to more quickly repay money borrowed with taxpayer dollars.

Encountering people who are homeless or panhandling at stations, especially in Manhattan and Babylon, is the top concern among dissatisfied Long Island Rail Road customers, a new survey reveals.

FlightAware, a flight-tracking website, showed 76 flights canceled at Kennedy Airport Sunday and 33 at LaGuardia Airport, as a rise in COVID-19 cases continues to cause staffing shortages for airlines nationwide.

The portal will allow New Yorkers to make appointments at 13 new sites across the state, including two on LI, that will be open Wednesday. Meanwhile, there's been a fourfold increase in kids hospitalized with coronavirus in NYC, the state says.

A 29-year-old Brooklyn man was in custody in connection with the Christmas Day shooting of his parents in their house, Nassau police said. Both victims were found conscious and alert and taken to a hospital for treatment, police said.

The COVID-19 year ahead is uncertain, but medical experts predict New York eventually will get to the "new normal" of relatively few new cases and of less need for masking and other precautions. 

Temperatures will dip below freezing overnight, with partly sunny skies Monday morning and a chance of rain in the afternoon, continuing off and on through Thursday, forecasters say. New Year's Eve is looking dry with a high in the mid-40s and lows in the mid-30s.

Work will begin within the next two months to replace the floor, ceiling and doors, renovate bathrooms and install updated fixtures, repair the roof and put in emergency exit lighting, new smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and new gutters.