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Patrick Adrell, 42, was pronounced dead at Huntington Hospital, police said.

Educators and parents at specialized schools serving some of Long Island's most vulnerable children say their programs have been shortchanged and are asking for the same funding that public schools receive.

The upgrades include repaving the mile-long road as well as Manorhaven Village's municipal parking lot, new crosswalks, traffic signals, bus shelters, trash cans and decorative street lamps.

A 10% discount on monthly tickets, a new 20-Trip Ticket, and a flat $5 fare for all weekday, off-peak trips within New York City could come to the LIRR on March 1. Peak fares will return that day, too.

Mostly cloudy skies early Sunday will gradually clear as the day goes on, according to the National Weather Service.

A Central Islip man died at the scene after his 2009 Nissan 370Z went into a wooded area and struck a tree while going south on Lowell Avenue, according to police. 

Mallory Braun, who was a manager at the now-closed Book Revue, had launched a Kickstarter campaign with the goal of raising $250,000 to open the new store.

"I have had some exposure to the culture of government and politics in Nassau County during the years that you were in government," U.S. District Judge Joan Azrack said to Rob Walker.

For nearly 18 months, the county police departments have rejected or delayed Freedom of Information Law requests from Newsday and others, or provided heavily blacked-out records. Newsday has challenged the rejections in court.

Tom Combs, the executive director of Section XI, said he is optimisitic the situation will be resovled shortly so the season can begin.

Since Oct. 9, the state has recorded 3,698 lab-confirmed cases of influenza, the highest number during this eight-week period in three years, according to state data. More than 700 of those cases were on Long Island.

The National Weather Serviced expects rain, mainly before 10 a.m., with the high temperature for the day rising to about 61 degrees.

The body of a 38-year-old mother of four who had been reported missing Dec. 2 was recovered Thursday — and her husband arrested, charged with murder, Suffolk County police said. 

No midshipmen at the Kings Point school have been harmed by the requirement, according to a federal prosecutor.

The Suffolk County Police Department will share the grant money with the Nassau County Police Department and district attorney's office, officials said.

Restaurants, stores and all other public indoor places must require customers and staff to wear masks unless the businesses or venues require vaccination for entry, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday. Violating the order may result in a $1,000 fine for each violation.

Former Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota and his former anti-corruption bureau chief Christopher McPartland surrendered Friday to begin 5-year federal prison sentences.

The expanded teams of officers use data-driven dashboards that say where crashes take place and contributing factors.

Newsday's appellate court filing says release of the former Suffolk County executive's 2011 non-prosecution agreement is needed for "robust, wide-open" debate.

Timothy Thrane, who was injured while on duty last month, walked out of a rehabilitation center after only six days of treatment — a recovery his family and medical staff called a "miracle."