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Long-running plans to restore Cedar Island Lighthouse, decommissioned in 1934, will get a boost from $175,000 in funding from Suffolk's annual budget.

Lawmakers on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved raising a tax on hotel stays to fund cultural and tourism promotion agencies as well as projects surrounding a proposed Ronkonkoma convention center.

Four Meliora Global Scholars grant recipients at Rochester will conduct research in archives in a dozen countries.

WHBPAC's Holiday stroll encourages the community to walk Westhampton Beach Village to shop local stores while enjoying delectable bites from local restaurants.

Republicans scored several wins in competitive House races in one of the country’s bluest states, seizing a seat ...

Representative Andrew Garbarino defended his seat for the Republicans, who also held late leads in three other Long Island House races.

The Democrat’s campaign will be analyzed and criticized, but she emerged as the first woman to be elected to the governorship in New York State.

New York’s eight competitive congressional midterms are especially important on a national level this year, as the Republican Party only needs to expand their ranks in the House by five members in order to wrestle control of the chamber away from the Democrats, who are currently in the majority.

Democrats and Republicans had their share of victories in New York.