Authorities say Long Island, N.Y., experienced a dramatic increase in the number of commercial burglaries following Superstorm Sandy. Newsday reports that from Oct. 30 through Nov. 5 burglaries in Nassau County went up from 12 last year to 73 this …
Taxpayers will be picking up the cost for repairs to the Syracuse, N.Y., area’s 911 emergency communications center after it was knocked out by a lightning strike last summer. Onondaga County officials tell the Post-Standard of Syracuse that damage caused …
New York’s top court has rejected damages claims against state inspectors who continually recertified a tour boat for 48-passenger capacity before it overturned on an Adirondack lake in 2005, drowning 20 people on a leaf-peeping tour. The Court of Appeals …
Residents in Far Rockaway, Queens, are now coping with sinkholes in areas that seemed stable before Superstorm Sandy. The city’s Department of Environmental Protection has determined that the holes were caused by damage to private water and sewer lines. The …
More than 5,000 New Yorkers will be hired for temporary government jobs cleaning up after Superstorm Sandy, officials said Sunday. About $27 million in federal Labor Department money will finance the cleanup and rebuilding positions in New York City and …
More than $664 million in federal aid has been approved for New York’s victims of Superstorm Sandy by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA said Sunday that more than 230,000 New Yorkers have requested assistance since the storm hit. The …
New York state and New Jersey need at least $71.3 billion to recover from the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy and prevent similar damage from future storms, according to their latest estimates. The total, which could grow, came as New …
The New York Department of Financial Services says it will station representatives at four locations on Long Island over the next few days to help residents contact their insurers and get questions answered about their coverage for Superstorm Sandy. Superintendent …
When Levi Karlsen was crushed to death while fixing up a pickup truck four years ago, authorities in his quiet New York county thought it was a sad mishap. But now they say his death was no accident: His father …
The leader of an identity theft ring that stole over $1 million and ripped off the identities of over 180 New Yorkers has pleaded guilty. Phillip Smith faces up to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty Friday to identity …