Carl Macgowan

A new seven-story, 144-bed pavilion at NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk, the centerpiece of a planned $650 million expansion of the East Patchogue healthcare facility, has been approved by the Brookhaven Town Board. The board, acting as the planning board, vo... See more

Blue Point fire officials may have overtaxed residents for six years by inflating annual budgets and building unnecessarily large cash reserves, the state comptroller's office said in a report on the fire district's finances. The district underspent budge... See more

A year after Patchogue officials approved the village's first new hotel in decades, the project's new owners have revised the plan — dropping rental apartments and adding a rooftop pool. The Watch Hill Hotel Group and its owners, Yair Yaish and his wife, ... See more

This story was reported by Amit Ben-Bassat, Robert Brodsky, Carl MacGowan, Jean-Paul Salamanca and Tracy Tullis. It was written by MacGowan. Two years after the flood, the waters for some may finally be receding. Lives were upended and beloved historic si... See more

The owners of a Stony Brook house that was severely damaged in July 2 fire pleaded not guilty Thursday in a Suffolk County court to charges that they were running an illegal rooming house. Xingtoa Liu and his wife, Juan Lin, of East Setauket, were release... See more