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More than 1,000 union nurses at three Long Island Northwell Health hospitals have issued a 10-day notice to strike, setting the stage for a potential walkout if contract negotiations fail. Nurses represented by the New York State Nurses Association delivered strike notices Friday, Jan. 2, at Northwe…

The notice was delivered two days after their contract expired on Dec. 31.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. New York City, NY – New Yorkers looking ahead to 2026’s eclipse calendar will have a few chances to look skyward, but experts say the most dramatic eclipse views this year will be found west of the state,...

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) had a record-breaking year in 2025, with significant milestones reached for performance, reliability and ridership. The subway, Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad all recorded record-highs for On-Time Performance in...

Former members of the Army and Air National Guard, the Naval Militia, and New York Guard who served on State Active Duty in New York City following the destruction of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, can now register for the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs World Trade Center Benefits...

Good morning, New York. Here's what you need to know today. Cold & blustery with continued snow chances today. Highs in the 20s/30. Area-wide snow is likely this evening and could lead to messy roads for New Year's Eve plans. CNY Forecast | Northern NY Forecast | Southern Tier Forecast.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed its statutory obligation of conducting "five-year reviews" for 32 Superfund sites across New Jersey, New York, and Puerto Rico in 2025. These reviews are part of the EPA's ongoing efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of cleanup efforts at these sites and...

New York City and the state will enact several new laws in 2026, primarily pertaining to employment, health care and consumer protection.

On Thursday at 6:31 a.m. a snow squall warning was released by the National Weather Service in effect until 7:15 a.m. for Nassau and Suffolk counties. "At 6:30 a.m., a snow squall was located along a line extending from 7 miles northwest of Port Jefferson to near Brentwood to Jones Beach, moving east at 55 mph,"...

Three regiments filled with Irish and Scotch immigrant New Yorkers struggled to survive in the days after Bull Run. The Seventy-Ninth New York Highlanders was a proud militia regiment formed from the crème of New York’s Scottish community. Today we rarely think of the Scots as an immigrant ethnicity, but they were a...