It’s always the purrfect time to open your heart to an animal in need of a furever home, so head down to your local animal shelter or rescue and meet your new best friend today!

Long Island’s first legal, adult-use marijuana dispensary will open in East Farmingdale within the next three weeks, New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced on Wednesday.

Check out these farmers markets across Long Island this year.

New York would create a commission to consider reparations to address the lingering, negative effects of slavery under a bill passed by the state Legislature on Thursday.

New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against members of Red Rose Rescue (RRR), an anti-abortion group, for invading reproductive health care clinics, threatening staff and clinicians, and terrorizing patients on Long Island and in Westchester.

Racing at Belmont Park was canceled on Thursday due to poor air quality from wildfires in Canada, and New York’s governor warned that the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown, could be affected if conditions don’t improve by Saturday.

Things to do on Long Island this weekend include a one-man performance of Wiesenthal, a drag brunch, and more.

Chazz Palminteri’s legendary one-man-show, A Bronx Tale, returns to The Paramount on June 11 for the 14th time.

A Nassau County judge sentenced a Hempstead man to 50 years to life in prison on Thursday for an April 2021 shooting at West Hempstead Stop & Shop that killed a manager and left two other employees injured, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly announced.