Matthew Chayes

1 week ago | newsday.com | Matthew Chayes

An opinion poll released Wednesday shows New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo with a winning but narrowing lead over his chief rival for the Democratic nomination, Zohran Mamdani, as voters in New York City cast early ballots. The poll, by Marist College, shows Cuomo, the state's former governor, is the top choice for 4 in 10 likely voters in the Democratic primary, including voters who are undecided but lean toward a particular candidate.

1 week ago | newsday.com | Matthew Chayes

An "irate" man disrupted a Catholic Church service Sunday in Mineola, then broke two religious statues on the altar, causing $10,000 in damage, Nassau police said. The man, Aldo Hernandez, 26, of Mineola, was charged with criminal mischief, the department said in a news release.

1 week ago | newsday.com | Matthew Chayes

Another pedestrian has been killed in another hit-and-run crash, this time Friday evening in Wyandanch, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. The dead man’s name wasn’t disclosed pending the official notification of his family, the department wrote in a news release. The crash happened about 7:29 p.m. on eastbound Wyandanch Avenue, west of Mount Avenue, when the victim was struck by a driver who kept going eastbound toward Mount Avenue, the release said.

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Matthew Chayes

Friday’s partly sunny skies will give way to a chance of rain showers and thunderstorms later in the night — and it’s possible that rain will continue through Monday — according to the National Weather Service. Friday's high temperature is forecast to be 75, with a low around 61. Thunderstorms are likely after 2 a.m.“Temperatures will be closer to normal today being on the cool side of the boundary, with highs ranging from the middle 70s to around 80,” the forecast says.

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Matthew Chayes

New York City's and Long Island's police forces say they're intensifying patrols in the aftermath of Israel's attack on Iran, although there's no known local threat. The announcements that policing is being stepped up in the New York region are a typical response when events elsewhere could reverberate in retaliatory attacks locally.