Brookhaven has granted a key approval for a 64-unit East Patchogue retirement community after rejecting a similar proposal on the same site nearly 25 years ago.

A controversial 140-year-old, only-in-New York law that holds property owners and contractors responsible for all falls on construction sites, even in instances of worker negligence, has caused insurance costs to skyrocket up to 500% higher than in other states, a report released Wednesday shows.

President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on imported goods, which went into effect Tuesday, pose a threat to Long Island’s construction industry and could harm the region’s relationship with a key trading partner in Canada, local business leaders said. The new policies levy a 25% tariff on goods from Mexico and Canada, while the levy on imports from China doubled to 20%. A 10% tariff was imposed on imported oil and gas from Canada. The Trump administration is slated to impose an additional 25% tariff on all imported steel a