Newsday

01/01/2026

The movement started more than 10 years ago, as people looked for a way to recuperate after a food-and-drink-filled holiday season.

Health experts say starting the year with a month without drinking alcohol leads to a range of health benefits.

01/01/2026

Rocky Cocchiarella may share a first name with an iconic movie character, but in the hours after she was crowned Baby New Year for Northwell Health in 2026, the opening scene of a different film was on the mind of a mom basking in the glow of her first child.

"This is the start of a new journey," Rocky’s mom Bailey Perry said, adding that both parents had a scheduled day off from work to open 2026. "This was a grand New Year’s for us."

That sentiment was echoed by Mariela Enriquez Flores and Jose Ramirez, of Riverhead, whose son Liam Ramirez-Henriquez was welcomed in as Baby New Year for Stony Brook University Hospital.

Read more on the newborns: https://www.nwsd.li/b565bd
(Photos: Northwell Health and Stony Brook Medicine)
-
-

01/01/2026

Video and photos of the crash scene showed a nearly demolished white Acura and a Mercedes SUV with extensive driver’s side damage.

Tasabbir Hossain, of Ronkonkoma, was charged with assault and DWI in the early Sunday crash, police said.

01/01/2026

The state comptroller, Long Island’s Thomas DiNapoli, said after the inauguration of Zohran Mamdani that Long Island and NYC are inextricably linked.

What does DiNapoli think about Mamdani’s proposal to raise taxes on the rich and big corporations?

“It’s what he ran on," he said. "Obviously that is not within one person's purview or power. So we'll see how that process plays out."

Read the latest updates on Mamdani being sworn in as mayor of NYC: https://www.nwsd.li/8ce80a
(Photos: Jeff Bachner and AP/Heather Khalifa)
-
-

01/01/2026

Crowds are gathering for Mamdani's ceremonial swearing-in this afternoon. Here's the latest:

Mamdani officially became mayor just after midnight. Here are the latest updates.

01/01/2026

The deadline looms, but a walkout wouldn’t come immediately. Here’s why.

The Dec. 31 midnight deadline looms, but a walkout wouldn't come immediately. Here's why.

01/01/2026

The course is trying to crack down on mass bookings by some groups that the director said help to turn it into their "private country club." Golfers say getting tee times has been tougher already.

Harbor Links Golf Course's booking system is under scrutiny as golfers and management debate over access issues and private event scheduling.

01/01/2026

The billboards bring in $900,000 annually.

A federal judge said she would consider a preliminary injunction that would forbid the state from removing the billboards for an extended period.

12/31/2025

Long Island is home to two of the nation’s most liberal-voting Republicans.

Voting tendencies were tracked and ranked by UCLA's Voteview, a nonpartisan multidimensional scaling of congressional voting.

12/31/2025

Outrageously good pasta, serious omakase, a standout chicken Parm hero ... Newsday's food team eats nearly every meal out on Long Island all year long.

Here are some dishes that left a lasting impression this year.

To see the full list, click the link: https://nwsdy.li/4pujTOE
-

12/31/2025

Jeremy Allen White is one good skate as far as the folks who run The Rinx at Harborfront Park in Port Jefferson are concerned. The Emmy Award-winning star of the FX series "The Bear" has hit the ice at the skating rink twice in the past 10 days with his mother and his daughters.

For more on this story, visit: https://nwsdy.li/49iZ16U
(Photo Credit: Tom Palamara, The Rinx)

12/31/2025

Looking back nearly 10 years later, who knew?

Who knew this show with a Long Island lineage, Lovecraftian horror and an unabashed devotion to ‘80s nostalgia would become one of the world’s most popular TV series? Who knew it would turbocharge Netflix and the streaming revolution, too?

Yet that’s exactly what happened.

Read more on why this series mattered and changed popular culture in the process: https://www.nwsd.li/2199a4
-
-