Local businesses rely on mid-winter recess for a boost in revenue. Now that Long Island school districts are canceling the vacation, it hurts their bottom line.
New Jersey has asked the federal government for $53 million to help cover cleanup costs from the post-Christmas blizzard that brought record snowfall to parts of the state.
The head of New York City's Department of Investigation for the first time talked about her probe into whether Sanitation Department workers staged a slowdown during the big holiday blizzard.