The Village of Hempstead is the latest Long Island municipality to be awarded $10 million from New York State’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday.

Hempstead school officials called for state intervention Thursday, as the district faces a "financial crisis" that they blamed on rising charter school tuition payments. The Nassau district is ...

The Hempstead School District issued a plea for financial relief from the state on Thursday, March 6, to avoid program cuts in the face of a deficit that could exceed $30 million for the 2025-26 ...