A state environmental official ordered Brookhaven Town to rewrite a draft report suggesting the town landfill may not be the source of plumes containing higher-than-normal levels of highly toxic ...

The Brookhaven landfill opened in 1974, the year President Richard M. Nixon resigned and Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's career home run record. Since then, it has grown to a 270-foot-high mountain, ...

The NAACP and a Long Island environmental group are concerned that a bill proposed in New York could lead to worse conditions for residents of North Bellport and the environment. The conflict stems ...

The Town of Brookhaven is seeking to end its part in a whistleblower lawsuit against a company that burns much of Long Island’s household trash into ash. Attorney Michael Cahill, who represents the ...

The crisis is coming for us with the certainty and strength of a hurricane. The solid waste crisis. While the Town of Brookhaven is at its epicenter, it will affect every Suffolk County township ...

Brookhaven Town officials have proposed a $350.2 million operating budget for 2026 that keeps property tax rates flat while expanding investment in public safety, infrastructure and neighborhood ...

As the Brookhaven landfill approaches its closure, New York City and Long Island face a looming crisis: an impending surge in truck traffic, which threatens to exacerbate already severe congestion and ...