Brookhaven, a town on Long Island, is taking significant steps toward this vision, reported CBS New York, launching a crackdown on illegal dumping as it prepares for the closure of its landfill.

If Brookhaven Town and Port Jeff Village agree to the move, the developer's plans for an apartment complex would be reviewed by the village's land-use boards rather than those of the town, where he ...

By J.D. Allen Starting this year, the Brookhaven Town landfill will no longer accept much of Long Island’s construction and ...

Reported incidents at the Holtsville Ecology Center — operated on a former landfill by the town of Brookhaven’s Highway Department — include cutting staph infections out of Larry the rooster ...