The $100 million program will provide low-interest loans to small business owners, nonprofits like day care centers and food banks, and residential landlords who did not receive one of the federal loans offered earlier. Eighteen percent of the money will be set aside for Long Island.

An online public hearing on the budget, followed by a virtual meet-and-greet session with candidates for the school board, is planned for Wednesday at 6 p.m. on Google Meet.

"With the current health crisis, it would be impossible to have a fair that would be safe for the public and our members," the Ladies Village Improvement Society's board wrote.

Plans are in development to bring a Covid-19 testing site to Montauk, East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc announced on Friday.

In an effort to bridge the gap between shuttered museums and the creative individuals whose work they rely on, Guild Hall is offering artists an opportunity for one-on-one, virtual studio visits with Christina Strassfield, its museum director and chief curator.

Administrators at Northwell Health and the real estate firm Engel Burman accelerated the launch of their Wellbridge Addiction Treatment and Research Center in Calverton because of the Covid-19 pandemic, they announced on May 18, as the facility opened its doors.

As with nearly everything else in the Northeast, private jet travel has declined during the Covid-19 pandemic, but not by as much as one might assume.

Preservation Long Island has kicked off a crowdsourcing project to "build a collection around the art, objects, and stories that uniquely reflect this historic moment."

On Saturday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced Long Island will likely begin phase one of reopening the economy on Wednesday as long as current trends continue in the slowdown of Covid-19.