A former New York City police sergeant died from an apparent drowning while surfing in Long Island’s frigid waters on Sunday.

New York City is getting a new area code, but we have to wait and see what it will be. The New York State Public Service Commission has approved what's known as an all-services area code overlay for the five boroughs.

As New Yorkers continue to explore housing options beyond Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn emerge as the dominant boroughs to watch in 2025, according to StreetEasy ’s annual ranking of NYC’s “ 10 Neighborhoods to Watch ,” released Thursday.

A former New York City police sergeant died from an apparent drowning while surfing in Long Island's frigid waters on Sunday. Jack

The sweeping zoning changes are supposed to spur housing construction, especially in places not previously keen on hosting it.

Long Island is expected to receive 2 to 5 inches of snow, and possibly more, on Sunday, with an arctic air mass arriving next week, the National Weather Service said. A two-day precipitation period is forecast to begin with rain Saturday afternoon, when high temperatures will climb to the upper 40s, the weather service predicts.

Many local fans belong to one or both of the two official fan clubs. The Long Island Bills Backers were formed in 2015 by Chris Falzarano, but when he moved off Long Island about four years ago, it was taken over by Mary Rickard and Iacovelli. They have several social media accounts and a Facebook group of more than 700.

City officials are bracing for possibility of mass deportations and have even sent an email to every principal on how to support students, and their rights.

The six were among 40 finalists nationwide in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the country's most prestigious science research competition.

City officials and public defenders have not been able to reach an agreement nearly four months after a federal judge ordered them to figure out receivership of the jails system.

The annual federal count of homeless people across the country began this week amid a freeze in much of the nation that has left Rhode Island homeless shelters overflowing, state legislators seeking solutions and a long-awaited temporary village of one-room shelter units now expected to open by the end of February.