The National Transportation Safety Board said states should shrink the standard from the current .08 blood alcohol content to .05 as part of a series of recommendations aimed at reducing alcohol-related highway deaths.
More criminal charges were filed Wednesday at an arraignment for James Ryan, the Long Island man blamed for causing the death of a Nassau County police officer.
A former "Melrose Place" actress who was drunk when her SUV plowed into a car and killed a woman was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison, infuriating the victim's relatives, who had hoped for the 10-year maximum.
A Long Island man has been arrested on a DWI charge after police say his car became airborne when he failed to navigate a turn with his 2-year-old child inside.
Port Authority spokesman All Della Fave says three motorists were charged with drunken driving, while two others were arrested after officers discovered they were wanted on outstanding warrants in New Jersey.
Police say William Riedman was arrested Wednesday evening after receiving a report of an intoxicated boater in the vicinity of the West End Boat Basin.
Nassau County police say they pulled over 42-year-old Daryl Veit, of Bohemia, after he struck a guardrail on the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway just after 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Suffolk County police say 22-year-old Veronica Austin lost control of her car on Sunrise highway in Bohemia and drove into a wooded area just after 11 p.m. Thursday.