Suffolk County Proposition Two asks Suffolk residents to approve a 0.125% increase in the county sales tax to fund the expansion of sewers and state-of-the-art septic systems that filter nitrogen out of wastewater. They are essential to the goal of clean water.

In a statement, the union said that it had reached “a tentative agreement on wages” and that its 45,000 members would go back to work, with the current contract extended until Jan. 15. The union said it was returning to the bargaining table “to negotiate all other outstanding issues.”

More than 43,000 businesses that employ about 370,000 people on Long Island’s South Shore are estimated to face a significant chance of flooding, potentially imperiling the area's economic vibrancy, according to experts and a study from the Long Island Regional Planning Council.