Officials from Brookhaven Town, the Village of Head of the Harbor and the dam's owner, Stony Brook nonprofit Ward Melville Heritage Organization, said in recent interviews they are jointly preparing engineering plans and seeking funding for the project, which is expected to cost between $8 millio

Energy costs matter everywhere, but especially on Long Island, where household budgets are already stretched.

John Durso, President of the Long Island Federation of Labor, said battery storage can help by leveling demand and reducing expensive peak pricing.

The five-year agreement, which would run through July 1, 2031, includes annual salary increases as well as “common sense changes to health insurance to help control premiums, eliminate co-pays and reduce the use of out of network providers,” Hochul’s office said in a news release.