The Suffolk County Department of Public Works’ Division of Vector Control plans to treat parts of the following salt marshes by helicopter to control mosquito larvae. 

Sampling performed by SUNY Stony Brook has confirmed cyanobacteria blooms, more commonly known as blue–green algae, in Roth Pond in Stony Brook, NY. 

Suffolk County Health Services (SCDHS) Commissioner James L. Tomarken announced today that nineteen mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile virus. 

If weather permits, the Suffolk County Department of Public Works will treat sections of the following communities as part of their ongoing annual efforts to control adult mosquitoes.

James L. Tomarken, MD, MSW, MPH, MBA, Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, says today that the following beaches are closed to bathing due to the finding of bacterial levels in excess of acceptable criteria: