Ok...Here's a copy of a previous post I made to a similar question...
My suggestion is to travel to the city. I don't think anyone on LI really knows how to properly cut and style curly hair. I recently started going to someone on LI after going to the city for 4 years and am regretting it. I'm heading back. It's worth the expense and time traveling. If you're interested below are two Salons in the city who specialize in curly hair and are fabulous.
Christy at Razing Hair in Bayport. I have curly hair and she cuts mine. She has curly hair also, so she knows how to work with it. 631.472.8228 she books up very fast, but IMO she's worth the wait