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Previously Published in The Messenger Governor Kathy Hochul (D-Hamburg) this week unveiled her massive $260 billion Executive Budget for FY2026.  Not only did Hochul appear out-of-touch and desperate to please all ends of the political […]

By Will Barclay New York’s legislative process is objectively one of the most dysfunctional in the nation. A recent report from the Times Union (TU) effectively illustrated this point by noting New York is one of […]

By Long Island Life & Politics Two weeks ago, we editorialized about what we considered to be a justifiable shooting of Desiree Good by an ICE officer who had a reasonable belief that her flooring […]

As with most of the budgets that emanate from Albany, the 2026 document contains both good and bad elements. On a positive note, let’s start with the following:   THE GOOD No New Taxes (yet) […]

Earlier this week, a jury acquitted the officer charged in the Uvalde, Texas school shooting. It was the right thing to do. The mass shooting in a school in Uvalde four years ago was an […]

By Steve Levy The New York State legislature and the governor are looking to finalize a budget that will easily exceed $260 billion that the governor proposed. This is a remarkable $81 billion increase over […]

President Trump is zoned in on his legacy. Like any president, he wants to be remembered in the history books as a great leader. On the one hand, he’s always wanted to be known as […]

By Steve Levy The leaders of the Democratic Party are promoting the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protests and the disruption of federal enforcement because they truly want as many illegal aliens to remain in […]

It only hurts the economy and its congregants. By Steve Levy The Reverend Roger Williams of the First Baptist Church in Glen Cove was the subject of a glowing article on his efforts to help […]

Previously Published in The Messenger Governor Kathy Hochul’s (D-Hamburg) 2026 State of the State Address was, not to our surprise, underwhelming and mostly rhetorical.  For New York, the stakes could not be higher. The Empire […]