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By Elaine Phillips As we watch the drama unfold around the budget planning for New York State, Nassau County taxpayers should be aware of the impact the state budget has on our wallets. Under New […]

By Steve Levy New York City socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani is calling his proposed tax hike a mere 2% tax increase, but the numbers tell a different story. Actually, his plan would raise the city […]

By Steve Levy The Oscars are coming up this Sunday. As the years go by, I have less interest, mainly because there are fewer good movies made in the year that I wind up seeing. […]

Governor Kathy Hochul gave a speech before a union rally last week, indicating that she is fully behind the efforts of unions to demolish the important fiscal reforms that were put into effect in 2011 […]

Government employees love the opportunity to cash out with early retirement programs. Who wouldn’t want to retire early and get a bonus for doing so? There are times when it makes sense for a government […]

By Steve Levy A prime factor leading to bloated government on the local, state, and national levels is the disproportionate influence that municipal unions have on the political process. Our center raises the question of […]

By Steve Levy It was truly remarkable watching a CNN debate show where the Democratic pundits were trashing American efforts to neutralize Iran’s ability to obtain a nuclear weapon. It’s almost as though they wanted […]

Previously Published in The Messenger In the modern age, election security is not only one of the most salient issues, but one of the most politically radioactive.  When Donald Trump (R-FL) lost in 2020, Republicans […]

By Delia DeRiggi-Whitton  Since its inception in 1996, the Nassau County Legislature has been divided into 19 districts, and the populations of each district are fairly equal. That is by design to ensure equal representation […]

So an internal memo from the state energy folks set off a glaring alarm that the climate change policies enacted by the state legislature and signed by then-Governor Andrew Cuomo are about to inflict fiscal […]