Op Eds

Previously Published in The Messenger The latest legislation introduced by Legislators Trish Bergin (R-East Islip) and Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) poses an important question that is likely to be mired by inaccurate headlines and the […]

By Steve Levy For years, our center has been warning the general public that New York’s leaders are implementing senseless policies that will do nothing to protect the environment, yet will dramatically increase our energy […]

By Steve Levy The European Union threatening to punish Elon Musk, the owner of social media platform X (formerly Twitter), for posting an interview with Donald Trump may go down as the most underreported bombshell […]

By Steve Levy A police officer in Columbus, Ohio has been indicted on murder charges for shooting a shoplifter who defied his orders to get out of the car and, instead, stepped on the gas […]

Our newspaper published an article based on a press release issued by Governor Kathy Hochul. The press release was entitled “Governor Hochul Announces over $2 Billion in Bonuses Paid to More Than 800,000 Health Care […]

By Nick LaLota As a former Suffolk County Election Commissioner and an attorney who has studied the legal history of Voter ID laws, I understand the positive role that voter ID laws play in maintaining […]

By Will Barclay New York is facing a perfect storm of circumstances severely inhibiting its efforts to modernize its lagging infrastructure. Due to a combination of high inflation and an already long list of resiliency projects […]

We all know that Kamala Harris is going to try to give voters the impression that she’s tough on violent crime. But that’s pretty tough to do when, as vice president, she supported the “defund […]

By Nick LaLota Recently, with overwhelming bipartisan support, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) and I were able to secure the passage of our Long Island Sound Stewardship and Restoration Act. Our bill’s passage represents a critical […]

If you want to get a better idea of how deep the rot is in our culture today, look no further than the linked article about so-called book banning. https://paper.newsday.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?edid=841344a8-712f-427c-bf40-3f4eb0932bf8&pnum=12 The article in Newsday, “Focus […]