Op Eds

There are hundreds of factors that go into winning or losing an election. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris were neck-and-neck for months (though the polls that undercounted the Republicans had something to do with that), […]

By Will Barclay  The New York State Division of the Budget recently released its Fiscal Year 2025 Mid-Year Update, and there are some clear indicators our economic outlook is making incremental improvements. For one, tax […]

By Steve Levy The sense of relief that came over me as I heard Pennsylvania put former President Donald Trump over the top was one of enormous proportions. I was exuberant — not because I […]

Previously Published in The Messenger It seems more common now than ever that voters are increasingly displeased with the choices they have for political office. Some chalk it up to the binary two-party system we […]

By Steve Levy The Democratic party is taking major action to actually prevent the mitigation of fraud within our electoral process. Let’s just look at some examples.  They have been working feverishly to stop legislation […]

By John Zaher With all of the attention being paid to the presidential and congressional elections, few people may have noticed a New York State Supreme Court decision on October 8, 2024 finding Governor Hochul […]

By Steve Levy When we hear a lot of our good friends going off on how mean, immature, nasty and unpresidential former President Donald Trump is, we can’t disagree with them. Trump may be an […]

By Ed Romaine We are facing an energy crisis across this country. On Long Island, our power grid is fragile and susceptible to major damage during the brutal storms that have become regular events while […]

By Steve Levy With Election Day one week from now and early voting underway, people will make one of the most important decisions for our country as to who will be our next president. There […]

By Steve Levy We at the Center for Cost Effective Government are extremely proud that our call for Long Island to have its own transportation council has been adopted by a bipartisan group of elected […]