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People ask our editorial board what we think of New York City Mayor Eric Adams. On the whole, we think he’s rather awful. But then the question comes up: “Compared to what?” While he exhibits […]

By Will Barclay Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled her $233 billion Executive Budget plan, which provided her vision for New York over the next fiscal year. It was refreshing to see an acknowledgment of priority issues […]

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman created quite a stir with his impolite hit on Governor Kathy Hochul at a recent Long Island Association breakfast.  When asked what the state can do to help Long Island, […]

We’d like to meet the knuckleheads who first determined that a good way to elect a president would be to have people in the community go down to a gathering hall in sub-zero temperatures and […]

New York State is in crisis mode. We are losing more residents to other states than any other state in the nation. It’s due to a number of factors, but mostly the high cost of […]

by Steve Levy Newly sworn-in Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine gave a rousing inaugural speech to kick off his incoming administration. His success will be ours. Incoming executives at the town and county levels today […]

As Seen in Newsmax By Steve Levy By shamelessly removing Donald Trump‘s name from the ballot in Maine, the Pine Tree State’s secretary of state has done the country a favor by illustrating just how […]

Conservative groups are blasting New York Democratic state legislators who are seeking to remove Chick-fil-A from the New York State Thruway rest stops because the franchise closes on Sunday. We think there has been a […]

By Delia DeRiggi-Whitton To date, Nassau County has received approximately $385 million in COVID relief money through the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and $85.2 million more in settlements from opioid manufacturers, distributors, and […]