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By Bill Hammond Courtesy of The Empire Center Despite the robust growth of state revenues in recent years, many of New York’s elected officials are pushing to further increase the tax burden on the state’s […]

By Olena Nicks Since 2019, Nassau County has had an Opioid Crisis Action Plan at its disposal. Yet, it has sat on a bookshelf, collecting dust as the opioid crisis rages onward and over $90 […]

By Steve Levy Investigative reporter and author Peter Schweitzer just published a new book, entitled The Invisible Coup, which highlights the efforts by communists and other leftist powers to destroy America’s free markets and traditional […]

By Steve Levy Can you imagine being a relative of a person of Jewish faith who was gassed and burned in the Holocaust or a descendant of an African-American slave and then hearing Minnesota Tim […]

By Steve Levy Nothing is more frustrating than calling your local government for assistance and wasting hours trying to talk to a robot that can’t respond to your needs. How many times do you have […]

A short time ago, we submitted an editorial, warning the people of New York City that the election of communist Zohran Mamdani as mayor would reverberate with tremendous negative consequences.  The first has already come […]

By Steve Levy The shooting weeks ago of a protester by an ICE official has triggered outcry from Democrats and the liberal media, as anticipated, but also from a large number of Republicans That’s not […]

We despise the policies and the hostile attitude of Squad member Ilhan Omar from Minnesota. Nevertheless, we sharply denounce the attack upon her at a community event this past week by a political opponent who […]

By Steve Levy When we saw the US News & World Report article on which U.S. colleges offer the most financial aid to foreign students, we nearly fell off our chairs. We have long been […]

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 […]