Op Eds

A recent Siena College poll showed that Joe Biden retains a 50% favorability rating among New Yorkers (up from 46% just a month ago), and would win the state by a factor of 52-31% in […]

By Delia DeRiggi-Whitton As our children return to classrooms and the leaves begin their autumnal change, our nation is highlighting another vital milestone as we observe September as National Recovery Month. Since being established in […]

Question: Should a district attorney take campaign contributions from the union for a police department that he or she oversees? Current Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney is the first district attorney to our knowledge […]

New York City just gets crazier by the moment. First, the city stupidly settled with Black Lives Matters protesters to give the rowdy agitators up to $10,000 per person under the justification that the police […]

You heard it here first in Long Island Life & Politics months ago, when we exposed that Suffolk County was sitting on over $700 million in surplus funds at the same time it was pondering […]

Covid cases are on the rise, so we’ve already seen some crazy college administrators requiring mask mandates and vaccines for their students. When will these control freaks ever learn? A new independent, highly prestigious Oxford […]

By Arnold W. Drucker As our children continue their 2023-24 studies, so too does the daily jockeying to make sure they have a safe and reliable way to get to school every day. Many are […]

By Steve Levy A recent article touted the use of Industrial Development Agency (IDA) tax breaks for real estate developers as a major event in providing more affordable housing on Long Island.  https://paper.newsday.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?edid=19684531-7880-4207-954f-178214c09498&pnum=10 There are […]

Be prepared for Nassau and Suffolk Counties to present budgets this month for 2024 that freeze or cut county taxes. That’s the least they should do, given the fact that they’re sitting on record surpluses […]