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There’s a Better Way to Deal with the Debt Ceiling: Pass the Balanced Budget Amendment

June 2, 2023 admin 0

by Steve Levy   Oh, the drama of the debt ceiling negotiations. Both parties use the prospect of a doomsday scenario as leverage to obtain approval of their legislative priorities.   There has to be […]

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Ignoring Crime Won’t Make It Go Away

May 26, 2023 admin 0

By Will Barclay Earlier this week, the Assembly Majority Conference blocked a package of bills designed to, among other things, curb rampant criminal recidivism, hold child murderers accountable, stop hate crimes against law enforcement and […]

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House Dems Oppose Making Single Male Welfare Recipients Get a Job

May 24, 2023 admin 0

One of the negotiating items included in the Republican package to get a deal done on lifting the debt ceiling would require those receiving benefits to get a job.  This was the norm after the […]

Migrants
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Suffolk Republicans Step up to Protect the County from the Illegal Immigration Overload

May 24, 2023 admin 0

Suffolk County Republicans stepped up to the plate this weekend to announce that they will be seeking to hire counsel to assist the county to prevent New York City Mayor Eric Adams from sending New […]

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Suffolk Poised To Increase Sales Tax Even Though It’s Sitting on $700M in Cash Reserves

May 22, 2023 admin 0

Research conducted by Long Island Life and Politics has concluded that Suffolk has banked over $700 million in reserve funds – much of it due to federal COVID grants – and few people, even legislators, […]

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If This School Can Cut Taxes by $1,000, Why Can’t Others?

May 22, 2023 admin 0

Schools and local governments are awash with more money at this present time than they have ever been, and that’s primarily because of the huge amounts of cash that were given to them by the […]

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Parents Are Scared to Speak out about Indoctrination in Our Schools

May 19, 2023 admin 0

A recent Newsday article presented a prelude to this year’s May school board elections on Long Island, and painted a picture of parent advocates backing down on the issue of inappropriate sexual content found in […]

Immigrants
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Why is Suffolk County Not Pushing Back on New York City Sending Us Their Illegal Immigrants?

May 18, 2023 admin 0

When it comes to liberals looking the other way on the issue of illegal immigration, the chickens have come home to roost. President Biden’s reversal of the “Remain in Mexico” policy, his call for a […]

Why are schools raising taxes
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Why Are Schools Raising Taxes, and Other Commentary

May 9, 2023 admin 0

How Is a 3.8% Increase within the 2% Tax Cap? One Long Island school district just mailed out a brochure to all the homeowners bragging that it was within the property tax cap. Most of […]

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Hochul Got Rolled by Leftist Legislature in the Budget Process

May 8, 2023 admin 0

This year’s budget process was an opportunity for newly elected Governor Kathy Hochul to show she has the chops to get the job done.   Unfortunately, with the exception of a few victories, she was […]

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