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Credit Card, Household Debt Top $1T Credit card balances increased to $1.03 trillion in the second quarter of 2023, according to the latest report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. That marked a […]
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A Clarion Call to Elevate Nassau’s Alzheimer’s Response
By Siela A. Bynoe A first-of-its-kind nationwide study by the Alzheimer’s Association revealed that approximately one-eighth of the senior citizens residing in Nassau County are afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease. This distressing revelation illustrates that our […]
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Hochul Gets It Right on Housing This Time
by Steve Levy New York Governor Kathy Hochul made a fatal mistake last year in her failed effort to increase affordable housing throughout New York by seeking to allow the state to supersede local zoning […]
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The Airline Debacle Was Created by Our Feckless Public Officials
Getting a flight these days can be a disaster. Canceled flights. Delays. High costs. It shouldn’t be a surprise. This is a direct result of bad policies implemented after Covid. When the number of flights […]
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Suffolk Republicans Are Preparing to Raise Your Taxes
Call it the ultimate bait-and-switch. The Republican majority in the Suffolk legislature, which, for months, put up a good fight to hold off a Democratic push to raise the county sales tax, appears to be […]
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Dems and the Liberal Media Blatantly Lie about Florida’s Slavery Curriculum
The woke mob wants to teach your kids that America is a racist nation founded upon slavery. We’re not making this up. Look at the 1619 Project proposed by New York Times author Nikole Hannah-Jones, […]
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Why Won’t City Officials Tell Biden to Control the Border?
Fifty-four New York City Democrats signed a letter to President Biden to do something about the migrant crisis. Unfortunately, all they did was ask for more money and to spread the migrants out to other […]
Education
Bayport-Blue Point Schools Keeping Porn in the School Library
In the May 13 edition of Long Island Life and Politics (LILP), we reported about parents’ complaints regarding pornographic books being allowed on the shelves of the Bayport-Blue Point High School Library by the school […]
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Legislature Blocks Sales Tax Increase for Now, But Will They Wilt?
First off, the good news. Republicans in the Suffolk County Legislature banded together to stop a proposal by Democrats to increase Suffolk County’s sales tax to 8.75% (which would be one of the highest […]
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Kudos to Mayor Adams for Taking down City Migrant Tent Encampments
New York City Mayor Eric Adams deserves a great deal of blame for the surge in illegal aliens entering New York City over the past year and a half. His repeated bragging about New York […]