Op Eds

By Steve Levy Kudos to the Trump administration for initiating litigation against various blue cities and states that have instituted sanctuary venues.  I often scratch my head wondering how these elected officials, sworn to uphold […]

It’s remarkable how one can get such a different perspective on an issue when reading two different newspapers covering the same story. We are referring particularly to the story of a North Babylon fire chief […]

The disclosures from Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard about the coordinated efforts of the Hillary Clinton campaign, the Barack Obama administration, and prior intelligence agencies to frame Donald Trump as […]

By Steve Levy One of the bills I’m most proud of having introduced as a state assemblyman over 20 years ago was granting the authority of hybrid and electric vehicles to be able to access […]

By Steve Levy Donald Trump took office promising the mass deportation of the millions of people allowed to flow in illegally by his predecessor. People were behind him, so said the polls. It was certainly […]

New York State Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) sent our paper a press release lambasting the  MTA’s most recent fare increase and calling upon the state legislature to support his legislation that seeks a forensic […]

By Steve Levy When I became a member of the state assembly in January 2001, I came in with a long list of bills I wanted to craft based on 15 years of service with […]

By Will Barclay New York has an energy problem, and it seems to be getting worse by the day. The latest setback for New Yorkers came by way of a recent court ruling clearing the […]

By Steve Levy Once again, we see a developer proposing the construction of a large housing complex on Long Island and local civic associations are coming out against it.  I am referring to the proposal […]

Just when you thought the state couldn’t get any crazier, the New York State Legislature is mulling a bill that would limit the number of cows that a farmer can have on his property.  Somehow, […]