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October 4, 2016

Especially galling to Long Islanders is that while they will pay significantly to subsidize the upstate plants, they were required to fully bailout their own Shoreham plant with no assistance from any other taxpayer or ratepayer in other parts of the state.

Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant Steve Levy: A tale of two Cuomos and two nuke bailouts By: Steve Levy October 4, […]

September 19, 2016

Getting efficiencies out of the department is very difficult. Nevertheless, my administration was able to make substantial progress — though much of it has been reversed — by having civilians fill positions when possible, by scheduling more efficiently and by placing less expensive sheriff’s deputies on the highways.

Letter: Let Suffolk deputies do police work The Suffolk County Police Department has launched a new telephone hotline, […]

August 17, 2016

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders coasted upon a big wave based on the theory that many of our institutions are rigged. But what could be more rigged than the rate-setting schemes for our utilities?

Levy: Rising utility rates show system rigged against ratepayers By: Steve Levy August 17, 2016 I just […]

August 12, 2016

It is the ultimate wake-up call for present and future pensioners in America: Three New York-based private sector defined-benefit pension programs cut payments to their retirees because they are running out of money.

UNDERFUNDED PENSION SYSTEMS ARE STARTING TO COLLAPSE BY STEVE LEVY | AUGUST 12, 2016 It is the […]

August 2, 2016

Local governments must join forces with the Feds to help cripple the MS 13 scourge.

Fighting MS-13: Officials detail best ways to combat the violent gang By Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Fox News <script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://video.foxnews.com/v/embed.js?id=5529215753001&w=466&h=263″></script><noscript>Watch […]

November 27, 2015

Give underpaid New York City cops a decent bump, while holding the line on the Long Island salaries that are already in the stratosphere. Remove the Long Island provision that allows officers to cash out unused sick days and adopt the New York City rule that gives unlimited sick, where justified, without any cash outs.

OPINION: STINGY PBA ARBITRATORS GIVE STORE AWAY ELSEWHERE BY STEVE LEVY | NOV 27, 2015 New York City […]

November 17, 2015

The America that was once the most productive, innovative, and upwardly mobile nation on earth is morphing into a dependency state just like Greece.

Is America Heading Toward Path of Greece?

November 9, 2015

Elected officials – who were supposed to be managers for the taxpayers’ money – are actually sitting at the negotiation table acting as advocates for the unions – who are supposed to be their adversaries.

The Public Sector: Where Management Negotiates Against Itself Nov 9, 2015 by Steve Levy Published in the Albany Times […]

July 25, 2015

Hearing that Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) workers saw a whopping 27% increase in their salaries (including back pay) was no surprise. It was laid out quite clearly by numerous commentators, including yours truly in a March 2014 LIBN article entitled: “Now is the time to get LIRR concessions.” The problem was that no one in power seemed to care.

Huge LIRR Pay Hikes Should be No Surprise July 25, 2015 by Steve Levy Published in Long Island Business […]