written commentary - Steve Levy

May 7, 2019

Fix New York state’s overtime and pension abuses

A bill would stop the artificial inflation of public sector pensions with excessive overtime. By STEVE LEVY | MAY […]

May 3, 2019

Over the eight years I served as the Suffolk County executive on Long Island, I focused sharply on […]

March 22, 2019

Sometimes a statistic can tell you more about an issue than a 200-page thesis. From climate change to […]

March 5, 2019

Enough with the talk about congestion pricing! The MTA doesn’t have a revenue problem, it has a spending […]

February 26, 2019

Last Fall, this column warned Long Islanders that giving control of the state Senate to New York City-centric […]

February 26, 2019

Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was not the main player who led Amazon to cancel plans to build […]

February 26, 2019

In a blistering diatribe bemoaning the loss of almost $3 billion in anticipated tax revenue to New York […]

February 26, 2019

Any political operative worth his or her salt will concur: In the world of politics, words are everything. […]

February 26, 2019

The 2008 Tom Cruise movie “Valkyrie” reacquainted Americans with Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, a Nazi officer who made […]