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February 9, 2017
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Tax creep – the little here, little there tax increases that cumulatively can put homeowners over the edge. It’s how we’ve reached the point of near no return in New York when it comes to our confiscatory property taxes.

COMMUNITY JOURNAL/FEBRUARY 9, 2017/7 It’s Called “Tax Creep” The middle class on Long Island is shrinking. It was […]
December 2, 2016

We as a nation are in so many ways better off for having unions to advocate on behalf of workers’ rights. But do taxpayers have an obligation to pay union leaders so they can be freed up from their regular jobs in order to lobby on behalf of the union?

Levy: Why do taxpayers subsidize unions to lobby against taxpayers? By: Steve Levy December 2, 2016 Comments Offon Levy: Why […]
November 29, 2016

There was nothing wrong with our lever machines. They worked perfectly well for a century. They were cheap, reliable and, most importantly, were unhackable.

The Left’s hypocrisy in claiming voter fraud by Steve Levy | Nov 29, 2016, 12:02 AM Those who vehemently fought the […]
November 16, 2016

When is a tax cap not a tax cap. The answer is when, as with our New York State cap, bonded interest is exempt from the parameters of the cap.

When A Tax Cap Is Not Really A Tax Cap | STEVE LEVY  When is a tax cap […]
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 […]
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