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June 19, 2017

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The partisan drawing of legislative districts, otherwise known as “gerrymandering,” must be stopped if we ever wish to reverse the awful political gridlock that has engulfed our nation. A recent court decision may help put us on that path.

If you want to end gerrymandering, look to the Supreme Court and the judiciary by Steve Levy | Jun 19, 2017, […]

May 24, 2017

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Steps are additional salary increases that public employees receive every year in addition to their negotiated salaries. Union employees have had these steps built into their negotiated contracts. Traditionally, non-union political appointees never received these double raises. That changed a few years ago…

William H. Rogers Building, 725 Veterans Memorial Highway, Smithtown || Google Maps Image Levy: It’s time to end […]

May 8, 2017

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A federal judge in the left-leaning ninth circuit just put Trump Administration withholding of funds to sanctuary cities on hold. It was a brutally poor decision, both from a legal and public safety perspective.

AP Photo Levy: Sanctuary cities are illegal and contribute to crime By: Commentary May 8, 2017 1 Comment A federal […]

April 26, 2017

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Many articles and editorials, while decrying the violence, ignored the elephant in the room: the fact that this heightened gang violence in Suffolk coincided with the influx of unaccompanied minors from Central America.

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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, […]