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When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came to Long Island Sunday to boost his presidential campaign, he told the crowd he was one of them. “In 1964, when my...
In coinciding with Passover, this week's ramp-up of pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel and often antisemitic protests, particularly on college campuses,...
Blue Point resident Rita Palma has fought the tide for decades. Early on, those conflicts weren’t as public, popular or political as they are now....
Hewlett resident Helene Slansky has enjoyed Passover seders since she was a child. Now 97, Slansky is looking forward this year to celebrating with...
When did attending school become optional? The answer seems simple: It's not. New York has a compulsory attendance law, requiring anyone ages 6 to...
Empty stretches of asphalt and old concrete buildings dot the landscape along Maxess Road, a four-lane thoroughfare in Melville. Geese waddle along...
There’s a city in New Jersey, population 60,000, that has become an oasis — a place where drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists can travel without...
Sawyer Lester was seven years old when he first called radio host Jack Forman, who was hosting a program called Live from the Monkey House on Sirius...
I've seen many renderings in my 25 years of writing about housing and economic development. Large poster boards display beautifully drawn buildings,...
It seems a simple question: “How are you doing?” Often, we provide a simple answer: “Fine.” But are we really “fine”? From our Editorial...
Long Island advocates often discuss ways to meet the needs of our younger workers, emphasizing housing and affordability, so they don't leave the...
It was all too familiar. The packed hearing room filled with passionate people waiting for a few minutes at the microphone. Elected officials...
In 2019, it was measles. In 2022, it was polio. Now, it's whooping cough. One by one, diseases thought to be dormant or largely eliminated thanks...
Drivers and area residents know the bend in the road well. They even call it "dead man's curve." The path that takes drivers traveling north on...
Andrew M. Cuomo was a month into his third term as governor of New York when he appeared at a February 2019 luncheon hosted by the Association for...
In 1993, hate hit hard in the quiet community of Billings, Montana. It began with a slew of antisemitic incidents, from hate mail and leaflets to...
A Jewish teacher’s social media profile photo showed her holding a sign. “I stand with Israel,” the sign said. That’s all it took for hundreds...
Two small holes in parking garage ramps and some cracked steel beams. That's all it took to stop some critical train service in its tracks this...
It was June 2017. Then-New Hyde Park Mayor Lawrence J. Montreuil had a “No LIRR 3rd Track” sign on his lawn. Then-Floral Park Mayor Dominick...
Where are you? Some of you attended my bat mitzvah, even if you didn't understand a word I chanted. Others attended my wedding, shouting Mazel...
When Nicole Stephens began working in early childhood education 12 years ago, she wanted her young students to be able to draw themselves. But many...
As war in Israel rages, it's not just the scenes of rockets overhead and body bags lining the ground, the stories of people terrorized and hostages...
This is a precarious moment for child care in New York. The $24 billion in stimulus funds Congress set aside for child care during the COVID-19...
In tackling Long Island's housing crisis, every little bit helps. But when there's constant resistance and pushback, it takes many "little bits"...