By Steve Levy If you were to listen to politicians and pundits pontificating on the illegal immigration disaster we have at our southern border, you would think that the issue’s success or failure hinges solely on the continuation of Title 42, which allows border agents to reject would-be unvaccinated border crossers. While most common sense Americans would want to maintain this tool to help mitigate the onslaught of humanity pouring over our border, it is a red herring to su

Primary elections for New York Governor and State Assembly will be held on June 28th. Because of the now-rejected gerrymander by the one-party Democratic legislature, a second round of primary elections for US Congress and State Senate will be held on August 23rd. The Leader will be endorsing in both the Republican and Democratic primaries. This week the Republican primary: Republican for Governor - Lee Zeldin For the first time in 20 years - since the 2002 re-election of G

By Priya Persaud Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is moving fast to replace old officials and bring in some new talent to the county - with a renewed focus on the previously fiscally-troubled Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC). Last month, Blakeman named Matthew Bruderman, a Centre Island resident, finance expert, and chairman of the wealth management firms of Bruderman Brothers and Bruderman Asset Management, as the new Chairman of the Board of Nassau University M

By Nolan Cleary Back in 1993, Suffolk County voters overwhelmingly passed a Referendum imposing term limits of no more than 12 years on county legislators. Then one of them, Democrat Kate Browning - after being a Legislator for 12 years - "skipped a term" and then ran again, claiming the term limit was "only for successive terms." A local Court agreed with her and let her run, but the voters last fall had had enough, and voted against Browning in the November election. Brown

By Maureen Daly With an unprecedented turnout of 204,000 voters voting in Long Island school board elections, the results from last week's vote are now in. All the school budget referenda passed, but the board elections were hotly contested. The elections were held after two years of school shutdowns, social distancing, forced masking of schoolchildren, and the increasing pressure by teacher's unions and ideological groups to teach children a left-wing ideology: Critical Rac

By Niall Fitzgerald The Oak Neck Bayville/Locust Valley Falcons Girls 7th grade Lacrosse team won the first ever Long Island Division I Championship this past weekend against the Manhasset Indians. The Lady Falcons held on to win an exciting 10-9 game. It was a complete team effort. Goals were scored by Lilly DeNatale (4), Lila Archer (2), Lilly Silveria (2), Tessa Matozzo (1), and Elizabeth Vitale (1). Emery De Lauzon had 8 huge saves in the win. This will end this gro

By Maureen Daly Councilman Steve Labriola, Supervisor Joe Saladino, and the Oyster Bay Town Board launched a "Baby Formula Donation Drive" last Sunday, to attempt to collect supplies of baby formula due to the national baby formula shortage. The Town partnered with TOB resident Carmela Shimansky, who created the “One Parent to Another” Facebook group to help coordinate resources to parents in need. The network has grown to over 7,000 and has helped countless families during

By Rupert Deeds In a law enforcement blitz dubbed “Operation: Long Island Wave,” the combined forces of the US Marshals Service and sixteen local police agencies busted than 100 wanted fugitives - many of then dangerous gang members of MS-13, the Crips and the Bloods. The arrests were done in a sweep across Nassau and Suffolk counties during the first two weeks of May. Several of the wanted gang-bangers were nabbed in Glen Cove, with the active participation of the Glen Cove

By Niall Fitzgerald The Town of Huntington is moving forward to overhaul its historically - and notoriously - slow and difficult building department, to move towards the ideal of "One Day Permitting." Councilman Sal Ferro and Supervisor Ed Smyth have been meeting with neighboring towns and building department experts to dramatically change the way business is done at Town Hall. The Town Board, at its May 10 meeting, approved the purchase of modern software for the issuance of

by Niall Fitzgerald The City of Glen Cove is kicking off summer with a brand new “Sip Into Summer” festival set for Friday, June 3 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the city’s Ferry Terminal at Garvies Point. The event will feature food, drinks, raffles and kids entertainment. Funds raised will benefit future Glen Cove quality-of-life programs and special events for the benefit of city residents. “I am so grateful for the passion and enthusiasm to bring exciting new programs to our