Transit-oriented development is Island’s best way home
By SCOTT BURMAN // Long Island stands at a crossroads. Stubbornly clinging to a foregone era as a single-home bedroom community, we haven’t evolved to suitably address the needs of…
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War drums beat again as Amazon targets Long Island
By GREGORY ZELLER // Attempts to locate Amazon’s ballyhooed “HQ2” second headquarters in Long Island City – on paper, an unparalleled boon for the entire region, particularly Nassau and Suffolk…
Cuomo, Island allies ready to rumble over tax cap
By GREGORY ZELLER // With one of his biggest legislative accomplishments – and most significant Long Island-centric reforms – facing imminent extinction, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and political allies rallied Sunday…
Predicting pushback, gov advances consolidation plan
By GREGORY ZELLER // With the federal government set to deliver a crippling tax blow to Long Islanders, Gov. Andrew Cuomo backed word with deed Thursday, setting in motion his…