Poll: Your Long Island

If Long Island becomes a state, it means the region will have to make some important decisions. Take your pick from each of the following categories.
  • Choose the Long Island state tree.

  • Who should be the official state greeter?

  • Choose the state bird.

  • Who should be the official bad girl?

  • Choose the state fitness czar

  • Who should be secretary of the treasury?

  • Choose Long Island's first family.

  • Choose the region's proudest traffic jam.

  • Choose a state song.

  • Choose the Long Island state tree.

    The LIPA pole (169 responses)

    50.9%

    The cell phone tower (94 responses)

    28.3%

    The DOT traffic cam (69 responses)

    20.8%

  • Who should be the official state greeter?

    Paul DeGrocco (LI Ducks) (160 responses)

    40.9%

    Howie Rose (Islanders-Mets) (106 responses)

    27.1%

    Bill Korbel (News 12 meteorologist) (125 responses)

    32.0%

  • Choose the state bird.

    The piping plover (85 responses)

    25.2%

    Circles-the-Duck (152 responses)

    45.1%

    The Osprey (100 responses)

    29.7%

  • Who should be the official bad girl?

    Lindsay Lohan (245 responses)

    74.0%

    Lizzie Grubman (77 responses)

    23.3%

    Alycia Lane (9 responses)

    2.7%

  • Choose the state fitness czar

    Rick DiPietro (107 responses)

    32.8%

    Richie Kessel (82 responses)

    25.2%

    Boomber Esiason (137 responses)

    42.0%

  • Who should be secretary of the treasury?

    Charles Wang (146 responses)

    44.0%

    Charles Dolan (68 responses)

    20.5%

    Donald Trump (118 responses)

    35.5%

  • Choose Long Island's first family.

    The Baldwins (216 responses)

    65.3%

    The Lohans (25 responses)

    7.6%

    The D'Amatos (90 responses)

    27.2%

  • Choose the region's proudest traffic jam.

    Route 27, Sunday afternoon (71 responses)

    21.3%

    Southern State Parkway during construction (160 responses)

    47.9%

    Solo LIEers in the HOV lane (103 responses)

    30.8%

  • Choose a state song.

    "I've been screaming on the Rail Road" (203 responses)

    61.5%

    "LNG and Ivory" (30 responses)

    9.1%

    "Stuck Inside of Melville with the Malverne Blues Again" (97 responses)

    29.4%