Long Island Opinion & Commentary
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All of Newsday Opinion's 2026 election endorsements
Find out the candidates the editorial board chose and why.
Newsday Opinion's 2026 Nassau County Legislature election endorsements
Newsday Opinion's 2026 New York State Senate election endorsements
Newsday Opinion's 2026 New York State Assembly election endorsements
Vote like your rights depend on it
The choices can be difficult but it's up to us, collectively, to make them.
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Attention Albany: IDAs need new rules
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New York State Assembly election endorsements overview
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Nassau County Legislature election endorsements overview
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State Senate election endorsements overview
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What Suffolk supers vs. the tax cap shows
The only reason to weaken it would be to make property taxes rise faster.
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A responsible, necessary voice for New York
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Democracy is on the ballot. We can't look away.
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It's more than houses vs. apartments
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Create a field trip accident database
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Propel will bring LI the power it needs
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The Point
The perilous irony of NY's measles outbreak
It's taking hold in the very communities who say the state's lack of a religious exemption violates their religious freedoms.
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Blakeman's fate may hinge on his home turf
The situation is less than flattering for him, and Hochul is doing better than '22.
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The astounding costs of our politics
As many Americans struggle, this kind of spending is obscene in comparison.
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Cartoons
Commentary
Anthropic's $100 billion bet is the only market that matters now
Some are sanguine about shareholders' ability to absorb Anthropic's needs.
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Warsh's AI optimism may box him in at the Fed
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America is getting a peek at its debt future, and it's scary
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The White House will fail to overturn any elections
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A new era of debt doom loops has begun
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More Opinion
An October surprise for Andrew Garbarino
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The political breakdown that dare not speak its name
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Higher airfares are here to stay. That's not a bad thing
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Stop deriding doctors on LI
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Newsday Opinion makes no endorsement for Hempstead Town supervisor
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A responsible, necessary voice for New York
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Democracy is on the ballot. We can't look away.
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Out of the gate, Dems take the lead in early voting
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The U.S.-China tech Cold War is moving undersea
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That grad school loan may cost you. It's about time
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Thinking about beauty, and appreciating it
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The astounding costs of our politics
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Newsday Opinion endorses Hochul for New York State governor
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Newsday Opinion endorses Burroughs for Assembly District 18
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Newsday Opinion endorses Brown for Assembly District 20
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Newsday Opinion endorses Mikulin for Assembly District 17
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Newsday Opinion endorses Griffin for Assembly District 21
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Newsday Opinion endorses Solages for Assembly District 22
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Newsday Opinion endorses Ra for Assembly District 19
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AI agents are coming for your bank's easy money
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Too much AI can stifle innovation
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Newsday Opinion endorses Lavine for Assembly District 13
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Newsday Opinion endorses Tarulli for Assembly District 15
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Newsday Opinion endorses Keiserman for Assembly District 16
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Newsday Opinion endorses O'Pharrow for Assembly District 11
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Newsday Opinion endorses Herskowitz for Assembly District 12
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Newsday Opinion endorses Brooks for Assembly District 14
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The prospects for the hometown candidate this time around
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Partisan gridlock may be red and blue states' least-bad outcome
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If you get kids off their devices, where are they going to go?
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Newsday Opinion endorses Schiavoni for Assembly District 1
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Newsday Opinion endorses Slaughter for Assembly District 3
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Newsday Opinion endorses Giglio for Assembly District 2
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Newsday endorses Smith for Assembly District 5
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Newsday Opinion endorses Durso for Assembly District 9
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Newsday Opinion endorses Stern for Assembly District 10
New York State Assembly election endorsements overview
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Newsday Opinion endorses Ramos for Assembly District 6
Newsday Opinion endorses Fitzpatrick for Assembly District 8
Newsday Opinion endorses Kopp for Assembly District 7
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Newsday Opinion endorses Kassay for Assembly District 4
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Newsday Opinion's 2026 New York State Assembly election endorsements
Security hired for Islip Dem vote tonight
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Why your home insurance costs more than your property tax
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Flu season has landed early, and your vaccination is overdue
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Newsday Opinion makes no endorsement in Nassau Legislative District 19
Newsday Opinion endorses Chin for Nassau Legislative District 9
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Newsday Opinion endorses Musynske for Nassau Legislative District 18
Newsday Opinion endorses Vanunu for Nassau Legislative District 12
Newsday Opinion makes no endorsement in Nassau Legislative District 15
