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OPINION Senate must exercise its constitutional duty
It must discharge its responsibility to be independent, especially during Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
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LETTER LIRR misleading 'on-time' data
Reader letters to Newsday about LIRR on-times, the Trump impeachment trial, and more.
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COLUMN Young: Meet the female dissenters
In defense of human rights, free speech regardless of gender, political affiliation.
OPINION Bloomberg asked me to help his campaign. Here's why I said no.
As mayor, Bloomberg said people who make fun of his Spanish should "just get a life." Now, his campaign wanted my help.

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EDITORIAL LI deserves public records and open governments
Across Long Island, towns and villages often are not properly responsive to FOIL requests.
EDITORIAL Cheers for LI's Regeneron Four
Science is the island's past, present and future.
OPINION The Point: Schaffer punts on Marcantonio decision
Marcantonio has to overcome the assertion by fellow contender Avrum Rosen, as well as local Republicans, that the residency issues that derailed his 2018 campaign still bar him from running to get the committee’s designation for an expected special election.
OPINION The Senate is hiding from us with its reporter impeachment rules
The new Senate rules set a dangerous precedent that should matter to more than just journalists.
OPINION In early states, oddmakers are betting on Sanders
Oddsmakers have picked Sanders as the favorite in three of the first four contests: Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.
LETTER Hall of Fame vote for Derek Jeter
Reader letters to Newsday about Derek Jeter, horseshoe crabs and more.

EDITORIAL LI deserves public records and open governments
Across Long Island, towns and villages often are not properly responsive to FOIL requests.
EDITORIAL Cheers for LI's Regeneron Four
Science is the island's past, present and future.
EDITORIAL Budget battle brewing in Albany
Cuomo on right track to bridge the gap.
EDITORIAL Fair impeachment trial is the only way forward
Nation must see all evidence against President Trump.
EDITORIAL LaValle's good run in Albany
He's retiring after 44 years in the State Senate.
EDITORIAL Justice no less urgent in 2020
MLK Day is a reminder not only of the victories, but also of the challenges still ahead.

OPINION See Matt Davies' latest cartoon
Matt Davies is Newsday Opinion's cartoonist.

Phyllis, William Jr., John, and Mr. and Mrs. William Cotter. Credit: Jim O’Rourke/Newsday

Bill Levitt. Credit: Dan Sheehan/Newsday

Christopher Neidt

The Cotter house in 1953.

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Joshua Ruff

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Letter to the editor October 1947

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Original Levittown lease. Credit: Levittown Historial Society

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OPINION Senate must exercise its constitutional duty
It must discharge its responsibility to be independent, especially during Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
34 m ago
OPINION Bloomberg asked me to help his campaign. Here's why I said no.
As mayor, Bloomberg said people who make fun of his Spanish should "just get a life." Now, his campaign wanted my help.
OPINION The Senate is hiding from us with its reporter impeachment rules
The new Senate rules set a dangerous precedent that should matter to more than just journalists.
OPINION In early states, oddmakers are betting on Sanders
Oddsmakers have picked Sanders as the favorite in three of the first four contests: Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.
OPINION Clinton impeachment via Matt Davies cartoons
Cartoonist and equal-opportunity roaster
OPINION Trump's impeachment trial isn't his biggest legal risk
If Trump is to be punished for his abuses of power, it might be for his disregard of the nation's body of campaign-finance law.

OPINION Cartoons of the week
Cartoonists from across the nation and around the world sound off on current events.
OPINION Long Island cartoons by Matt Bodkin
OPINION Cartoons by Mark Wilson

OPINION A coffee shop that feels like home
Every community should have a place like Sip This.
OPINION Fresh memories a half-century old
A collage evokes a young man's fear and hopes from 1969.
OPINION Expressway reader essays of the year
Life in glimpses: Excerpts from 2019 Expressway reader essays.
OPINION Family joy is a treasure
If I had a time machine, I'd go back and witness some of the happiest moments of my life, Christmas mornings with my family.
OPINION My Y2K battle was personal
The world was worried about computers, but my concern was closer to home
OPINION Family Hanukkah traditions live on for generations
My earliest Hanukkah memories go back to my childhood in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, in the 1960s.

EDITORIAL Budget battle brewing in Albany
Cuomo on right track to bridge the gap.
OPINION Clinton impeachment via Matt Davies cartoons
Cartoonist and equal-opportunity roaster
OPINION The Point: A blow for affordable housing
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo recently vetoed a bill to fund affordable housing projects on the East End.