<p>Welcome to The Point!&nbsp;This will be the last newsletter of 2017. We leave you with a puzzle that covers some of the year’s highlights. Thanks for being part of our community. Happy Holidays!</p>

Welcome to The Point! This will be the last newsletter of 2017. We leave you with a puzzle that covers some of the year’s highlights. Thanks for being part of our community. Happy Holidays!

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A puzzling 2017

Newsday

The Point: The year that was -- in a crossword

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Housing Editorials

Opinion Rail Module

Hochul needs to work with Long Island leaders and offer incentives.

Gov must retool housing plan 

Parking lots at LIRR stations can be used to help meet the region's need.

Use MTA land to build more housing

The governor's housing plan hasn't evolved much.

Hochul budget has LI flaws

The region needs more housing but one size does not fit all.

Hochul must listen to LI

Map: Housing units on Long Island

Opinion Article Bottom Module

Young Jews joining campus protests over Gaza war show there is much work to do.

This Passover was riven by division

The nation couldn't witness either proceeding.

Trial accounts a plus for NY

The Point is Newsday Opinion's daily newsletter inside the local, city and state political scenes.

Union eyes Blakeman in NCC food fight

Google launched a "small test" that involves eliminating links to news websites.

What happens when Google censors your news?

There are an estimated 2.3 million missing workers.

More than 2 million workers are missing. Who are they, and how are they affecting the economy?

Let's be the change we want to see in Gaza, sadness in comic strip

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MTA leaders visit us on LIRR's 190th anniversary

Opinion Video Playlist

The hospital remains in critical condition.

Time for NUMC to get serious

Links to heart attacks, strokes show need to reduce packaging and its chemicals.

Reduce plastics to protect our health

Side effects of these popular meds make bariatric surgery a better option for some.

Weight-loss drugs might not be for everyone

Ukraine just got $61 billion. Here's what it should buy

The charges against Donald Trump in New York is well-known

How Trump's trial will paint a damning portrait of him

No alcohol at theaters, Fridays off, World's Fair

This was never simply Israel versus the Palestinians.

Gaza's place in Mideast cold war

My bill would protect children from this damaging, repulsive conduct.

Better laws to stop sexual deepfakes

PAC's formula picks Goroff

The U.S. House of Representatives muscled through a $61 billion military aid package

The House passes aid, but Ukraine still has problems

A very plausible story of monopolization.

You don't need to own an iPhone for the government lawsuit against Apple to benefit you

TOBAY Beach, County militia, nursing homes, renewables

Opinion - megaslot

Nassau County and Suffolk County editorials, columns, guest essays, cartoons, letters and more.

Sharpen Your Pencil Points

The year that was