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Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump deliver on issues and show in first debate

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Editorial: First debate delivers on issues, show

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Housing Editorials

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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

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So much for Nassau's fear-filled warnings of the supposedly dangerous hip-hop music fest.

Blakeman's rap doesn't rhyme

The IDA must make sure Nassau County and its residents win.

Casino needs no tax breaks

Bellone and Suffolk lawmakers must refrain from politics and cooperate in probes.

Answers needed in cyber hack

But avoiding unprecedented disaster can't be seen as a high bar.

Debt deal is a win for sanity

An important precedent for holding pharmaceutical companies accountable.

Opioid funds a sad coda

Make civics top school priority

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Justices don't get to be totally unaccountable.

Top court needs an ethics code

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War might not swirl around us now but their sacrifices continue.

A day to stop and remember

National monument proposal would protect its natural resources and cultural heritage.

Time to preserve Plum Island

Social media companies bear a responsibility to the victims and their families.

No place for death videos

It's a complex path, one that must be traveled carefully if Nassau and its communities are to win this bet on the Hub's future.

Do diligence on casino deal

End the debt ceiling games

Compassion should inform our way of finding pragmatic solutions to this crisis.

Wrong to stoke migrant fear

There's not enough time to explore significant topics or assess detailed bills, some lawmakers say.

Time to act in Albany

Congress should pass legislation to form a commission to study the pandemic.

Deep dive needed on COVID-19

For now, the timing of whatever lies ahead shapes the fight to succeed him.

Keep pushing Santos to quit

Who's to blame for this latest fatality, if anyone, has yet to be decided by authorities.

Troubling deaths at recycling plant

A well-run Long Island Power Authority is foundational to a thriving Long Island.