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If anti-vaxxers succeed, South Carolina's story could easily become Long Island's.

Will NY become a petri dish for measles?

Suffolk PBA president, others to tout statewide 'public safety alliance.'

Police groups to flex their influence

Is there a saner way to handle the immigration issue?

Heavy hand ripping our social fabric

If you want to fell a tree on your property, it's none of my business. Or is it?

Trees as property are like no other

His response to an antisemitic chant wasn't good enough.

A bob and weave by Mayor Mamdani fails

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Be honest: What do you consider speeding on our roads?

Speeding kills. LIers need to slow down.

Ad hoc revisions push the process ever further from good government.

With perpetual redistricting, voters lose

Riders who are not part of the fare evasion problem are being unfairly inconvenienced.

New LIRR ticket policies are off track

Trump's "gimme-it-or-else" bluster is counterproductive.

Trying to grab Greenland won't help the U.S.

RFK Jr. should illustrate his stated commitment to "gold standard" science and research.

9/11 responders deserve better

A Newsday Opinion analysis of the data tells an increasingly worrisome story.

An unaffordable, untenable landscape for young LIers

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Higher reading and math test results are clouded by a decades-old issue.

Struggling districts need new approach

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The numbers are all pointing in the right directions for the first year.

NYC congestion pricing working

After her State of the State comes the hard part: turning the words into action.

Hochul's promises could make a dent for NYers

The Justice Department should drop this sham investigation.

Threat to Fed is one to economy, too

What's next? Hopefully, the saber-rattling will stop.

Might doesn't make it right

It's time for the Trump administration to reassess the core mission of ICE.

An avoidable death in ICE confrontation

This nonsense will have real consequences for Long Island parents and children.

Child care decision could bring sweeping harm

State officials have an enormous job ahead to counteract the wrongheaded noise.

Alarming CDC move fuels doubts

There's considerable risk that Maduro's removal could beget an armed insurgency.

Is there a real plan for Venezuela?

There have been several cases of the agency favoring polluters over the well-being of Americans.

An EPA that doesn't protect us

A loud whistle of potential trouble ahead for the Long Island Rail Road.

Metro-North's gain can't be LIRR's loss

January is waiting for our fresh dreams, goals and aspirations.

New year, new hopes for 2026

DOGE's worst legacy may well be its handling of private citizen information.

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