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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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Impending end of federal stimulus funding could leave many parents with no options.

Beware the looming child care cliff

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Suffolk executive race gets 'personnel'

A shutdown would only make voters mad at the GOP come next year's election.

LI reps can help avoid shutdown

Parental vigilance can't always keep kids safe.

Social media is just one online habit hurting teens

But it's also important to understand how civics education works.

Teaching civics to students can also educate their parents

Housing, Bob Menendez, volunteer firefighters, shutdown and more

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The official poverty guidelines are used to calculate a variety of benefits.

Better poverty measure needed

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Recent wrongful-death verdict shows the department needs independent oversight.

A civilian watchdog for Suffolk police

For many years, fossil-fuel consumption may hover close to its maximum point.

With fossil fuels, 'peak demand' isn't what it sounds like

Speaker Kevin McCarthy most definitely is not in control.

The House Republicans' shutdown politics are dumb and dumber

Knew about big event coming here? Well, crickets

Even some liberals agree that some conservative concerns are valid.

Book bans are complicated and growing

It deserves the support of all Long Islanders.

Support bill for Sound cleanup

There still is time to register to vote in November's elections.

One way to improve your health: Vote

We can only accept that life brings all sorts of possibilities, bright and dark.

Bus crash reminds us nothing is certain

These ideas to prevent car crashes won't work, glass recycling solutions

A regional solution would best address Long Island's garbage problem.

Needed: a better way to recycle glass

Just Sayin': LI homes can meet EV charging needs

After bus crash, we're all Dalers

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