05.20.2025 Government State budget gives local families a boost with tax breaks, rebates The 2025-26 New York State budget passed earlier this month. It includes a plan to ensure that New York’s approximately 2.7 million students can receive breakfast and lunch for...
05.13.2025 News Move to even-year elections upheld by appellate court A New York state appellate court in Rochester has unanimously upheld the law Governor Kathy Hochul signed in December 2023, moving most local elections to even-numbered years to coincide...
01.09.2025 News Disappointment follows Gov. Hochul’s third veto of Grieving Families Act After revisions were made to the previous version of the bill, Gov. Kathy Hochul has rejected the Grieving Families Act for a third time. The nixed legislation — which...
01.06.2025 Environment Gov. Hochul vetoes horseshoe crab protection bill Walk along the shoreline on any North Fork beach and occasionally there appears a rare and odd sight — a horseshoe crab — that scarce dinosaur-era crustacean that either...
10.21.2024 Government Krupski writes Governor Hochul supporting regional solid waste plan Southold Town Supervisor Al Krupski recently joined a group of other Long Island supervisors in writing letters to Gov. Kathy Hochul urging her to support establishment of a Long...
08.14.2024 News Gov. Hochul announces $1.2 million investment to rebuild Greenport ice skating rink Governor Kathy Hochul this week announced a $1.2 million grant to the Village of Greenport to support the construction of a new outdoor ice rink at Mitchell Park, the village’s crown...
01.26.2024 Education Hochul’s budget bid slashes aid to local schools Cuts to state aid projections for the 2024-25 school year have galvanized North Fork school districts to fight for their funds. Last Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul released her preliminary...
12.12.2023 News Gov. Hochul signs deer management bill for Southold; goes into effect Jan. 1 State and local experts agree on one critical point about the white-tailed deer population in Southold Town: There are far too many of them. Now, help is on the...
11.26.2023 Editorials Editorial: Gov. Hochul once again snubs Native history In June, we published an editorial praising the New York State Legislature, and in particular Sen. Anthony Palumbo (R-New Suffolk), for the unanimous passage of a bill that restored...
09.08.2023 News Long Island GOP calls on Hochul to end ‘sanctuary’ status Representative Nick LaLota and state Sen. Anthony Palumbo were among a half-dozen Nassau and Suffolk County Republicans who called on Gov. Kathy Hochul last Thursday to rescind New York’s...