Long Island Opinion & Commentary
Nassau County and Suffolk County editorials, columns, guest essays, cartoons, letters and more.
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All of Newsday Opinion's 2026 election endorsements so far
Find out the candidates the editorial board chose and why as endorsements are published throughout October.
Newsday Opinion endorses Rhoads for State Senate District 5
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Newsday Opinion endorses Bynoe for State Senate District 6
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Newsday Opinion endorses Gandolfo for State Senate District 8
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State Senate election endorsements overview
The Democrats' 40-22 majority in the State Senate differs from the partisan scenario on Long Island.
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Endorsements reflect mission to inform
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Long Island keeps flooding. What's the plan?
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Sweeter pensions mean higher taxes
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Congress must defend its budget powers
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It's more than houses vs. apartments
Are we talking about the type of housing people would prefer, or the type people actually need?
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Create a field trip accident database
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Propel will bring LI the power it needs
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Warehouse boom costly for communities
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Ending Haitians' TPS meant loss, disruption
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Law's side effect could harm community cancer care
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The Point
Stunning feats used so little storage memory
Remembering Margaret Hamilton, a software engineering giant, and considering how numbers change over time.
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Great achievements take time, persistence
From the Yankees' young ace to scientific advances, there's rarely any overnight element to success.
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Who was the real 'dirtbag' here?
While a Missouri senator's amateurish abandon was laughable, the ugliness was serious.
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Cartoons
Commentary
War, rates and a global economy that won't break
Budgets in several advanced economies appear close to exhaustion.
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AI is changing motherhood for the worse
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Free universal after-school is an easy win in a world of problems
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Petrostates are trying to hijack the planet's future
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It's more than houses vs. apartments
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More Opinion
Leadership dispute simmers at Nassau Community College
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If water is the new gold, we'd better price it right
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The Nobel Prize in economics is a message to the Fed
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Create a field trip accident database
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School tax cap, EV garage chargers, pensions
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Newsday Opinion endorses Gillen for 4th Congressional District
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Rising bond yields are no excuse for central bank inertia
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What's in Russian permafrost may be scarier than plague
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Musings: Students need teachers to guide AI use in college
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Musings: Retiring on LI is worth every last cent
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Stunning feats used so little storage memory
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Newsday Opinion endorses Suozzi for 3rd Congressional District
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Propel will bring LI the power it needs
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Reducing flooding in Port Jeff, dam-free Nissequogue River
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Newsday Opinion endorses Garbarino for 2nd Congressional District
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Suffolk Dems fight over town chair races
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The AI giants are facing a severe case of financial indigestion
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Warehouse boom costly for communities
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Senate's Jack Smith hearing, National Grid
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Newsday Opinion endorses DiNapoli for New York State comptroller
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Assembly races bursting with public cash
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Florida's dengue fever outbreak is a national warning
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Ending Haitians' TPS meant loss, disruption
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Hospitals' tax status, Propel NY
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Newsday Opinion endorses Losquadro for Suffolk County comptroller
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Newsday Opinion's 2026 New York State Senate election endorsements
Blakeman backer still a player after Dem faction fight
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NUMC, technical trades, honor guard for Xi, Nassau red-light camera fees, Mets' woes
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Law's side effect could harm community cancer care
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Endorsements reflect mission to inform
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Peninsula Public Library fight set to escalate
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Musings: Seven decades in, I saw what nurses really do
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Musings: Catching frogs and confidence
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Musings: Convene before AI runs amok
Great achievements take time, persistence
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Long Island keeps flooding. What's the plan?
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Black lung disease is the only true comeback for coal
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These roads need reliable funding
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Suffolk Dems, political civility, oil heating prices, more
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Sweeter pensions mean higher taxes
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When immigrants' rights are threatened, democracy is too
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Ferretti's portraits of Hempstead
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What happens when Chinese AI goes rogue?
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Housing is daunting for those leaving foster care
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Congress must defend its budget powers
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Ways to combat ticks, fighting hunger
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Who was the real 'dirtbag' here?
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Islip Town Dems face the payback music
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Trump's adamant AI stance — another GOP albatross
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Stocks are suddenly looking cheap? It's just a mirage
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Bay Shore Muslim school, newborn screening, Hempstead Town taxes
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School tax cap, EV garage chargers, pensions
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Musings: Students need teachers to guide AI use in college
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Musings: Retiring on LI is worth every last cent
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Reducing flooding in Port Jeff, dam-free Nissequogue River
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