By Leader Staff A divided Huntington Town Board voted - by a split vote of 3 to 2 - to back Supervisor Ed Smyth's (R-Halesite) demand that they raise taxes and pierce the 2% state tax cap. Voting "Yes" to pierce the tax cap were Smyth, and Councilmembers Theresa Mari (R-Centerport) and Dr. Dave Bennardo (R-Greenlawn); Voting "No" were Councilwomen Brooke Lupinacci (C-Lloyd Harbor) and Jen Hebert (D- Huntington Village). New York State imposes a limit of no more than 2%

By Leader Staff The Locust Valley-Bayville school district has been rocked by two simultaneous controversies regarding teachers in the school system. The School Board met in an emergency meeting right before the start of school and terminated a teacher after she was caught appearing on the "Only Fans" video streaming service. Only Fans is described as a "subscription-based video on demand service... mainly used by pornographic creators, both amateur and professional, but it a

By Steve Levy China’s paid influencers must be quite proud of themselves for having so quickly shifted U.S opinion against the construction of new AI data centers. The social media influence program has been so successful that it has both Democrat and Republican officials alike running for the hills when it comes to supporting the establishment of these needed AI centers throughout the nation. Initially, there was great enthusiasm about what AI could do for our nation and

New York has an opportunity to elect a truly outstanding woman as Attorney General - Saritha Komatireddy. Saritha is a tough, experienced prosecutor. She served as Chief of Staff to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); clerked for Justice Brett Kavanaugh; and been a federal prosecutor in Brooklyn handling major drug cartel and terrorism cases. Saritha promises to re-orient the Attorney General's office to fight crime and protect people. That is a refreshing chan

By Leader Staff The Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club's Youth Opti Race Team swept the 2026 Douglaston Junior Yacht Squadron Optimist Regatta - held at the Douglaston Yacht Club on Little Neck Bay - finishing first and second in the White Fleet; and taking nine out of the top 11 finishers in the Blue Fleet. Out of a racing fleet of about 60 boats, the Seawanhaka team dominated the results in both divisions, taking 1st and 2nd place in the White Fleet and completing a remar

By Steve Levy Good for Mt. Sinai Hospital for agreeing to settle with the federal government and announcing that they will no longer be providing procedures that sterilize children by removing their sexual organs. This barbaric process had become quite the norm in the woke world we had to live through just a short time ago. The crazies on the left labeled the removal of these organs and the sterilization of our children, not as sex change or sterilization procedures, but ra

Four years ago, this newspaper endorsed Lee Zeldin for Governor, arguing that Kathy Hochul’s dismal record as the sycophantic Lt Governor to disgraced ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo - a serial sex abuser and the killer of 15,000 nursing home patients through his horrible nursing home orders - made her grossly unqualified to be elected Governor. She has been worse than we ever expected. Hochul has used her office for a series of partisan political moves to “change the rules” to

By Leader Staff The Governor Kathy Hochul (D-Buffalo)-controlled Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC) has blown past its filing deadlines, and appears to be withholding financial reports that would be embarrassing to Governor Hochul. Nassau County Comptroller Elaine Phillips (R-Flower Hill) blasted Hochul and her team for burying the financial reports, and putting Nassau County's finances in jeopardy, because the NUMC finances are a significant part of Nassau County'

By Thomas Nothel A 16-year-old Friends Academy student from Old Brookville, raised over $20,000.00 to start-up a Tennis Youth Clinic in partnership with the Glen Cove Boys & Girls Club. Olivia Lichota is a Junior, a varsity tennis player, and a participant in the Entrepreneurship Program and Social Innovators Program at Friends Academy. The new Tennis Clinic, comprises of twelve children, ages 8 to 12 from the Glen Cove Boys and Girls Club. The four-week Clinic provides t

By Steve Levy In a recent column, I spoke a great deal about our nation’s glorious 250-year history and questioned whether we could exist in our present form for even another 25 years. There are nefarious actors at play actually seeking to do away with this amazing American republic. And the scary part is that the American people are allowing it to happen from within via our complacency, and at times, our compliance in facilitating a national suicide. There is a very d