Suffolk Closeup

Home Opinion Suffolk Closeup

Suffolk Closeup What will become of Long Island’s only daily newspaper under foreign ownership?

by
The $17.7 billion acquisition of Cablevision by Netherlands-based Altice last month left the fate of Long Island's only daily newspaper uncertain.

Suffolk CloseupIn a world full of hazards, turtles find safe haven and healing in Jamesport

by
Cars, bulldozers, boat propellers, fishing line, pesticides, weed-killers and other chemicals. It's tough being a turtle on Long Island.

Waiting for what’s next: squirming, finger-pointing after county police chief’s plea deal with federal prosecutors

by
Accusations, I-told-you-sos, and demands for resignations followed the plea deal by Suffolk's ex-chief of police James Burke.

Dowling College: a sad event in the history of higher education in Suffolk

by
Dowling’s closing—unless 11th hour negotiations are successful in saving it—would be a terrible loss for Suffolk County.

Suffolk CloseupCelebrating Long Island’s most famous native, Walt Whitman

by
What we can (still) learn from Long Island's most famous native.

Suffolk Closeup Here we go again: Cuomo’s clean energy plan, despite goals for renewables, wrongheadedly boosts nuclear power

by
Even as the New York State's proposed energy plan calls for a 50 percent reliance on renewable energy by 2030, the governor has embraced nuclear power, advocating the continued operation of two nuclear plants upstate.

Suffolk Closeup Long Island still waiting for utility reform

by
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2013 "reform" package missed the mark by a wide margin, hitching Long Island's energy future to a utility company that's as bad as LIPA, if not worse. Opinion column by Karl Grossman

Suffolk Closeup Suffolk office of public accountability? Proposal comes not a moment too soon

by
Legislator Kara Hahn's bill — still in the works — would create a county office to investigate corruption in county government in a county that has a long tradition of corruption.

Suffolk Closeup Trotta’s campaign finance bill takes aim at Suffolk’s pay-to-play politics

by
The reform bill by Fort Salonga Republican Rob Trotta, a retired Suffolk police detective would put strict limits on campaign finance contributions to incumbents and candidates for county offices.

Suffolk Closeup Limiting nitrogen at the source: county looks to regulate lawn fertilizer content

by
A bill that would limit nitrogen content in lawn and garden fertilizer is being drafted by County Legislator Bill Lindsay.