Karl Grossman
Karl is a veteran investigative reporter and columnist, the winner of numerous awards for his work and a member of the L.I. Journalism Hall of Fame. He is a professor of journalism at SUNY/College at Old Westbury and the author of six books. Karl lives in Sag Harbor.
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Suffolk Closeup: Keys to a successful congressional campaign according to this district’s longest-serving congressman
Otis Pike's campaigns were notoriously frugal, hard-hitting, intelligent and witty — like the congressman himself. He represented the NY-1 from 1961 to 1979.
Suffolk Closeup Suffolk OTB gambles on video slots casino
Suffolk OTB hopes a new casino in Islandia, which by summer will offer more than 1,000 video slot machines, will gross $2 billion per year and lift OTB out of bankruptcy.
Suffolk Closeup Thiele introduces measure that would help fund advanced septic sytems
Like the legislation sought by County Executive Steve Bellone last year, State Assemblyman Fred Thiele's proposal would create a fund with a $1-per-thousand water surcharge for public water customers. The fund would help homeowners install costly advanced septic systems.
Suffolk Closeup Signs, signs, everywhere the signs – It’s time to end New York’s visual pollution
It's time to purge New York's roads and highways of the billboards and signs that litter and mar the landscape — starting with the state's own roadside ad campaign.
Suffolk Closeup Civil rights on Long Island: Local history includes slavery, a strong and active KKK, legal discrimination against minorities
The history of the civil rights of blacks, Jews and Catholics on Long Island was examined in a talk by Prof. Christopher Verga at the Suffolk County Historical Society Jan. 21.
Suffolk Closeup Closing the aged, dangerous Indian Point nuclear plants will spur green energy
The agreement to close the Indian Point nuclear power plants less than 50 miles from western Suffolk and between 60 and 100 miles from the East End — as the crow flies and radioactivity spreads — “is a huge step forward in protecting the health and safety of all New Yorkers.”
Suffolk Closeup Tuition-free public colleges give working and middle class a much-needed leg up
Free tuition at New York's public colleges has a history going back nearly two centuries and has played a pivotal role in the upward mobility of middle and working class youth.
Suffolk Closeup Legislator lashes out at hikes in county’s ‘back-door taxes,’ calls for cap on fees
Legislator Rob Trotta of Fort Salonga, enraged by increases of more than 100 percent in fees charged by the county for various services, says he will introduce a bill that will cap increases in county fees at 2 percent per year.
Suffolk Closeup This year brought many changes in Suffolk’s higher education landscape
It’s good news that Stony Brook Southampton, after years of looking like a ghost campus and a waste of state resources, has increased activity.
Suffolk Closeup Shrinking the county legislature would mean bigger districts, less representation
A proposal to shrink the number of legislative districts from 18 to 13 would make the districts larger, make running for office harder and more impersonal and make legislators less accessible to constituents.
