Two years ago, Republican Congressman Anthony D'Esposito was narrowly defeated by ex-Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen, in a close race. 2026 was looking to be a re-match, until President Trump appointed D'Esposito to be the Inspector General of the US Department of Labor. Jeanine Driscoll, the well-respected Hempstead Receiver of Taxes stood up to run as the Republican nominee, and quickly earned the support of both the Republican and Conservative parties. Her competence, ca

Congressman Tom Suozzi is running for his fifth term representing NY-3. Suozzi has tried to do something increasingly difficult: be a moderate Democrat in a swing suburban district, in an age dominated by the political extremes, where cross-party centrism often gets you booted "out" in a primary. Suozzi has consistently supported a moderate path - even serving as a co-founder and co-chair of the bipartisan "Problem Solvers Caucus" in the US House of Representatives. Like too

Two years ago, former Assemblyman Mike LiPetri almost defeated Congressman Tom Suozzi - coming within three (3) points. Now, LiPetri wants a re-match, and has raised over $1 million and built a campaign team across this Queens, Nassau, Suffolk north shore district. LiPetri has the endorsements of the three county Republican organizations, is running as a MAGA-Republican, and is already the nominee of the critically important Conservative Party. Facing LiPetri in the GOP prima

By Rupert Deedes Director of the US Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Lee Zeldin came back to Long Island last week to cheer one of the great successes in local environmental rebirth – the Oyster Hatchery program being run by the Town of Oyster Bay. Decades of commercial over-harvesting had left Oyster Bay harbor ecologically diminished. But the steady reversal of that story is now underway. Zeldin, the former Long Island congressman who now leads the EPA, was joi

By Nolan Cleary In the 1992 animated film Aladdin, there is a now-famous scene where the genie, voiced by Robin Williams, while granting three wishes, sets restrictions. He prohibits wishing for more than three wishes, he prohibits wishing to bring others back from the dead, and finally, he prohibits the wisher from wishing for another person to fall in love with. The potential consequences of this last wish are perhaps best explored in the movie "Obsession" - now in theatr

By Mark Demetropoulos A Honduran man who stalked, shot and murdered a Huntington man behind the One Stop Deli in Huntington last month was arrested by US Marshals in Alabama, after he tried to flee to Mexico. The shooter – 27 year old Carlos Castro – shot 43 year old Steven Rocco behind the One Stop Deli in Huntington located at 150 West Pulaski Road. According to police, a surveillance camera behind the One Stop Deli captured the event involving Castro and Rocco. The two m

By Leader Staff A n Iranian national residing in Roslyn has pled "Guilty" to running a human trafficking ring that smuggled dozens of aliens into the United States - including a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard - a terrorist organization. He also pled guilty to receiving and having pornography on his mobile phone. Sharon Gohari received tens of thousands of dollars in payments from Iranian nationals seeking to enter the United States illegally. Gohari would arrange and fa

By Leader Staff Two teens - aged 16 and 17 - were arrested Friday afternoon, after they assaulted two drivers in Bayville. The incidents started in Stehli Beach in Bayville, when the two assailants were tossing garbage and trash onto the ground. A 38 year old man asked the teens to "Stop Littering" and the teens responded with a rush of profanity, according to police. The teens then assaulted the man with a lacrosse stick and a baseball bat. The man then tried to driv

By Steve Levy In one of the most alarming developments in the history of the American educational system, a Marxist movement spearheaded by the radical leftists controlling the Chicago Teachers’ Association funded school buses to transport students to participate in protests and rallies supporting a communist agenda and attacking the sitting president. This is not an exaggeration. This is a blatantly illegal act by the mayor of Chicago and his supporters in the teachers’ un

By Steve Levy Our next generation is being indoctrinated to believe that socialism - and even communism - is a far better system than the free market system that grew America into the greatest economic power in world history. They are told that socialists are humanitarians, while believers in capitalism are cold-hearted, selfish exploiters. One of the prime examples I use to explain the benefits of free market capital investment over socialism is the following: Imagine that