Monday, November 9, 2026
Electric bikes have become a familiar sight on Long Island streets, offering an affordable way to get to school, work, the store or the train station. But as their popularity has grown, so have concerns about dangerous riding, illegal vehicles and serious injuries. Nassau County needs to turn its attention to e-bike safety and create a comprehensive plan to protect riders, motorists and pedestrians.
Unfortunately, with the war now stalemated on the battlefield and Russia’s economy shattered, President Trump has reversed American policy and leaned toward isolationism and enabling Putin by reducing military aid to Ukraine, lifting Russian sanctions, blaming Zelensky for causing the war and calling for his removal as president. All this while Russia continues rocket and missile attacks on innocent civilians in Ukraine, which has accepted the American peace proposals that Putin has rejected.
While there are a lot of people upset with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his anti-vaccine philosophy, the leading candidate for impeachment or other procedural torture is the so-called secretary of war, Pete Hegseth. Our country has had lots of secretaries of defense, but none has created such a negative aura as Hegseth. Calling generals “fatties” and other demeaning names, he has undermined the country’s respect for an agency that makes life-or-death decisions about our national survival.
Across thousands of institutions, each with its own crime reports, it’s impossible to know how many cases were properly handled by campus authorities, law enforcement or the criminal justice system. And with that said, the Cornell case has left me wondering just how many other victims may share Jane Doe’s experience of feeling ignored, misrepresented and dismissed.
I’m most proud of my bill that establishes the Lieutenant Joseph T. Banish Law Enforcement Peer Support Program, which was signed into law last December. Working with statewide police representatives, I wrote that law because it’s vital to provide our law-enforcement officers with resources and care to prevent suicide and other mental health issues.
For Glen Cove High School senior Charlotte Dilgard-Clark, interviewing someone with millions of social media followers was an opportunity unlike anything she had experienced in her school’s broadcasting program. Dilgard-Clark, an aspiring communications student who has conducted interviews and produced podcasts through the school’s media programs, found herself face to face with YouTube and TikTok personality Carter Kench on Oct. 30. What began as an opportunity to meet a familiar face from social media became a lesson in pursuing creative ambitions.
Levittown Public Schools proudly congratulates Lee Road School and the Lee Road PTA on being named a 2025-2027 National PTA School of Excellence.
Two Hewlett High School students lead Generational Bridges, a student-run volunteer organization connecting young people with seniors through music, games and activities at local nursing homes and senior living facilities.
