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President Barack Obama is between a rock and a hard place politically as he pushes to win Senate confirmation of John Brennan, his nominee for CIA director.

Before giving him their votes some reticent Democrats want to see classified memos laying out the legal justification the administration claims for the targeted killings by drone it’s been doing around the world.

Republicans have...

Is too big to fail too big to jail?

That’s the uncomfortable question consumer champion and neophyte U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) asked a panel of the nation’s top bank regulators last week during her first hearing as a member of the Senate Banking committee.

“When did you last take...a large financial institution, a Wall Street bank, to trial?”

The nation’s top financial...

In Nassau County, bus fares are going up, but passengers who choose to pay cash rather than using a MetroCard won’t see an increase.

In Suffolk County, disabled riders who use Suffolk County Accessible Transit will also see a hike, the first since 1994. 

In both cases, the increases are reasonable and necessary.

In 2012, Nassau turned its bus service over to private contractor...

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo did it.

He uttered those two words that we so often hear from our political leaders when they are afraid of getting ahead of themselves: “Cautiously optimistic.”

The governor was referring to the likelihood that the federal government will come through with a low-interest loan for the replacement of the Tappan Zee Bridge.

The bridge builders like their odds...

Was that a valedictory address on Thursday from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg? I think the answer is yes, but I don't believe the term valedictory does the event justice.

It was a public relations event staged by one of the most determined -- and successful -- salesmen America has ever seen.

Bloomberg does many things well. But I would put his ability to organize, sell and market...

The enormous power of Sandy savagely exposed the flaws of the Long Island Power Authority -- flaws that had been hidden for years by a political establishment that benefited from its cronyism.

LIPA’s vulnerable. The public is demanding change. But do state legislators have the political will to make a bold move? Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo told Newsday’s editorial board Thursday that “the moment...

Even as political sniping over poor snow removal blankets parts of eastern Long Island, it shouldn’t be forgotten that the weekend’s big storm also produced heroic efforts of neighbors helping neighbors.

Among the most dramatic was the story of seven Stony Brook volunteer firefighters who hustled up and down hills in thigh-deep snow to rescue a heart attack victim.

It was 9:08 a.m. Saturday,...