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Karl Grossman column: Footing the beachfront folly bill
Folly Beach. Yes, there really is such a place. It’s a living example of the folly of dumping sand on the shoreline in the expensive and fruitless attempt to try to hold back the ocean and protect...
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Suffolk Closeup: GOP primary postmortems
Lee Zeldin, left, and George Demos, right, both hope to appear opposite Congressman Tim Bishop on the ballot in November’s election. It was one bitter Republican primary battle between Lee Zeldin and...
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Suffolk Closeup: DiNapoli draws a crowd on East End
Kimogener Point on the Bay off New Suffolk Avenue. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) The only Long Islander running statewide on a major party ticket this year, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, a Democrat,...
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Suffolk Closeup: Pick the Plum for power
A group of Congressional representatives led by Tim Bishop of Southampton is calling on the federal government not to sell Plum Island, as it plans, but to put it under the jurisdiction of a “federal...
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Suffolk Closeup: Drill, baby … spill?
President Barack Obama inauguration photo. Despite the 2010 offshore oil drilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, despite the U.S. suddenly becoming the top oil producer in the world and despite...
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Suffolk Closeup: Teachout speaks out
(Credit: Zephyr Teachout’s Facebook page) Zephyr Teachout is challenging incumbent Andrew Cuomo in a primary this coming Tuesday to decide who will be the Democratic nominee for governor. She is an...
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Suffolk Closeup: The house doesn’t always win
(Credit: freeimages.com) The closing of four and likely five of the dozen casino hotels in Atlantic City should cause public officials in Suffolk County and New York State to wake up. The fantasy of...
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Suffolk Closeup: Democrats sent a message in primary election
(Credit: Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office) On Shelter Island, Zephyr Teachout defeated Governor Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination for governor. Shelter Island Town Democrats “are not far-left...
View ArticleEast Hampton begins quiet campaign on helicopters: Suffolk Closeup
At long last an East Hampton Town Board is moving on a situation — commercial helicopters, flying low and loud between Manhattan and East Hampton -— that has plagued residents of the North Fork and...
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Suffolk Closeup: Cash, credit prices and a gas bill defeated
KARL GROSSMAN I should have been suspicious last month driving into a gas station off the Long Island Expressway to fill up. I’d written a column in May about the effort of Suffolk County Legislator...
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Suffolk Closeup: Long Island’s role in American Revolution
KARL GROSSMAN Long Island is known for, among other things, beautiful beaches, the site of the first “mass-produced” suburb in the U.S, the resort areas of the East End, notably the Hamptons and...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup: A post-mortem for Dems
This space was devoted last week to the negative advertising, the “attack ads” or election by character assassination, which dominated the 2014 election in Suffolk County, the state and nation. But in...
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Suffolk Closeup: Twomey was never, ever giving up
Tom Twomey Tom Twomey, the founder of the East End’s biggest law firm, had many accomplishments. But the most important can be seen on a drive along Sound Avenue on the North Fork, just before...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup: Environmental follies
“We live on an island built on sand.” That’s how Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski accurately describes Long Island. Mr. Krupski well understands the nature of the island’s coastline. For 20 years...
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Grossman Column: Speaking up for mute swans
Lunch at The Dory on the Island has been brightened for my wife and me by the sight of swans gliding on Chase Creek. If the the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has its...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup: Why the Island stayed green
Who knew that the program that has become integral to saving eastern Long Island from the sprawl that has overtaken much of the western portion of the island — the Peconic Bay Community Preservation...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup: Fighting for the future of Plum Island
The 800-pound gorilla in the hearing room as local and state officials and environmentalists pushed last week for the preservation of Plum Island was the issue of toxic areas on the island. This wasn’t...
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Suffolk Closeup: Dems battle to take on Zeldin
While the leading election event in November will be the vote for president, for this area another important contest involves the House of Representatives. The 1st Congressional District seat is now...
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Suffolk Closeup: Who should pay for county government?
Suffolk County government remains in financial difficulty. At the start of this year, Suffolk Executive Steve Bellone declared a “state of fiscal emergency” for county government for the fifth...
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Suffolk Closeup: Wild West of the Web
A bill authored by State Senator Kenneth LaValle (R-Port Jefferson), who represents Shelter Island, that would ban Internet sales of various academic documents, including term papers and essays, was...
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