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Lawrence Levy was honored as the 2022 Educator of the Year by the Long Island Black Educators Association (LIBEA). The organization focuses on professional development for educators and academics for students.

2022 Educator of the Year

This book presents work from an interdisciplinary studio held at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in Fall 2014. This studio invited students from all departments (Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, and Urban Design) to take stock of how Long Island is changing, and then use this research to work with community-based organizations to envision, design, and outline steps toward inclusive, socially just futures for Long Island’s communities, and for Long Island as a whole. In a research phase, students looked at how newer issues on Long Island (increased immigration, increased poverty, the aging of the population, the so-called great inversion, sea-level rise, etc.) have combined with more familiar regional problems (racial segregation, political fragmentation, a relative dearth of housing and transportation options, etc.) to create a situation that is unsustainable and requires a change in business as usual.  In a subsequent design phase, students worked with nonprofit and community-based partners on initiatives aimed at updating Long Island’s communities for today’s demographic and environmental realities.

The Storm, The Strife, and Everyday Life: Sea Changes in the Suburbs (Harvard GSD Studio Reports)

Teacher Diversity in Long Island's Public Schools

Before joining Hofstra, Lawrence Levy spent 35 years as a reporter, editorial writer, columnist and PBS talk show host, winning many of journalism’s top awards, including Pulitzer Finalist, for in-depth works on suburban politics, education, taxation, housing and other key issues. As a journalist, he was known for his blending of national trends and local perspectives and has covered six presidential campaigns. As executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies, he has worked with Academic Director Christopher Niedt to give it a truly national profile. He works especially close with Hofstra’s strong academic community to shape an innovative agenda for suburban study, forge alliances with other institutions, not-for-profit groups and government agencies and promote the study of the suburbs nationwide. Levy is a member of a Brookings Institution advisory panel and led a collaboration between Hofstra and Boston College to create a first-in-the nation suburban ecology initiative, and another alliance between Hofstra and Cornell to sponsor the Local Government Leadership Institute. Before joining Hofstra, he was senior editorial writer and chief political columnist for Newsday.  Levy has been a guest contributor to CNN.com, the New York Times.com, covering the 2008 presidential campaign from a suburban perspective. He also writes a regular column on politics for the Albany Times Union, and appears regularly on local and national television.

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Politics of the Suburbs

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National Center for Suburban Studies, Hofstra University

National Suburban Polls - 2008-2016

What Walz Brings to the Ticket

Trump’s conviction in hush money trial may turn off independents, but is firing up the right

Experts: Donald Trump conviction likely to have little impact on presidential race

5 more Long Island towns join GOP effort against even-year elections

John Avlon passes Nancy Goroff in money race in 1st Congressional District primary

Valley Stream District 24 doubles down on diversifying teaching workforce, explained

Chasing the Base: How the Border Surge Changed Immigration Politics

Trump stop at NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller wake stirs sharp contrast with Biden’s long-planned Radio City fundraiser: experts

George Santos Returns to Politics

Tiempo: Recent migrant violence creates false narrative of chaos: advocate

Examining the Results of the Special Election

White House calls Trump's anti-immigration statements "grotesque"

New York congressional redistricting could affect control of the House

GOP picks Nassau County Legislator Mazi Melesa Pilip as candidate to replace George Santos in NY-3

Court of Appeals expected to rule soon on Democrats' redistricting lawsuit

Vote to Oust Santos

Long Islanders remember JFK 60 years after president's assassination

Ed Romaine wins Suffolk County executive race against Dave Calone

Political experts: Race for Suffolk County executive could be snapshot of U.S. in 2024

Romaine and Calone go head to head in Suffolk County executive race

Will the red wave wash away the last Democratic seat on Long Island?

Vote 2023: Former prosecutor, veteran politician vie for Suffolk County executive

Hochul's new affordable housing plan draws support, but skepticism remains

Trump/Biden rematch on Long Island would look different in 2024, experts say

Congressman Santos charged: What comes next

Hochul’s late budget strategy seems like it worked

Hofstra dean examines Hochul's suburban housing plan

Mayor Adams tapped to stump for Biden 2024 re-election campaign

Recalling 2009, Long Island Lawmakers Recall MTA Tax Hike

Pressure on Santos to resign mounts even after he steps down from House panels

Kirsten Gillibrand starts fundraising as possible Lee Zeldin 2024 Senate threat looms

Suffolk County Executive Race Begins to Take Shape

Rep. George Santos again says he won't resign, only the voters can get him to leave

Larry Levy on what to expect from Gov. Hochul’s address

Hochul proposes increasing housing units in the state by 800,000

A Long Island primary season unlike any other

NY primary results indicate Dems are coalescing around the center

LI becoming more diverse and older, new census figures show

Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls to hold final debate before primary

LI's teachers are overwhelmingly white and mostly female — but resignations, retirements could change that

These are the gatekeepers who let Biden win

Rep. Suozzi among LI Democrats trailing with absentee ballots still to come

Covid-19 Migration Alters Electorate of New York Suburbs

President Trump, the suburbs aren't stuck in the 1950s anymore

Trump bets his presidency on a ‘silent majority’

The path to the White House leads through here

The Suburban Myth of Health and Wealth

Young people worry homeownership is impossible, poll says.

Curran Becomes First Woman Elected As Nassau County Executive

Analyst: Curran’s historic win could herald bipartisan work in Nassau legislature

Long Islanders Stand to Lose with Loan Cut on Hold

The Politics of America's Suburbs (podcast)

'Dog whistle' tactics as old as American politics Coded racial language makes 2016 campaign comeback

Op-ed: Suburban voters make a president, and they can break him, too

Schools face new challenges as poverty grows in inner suburbs

Cuomo Boasts of New York’s Rebirth, but Hits Snags

The proposed tax bill would affect some significant areas including personal exemption and the salt deduction.

Will washington's tax reform help you? it depends on your deductions

Republicans say their tax reform plan would make April 15 a lot simpler for millions of taxpayers, who would be able to fill out their tax returns on a document the size of a postcard.  But will lower rates and simplification lead to meaningful tax breaks for middle-income families, and a shot-in-the-arm for the nation's economy? What will the impact of limits on state and local tax deductions mean for high-tax states like New York and California? How will these changes impact the 2018 midterm elections? Hofstra economic experts are available to discuss the GOP tax plan and its impact on the nation's economy, business climate and the average American taxpayer. Hofstra political experts can talk about the political implications of the tax reform.

Tax Reform: Boon or Boondoggle?

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Associate Vice President and Executive Dean of the National Center for Surburban

Spectrum News NY 1, WABC-TV, and City & State NY interviewed Lawrence Levy, associate vice president and executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies, after Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman announced his intention to run for New York governor against incumbent Kathy Hochul. To do so he will have to face off against Rep. Elise Stefanik in the Republican primary.

 

NY Race for Governor Heats Up

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Lawrence Levy, associate vice president and executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies, wrote an opinion piece for the Albany Times Union: With Mamdani, Republicans should be careful what they wish for.

 

Republicans Rethinking Mamdani Scare Tactics

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Lawrence Levy, associate vice president and executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies, was interviewed by Newsday about GOP victories in Nassau County on Election Day. The reason for the wins was that more voters unaffiliated with a political party leaned Republican.

 “Whatever the Republicans were selling, the independent voters were buying,” said Levy. “Outside forces that really have nothing to do with the running of the county and who would be running it had a potentially strong impact on the outcome.”   

Nassau County GOP Victories Attributed to Unaffiliated Party Voters

Executive Dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies Larry Levy talks the importance of the suburbs in national elections in advance of the New York Primary.

The 2016 New York Primary: HU Office Hours with Larry Levy

Interviews That Matter - Larry Levy, Director Center for Suburban Diversity at Hofstra University

Lawrence Levy, Executive Director of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, talks about NY governor David Paterson and the effect his poll numbers in the suburbs will have on his Senate pick.

Lawrence Levy, National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, on NY governor David Paterson

Vote to Expel Santos

New York State Redistricting

Larry Levy discussed Kamala Harris' selection of Tim Walz as her running mate on Spectrum News

Analyzing the Walz VP Pick

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