Randi F. Marshall

New York

Editorial Writer and Columnist at Newsday

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LI's hubs remain vexing visions of inactivity

1 week ago | newsday.com | Randi F. Marshall

When Suffolk County's latest request for ideas for the long-vacant Ronkonkoma property south of the Long Island Rail Road tracks emerged last week, the county gave the land a new moniker. Long Island Hub. But Long Island already has "the Hub" — the vast asphalt parking lots around Nassau Coliseum. Both pieces of prime real estate could indeed be hubs, thanks to their locations and potential for development.
Trump reneging on his promise to protect everyday Americans

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Randi F. Marshall

President Donald Trump has long promised to champion "forgotten" everyday Americans and protect the working class, and to save consumers billions of dollars through deregulation and other measures. Yet, he spent his first two months in office dismantling the one piece of the federal bureaucracy dedicated to those tasks: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB emerged in 2010, a response to the 2007-08 financial crisis and the recession that followed.
Columbia U. pro-Hamas protester's arrest has an ominous overtone

1 month ago | newsday.com | Randi F. Marshall

For a year and a half, Mahmoud Khalil led anti-Israel and antisemitic protests, sit-ins, building takeovers and rallies in support of Palestinian causes. As a student activist with Columbia University Apartheid Divest, he’s been a spokesman and lead negotiator for those who’ve espoused hateful views, accused Israel of genocide, called for Israel’s destruction, and screamed “Resistance is Justified,” in defense of the Oct. 7, 2023 atrocities Hamas inflicted on Israel.
Conflicting vaccine messages from RFK Jr.

1 month ago | newsday.com | Randi F. Marshall

Reading Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s words during a measles outbreak that in Texas alone has infected nearly 160 people and killed one child might lead you to think the longtime vaccine critic is now a believer. "Vaccines not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity, protecting those who are unable to be vaccinated due to medical reasons," the Health and Human Services secretary wrote in a Fox News opinion piece. Well, you say, that sounds about right.
Rediscover the joy of reading for fun

1 month ago | newsday.com | Randi F. Marshall

When was the last time you read a book — for fun? When was the last time your child or grandchild did? In a world dominated by screens of all sizes, reading for pleasure — particularly a traditional book — is a dying pastime. With everything going on in the world and our own lives, it might seem like there's not much time left to sit in a favorite chair and open a book, whether a new find or an old friend. That's unfortunately true for children, too. And that's more than the loss of a hobby.
Support Cold Spring Harbor scientists by giving them a home in Oyster Bay Cove

2 months ago | newsday.com | Randi F. Marshall

Along the winding, bucolic path of Sandy Hill Road in Oyster Bay Cove lie wide swaths of land, dominated by large homes, set back from the street, some of the driveways gated. That setting has become the site of an angry outcry, as some residents object to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's efforts to use a historic home there for 28 of its postdoctoral fellows.
Big state dollars needed for big ideas

Jan 16, 2025 | newsday.com | Randi F. Marshall

Thirteen years ago, then-Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo stood on a stage in the Hart Theater in Albany, presiding over an awards show that wasn’t about movies or music. Instead, it was about economic development. And Long Island was among the top winners, receiving more than $100 million toward large-scale investments in big projects that could create jobs and stimulate the local economy.
Transgender care discussion should be based on reality

Jan 8, 2025 | newsday.com | Randi F. Marshall

The 2024 presidential election featured attacks on the care and treatment of transgender individuals, especially minors, lodged largely without any statistical support. The strategy was effective and others seized on the messaging, using it in statewide and local debates and to support legislative proposals dealing with bathroom use, sports and medical care.
Omer Neutra, who grew up on LI, hailed as a symbol of hope, courage

Dec 3, 2024 | newsday.com | Randi F. Marshall

Omer Neutra played basketball, soccer and volleyball. He made a "delicious" hummus. He and his brother, Daniel, would battle in video games like NBA2K and board games like Settlers of Catan. He could be quite serious — and absurdly "goofy." He was a son, brother and friend, who grew up in Plainview. But in the last 14 months, Omer became much more. His is the face and name so many on Long Island now associate with the tragic events of Oct.
This is the year local politics went national

Nov 5, 2024 | newsday.com | Randi F. Marshall

A couple of weeks before Election Day, Kimberly Jean-Pierre, who is retiring from the Assembly, brought preferred successor Democrat Kwani O'Pharrow to New Birth Christian Church on Wyandanch Avenue in West Babylon. The church, with which Jean-Pierre has long worked, welcomes a large Haitian community. But on this visit, she said, something was different. There was a new vigor among the hundreds in attendance.