Editorials

The controversy involving both East Hampton Village beach-parking permits and the mayor’s attempt to take over the East Hampton Volunteer Ambulance Association might not seem related, but there is an obvious way they are linked — and that is politics.

When the seas go up because of climate change, the beaches and bluffs go back, and this should have added new urgency to the region’s coastal planning.

The scale of a 50-lot proposal in Wainscott is of regional concern, with noise, water pollution, and traffic congestion at the top of the list.

During these dark winter days it has been impossible for us to miss the proliferation of lighted “open” signs at businesses along the roads.

Since the “Rust” shooting in 2021, much of the conversation has been about firearms practices in moviemaking and whether real guns should ever be on set. This misses the larger issue of why firearms and shooting have become the cinematic norm.

The layout of a new $25 million senior citizens center building, said to represent East Hampton’s iconic windmills, is a symptom of a frequent government malady — relying on outside experts.

While Nick LaLota might be new to Congress, we expect he will take his roles seriously. George Santos will be another matter.

The East Hampton Town Trustees are to be congratulated for removing William Rysam’s name from their annual scholarship.

Mobile apps are especially risky in terms of privacy; even the most innocuous-seeming among them raise privacy concerns.

Libraries have adapted and now provide a wider range of services than ever before.

In her State of the State speech this week, Gov. Kathy Hochul outlined plans for creating more affordable housing. For downstate regions and Long Island, the proposals would have a goal of creating hundreds of thousands of new housing units.

An uprising is growing over a plan to use 14 acres of county parkland in Hither Woods to build a sewage treatment plant in Montauk.