Lawrence C. Levy
{{short description|American academic and journalist}}
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Lawrence C. "Larry" Levy (born 1950) is the executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, as well as a former journalist.{{cite web |url=https://www.hofstra.edu/academics/css/css_staff.html |title=NCSS Administration Staff |accessdate=3 July 2018}} He is an expert on suburban politics.[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/23/nyregion/cuomo-trumpets-new-yorks-rebirth-in-bid-for-2nd-term.html?searchResultPosition=2 "Cuomo Boasts of New York’s Rebirth, but Hits Snags,"] The New York Times. In 1999, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing. In 2023 Levy was inducted into the Long Island Journalism Hall of Fame.
Biography
=Early life=
Levy was born in 1950, and is the son of Celia "Cyl" and Saul S. Levy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/03/obituaries/saul-s-levy.html|title=SAUL S. LEVY|date=June 3, 1981|work=The New York Times}} He has a sister Mara Kahn. He grew up in Valley Stream, New York. He is married to Freda Wagner, and has two sons, David and Sam.{{fact|date=January 2024}} As of 2009, he lived in Huntington, New York.[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/nyregion/11bgreenli.html?searchResultPosition=7 "On Long Island, Free Parking for Fuel Efficiency,"] The New York Times.
He attended Boston University's School of Communication (B.S. 1972), where Levy majored in Journalism, Film & English Literature.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hofstra.edu/home/news/ur/pressroom/experts-profile.html?expert=lawrence.levy|title=Profile | Hofstra Experts | Hofstra | New York|website=www.hofstra.edu}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eraseracismny.org/about-us/who-we-are/college-of-advisors/509-lawrencelevy|title=Lawrence Levy - ERASE Racism|website=www.eraseracismny.org}} Levy was a starting pitcher on the school baseball team.{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.bu.edu/fastball/alumni/1970s/|title=1970's | Boston University Baseball}}{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}
=Career=
Levy worked as a reporter, chief political columnist, and senior editorial writer at Newsday from 1977 to 2007.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/07/contributor-lawrence-c-levy/|title=Contributor: Lawrence C. Levy|date=January 7, 2008|website=Campaign Stops}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hofstra.edu/pdf/academics/css/ncss-steam-report.pdf|title="Wyandanch Village STEAM Center"}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hofstra.edu/pdf/academics/css/ncss_diversbanquet09_journal.pdf|title="First Annual Celebration of Suburban Diversity"}} He has also served as the host of "Face-Off", a weekly public affairs show on WLIW.{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/goodbye-larry-official-updated-blog-entry-1.1664981 |title=Goodbye, Larry (It's Official, UPDATED) |website=New York Daily News |accessdate=3 July 2018}}[https://www.nyspra.org/resources/Documents/06_awardwinners.pdf "Communications Contest; 27TH ANNUAL,"] New York School Public Relations Association.
In 1999, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing, for his writing that was key in prompting reform of the inequities in Long Island's system of property assessment.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/%7B%7Bglobal.pageCanocialUrl%7D%7D|title=Lawrence Levy|website=pulitzer.org}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/pr/99/19516.htm|title=Columbia University Announces 83rd Annual Pulitzer Prizes|website=www.columbia.edu}}{{cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/lawrence-c-levy |title=Finalist: Lawrence C. Levy of Newsday, Long Island, NY |accessdate=3 July 2018}} He has written guest posts for CNN{{cite web |last1=Levy |first1=Lawrence |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/13/opinions/suburban-voting-bloc-opinion-levy/index.html |website=CNN |accessdate=3 July 2018 |title=Suburban voters make a president, and they can break him, too|date=December 13, 2016 }} and The New York Times,{{cite web |title=Campaign Stops |url=https://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/author/lawrence-c-levy/ |website=New York Times |date=November 7, 2008 |accessdate=3 July 2018}} and written a regular column on politics for the Albany Times Union. He has appeared as a guest on WCNY-FM,{{cite web |url=http://www.wcny.org/january-10-2018-larry-levy/ |title=Capitol Pressroom |accessdate=3 July 2018}} Innovation Hub,{{cite web |url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-12-04/levittown-and-rise-american-suburb |title=Levittown and the rise of the American suburb |accessdate=3 July 2018}} WNYC,{{cite web |url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/key-suburban-seats-go-blue-nassau-westchester-suffolk/ |title=The Suburbanites Behind the Big Blue Wave |accessdate=3 July 2018}} and others. Levy is a member of a Brookings Institution advisory panel.
Levy has since 2007 been the executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, as well as a former journalist.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.longislandpress.com/2008/03/20/the-6th-annual-power-list/|title=The 6th Annual Power List | Long Island Press|website=archive.longislandpress.com}}
In 2008, he was named 47th on the 6th Annual Power List of the Long Island Press.
Levy was honored as the 2022 Educator of the Year by the Long Island Black Educators Association (LIBEA).
Speaking in 2023 about attitudes of people on Long Island, Levy said: "Suburbanites are all about personal security — as it’s reflected in crime, as it’s reflected in their finances — and when they are starting to feel threatened with the steady drumbeat of bloody headlines and lead stories, they take notice. And even if they don’t see much of it happening around them, they’re worried that it could find them."[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/18/nyregion/suburbs-new-york-city-tension.html?searchResultPosition=1 "What’s Behind the Widening Divide Between New York City and Its Suburbs?"], The New York Times.
In 2023 Levy was inducted into the Long Island Journalism Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|url=https://pcli.org/blog/2023-Long-Island-Journalism-Hall-of-Fame|title=Campbell, Levy, Virag and Cassese to Be Inducted Into the Long Island Journalism Hall of Fame|website=pcli.org}}
He is an expert on suburban politics.[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/nyregion/25levy.html?searchResultPosition=5 "To End Inquiry, Suffolk Leader Exits Race,"] The New York Times.
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