''The North Shore Leader'' is a weekly newspaper that serves the North Shore area of

Long Island, New York Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United States and the 18th ...

. As of 2022, ''The Leader'' has a circulation of around 20,000 people. The newspaper was founded in 1955 by John W. Knott Jr. and has been published continuously since then. It covers news, sports, and events in the North Shore area and aims to provide a forum for local voices and perspectives. It was acquired by the Lally family in the late 1990s.

Congressman George Santos

In late 2022, questions about American politician

George Santos George Anthony Devolder Santos (; ; born July 22, 1988) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for , serving since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Santos was elected to Congress in 2022, after running unsuccessful ...

' finances emerged in September 2022 in ''The North Shore Leader'' with no other news outlet reporting on the story before the election. In the October 20, 2022, edition of the newspaper listing political endorsements, it said, "This newspaper would like to endorse a Republican for US Congress in NY3 (Oyster Bay, N Hempstead, NE Queens). But the GOP nominee – George Santos – is so bizarre, unprincipled and sketchy that we cannot." The paper's publisher himself ran as a Republican for the same seat in previous years, and their coverage was inspired by tips from those active in local business and party politics. On December 19, 2022, ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' published an exposé related to the issues around Santos, leading to a followup piece for the Leader titled, "The Leader Told You So: US Rep-Elect George Santos is a Fraud – and Wanted Criminal." In December 2022, it was named as a recipient of an Americana Award from

Semafor Semafor is a theatre in Prague, Czech Republic, established by Jiří Suchý and Ferdinand Havlík in 1959. Suchý has performed there for many years and is the current owner. The theatre was a starting point for many famous Czech musicians ...

for, "The

Cassandra Cassandra or Kassandra (; Ancient Greek: Κασσάνδρα, , also , and sometimes referred to as Alexandra) in Greek mythology was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies but never to be believe ...

prize for best unheeded warning" and its reporting on Santos. On January 5, 2023, publisher Grant Lally gave an interview to

WNYC WNYC is the trademark and a set of call letters shared by WNYC (AM) and WNYC-FM, a pair of nonprofit, noncommercial, public radio stations located in New York City. WNYC is owned by New York Public Radio (NYPR), a nonprofit organization that di ...

public radio described more details on Santos. "He took one local political leader on a 5 or 6 hour odyssey, across the North Shore of Long Island pointing out lavish homes and claiming he owned them... It was lie on lie on lie on lie." In a January 9 television interview with

PBS NewsHour ''PBS NewsHour'' is an American evening television news program broadcast on over 350 PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virg ...

he spoke of the reaction of other publishers of small newspapers: ". . . they're very cheered by this development that we were able to break this story. And it is now a national story, unfortunately, but it is a national story. And we broke it. And it has reenergized a lot of the local newsrooms here in New York, but, also, I think, global — around the U.S."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:North Shore Leader Weekly newspapers published in the United States Newspapers published in New York (state) Newspapers established in 1955 Companies based in Nassau County, New York