Long Island Press - Original Daily Long Island Press

Original Daily Long Island Press

The Long Island Press was also the name of a daily newspaper that lasted for 156 years. It was originally known as the Long Island Farmer which was founded in the 1840s. The paper changed its name to The Long Island Daily Press in the 1920s, and then became simply Long Island Press in 1967. The Sunday edition bore the name Long Island Sunday Press. Both editions used a broadsheet format. It became known as the only New York paper to report on local government scandals until an extended strike by the Printing Pressmen's union forced the paper to go out of business on March 25, 1977. Regular columnists included Walter Kaner.

The Levittown Public Library in Nassau County has microfilm of the original daily Long Island Press from 1944 to 1977. The Long Island Division of the Queens Library also has microfilm from 1921 to 1977.