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Lawrence C. "Larry" Levy is a former journalist and the current executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University.

Levy worked as a reporter, columnist and editorial writer at Newsday from 1977 to 2007. He has also served as the host of "Face-Off" on WLIW.

In 1999, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing. He has written guest posts for CNN and the New York Times. He has appeared as a guest on WCNY-FM, Innovation Hub, WNYC, and others.

He attended Boston University, where he played on the baseball team.