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    <periodOfReport>2009-03-05</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP /NY</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CVC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>DOLAN CHARLES F</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1111 STEWART AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BETHPAGE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>11714</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chairman</officerTitle>
            <otherText>Member of 13(d) Group</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Cablevision NY Group Class A Common Stock</value>
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                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>165700</value>
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                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
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        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Options (Right to Buy)</value>
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                <value>10.24</value>
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                <value>2009-03-05</value>
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                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Grant of restricted shares of Class A common stock pursuant to the Company's Employee Stock Plan, exempt under Rule 16b-3. All the shares will become fully vested and unrestricted on the third anniversary of the date of grant.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes restricted shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Grant of options under the Company's Employee Stock Plan, exempt under Rule 16b-3, including rights to have shares withheld in satisfaction of tax withholding obligations.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Grant vests in increments over three years on March 5, 2010, March 5, 2011 and March 5, 2012.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Charles F. Dolan</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-03-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
