This week Mayor Spano joined Hyatt Hotels to break ground at the new Hyatt Place Hotel at Cross County Shopping Center. The hotel will be built within a pre-existing eight-story office tower and is slated to open next year.
Astorino Appoints Former Somers Supervisor Mary Beth Murphy to Executive Director of the Westchester Tax Commission
WHITE PLAINS, NY — County Executive Robert P. Astorino announced the appointment of Mary Beth Murphy on Thursday, February 27, 2014, to executive director of the Westchester County Tax Commission. As executive director, Murphy, who had served as Supervisor of the Town of Somers since 1998, will be responsible for reviewing the assessment rolls of towns and cities as they …
Westchester County Mayors, Elected Officials and Community Leaders Call for Power to Supplement NY Minimum Wage
YONKERS, NY — Leaders across Westchester County endorsed new legislation today allowing cities and counties across New York to supplement the state’s $8 per hour minimum wage. Their announcement comes on the heels of a new Siena Poll released Tuesday morning showing that nearly three-quarters of New Yorkers — and at least two-thirds in every region of the state — support allowing local governments to increase …
CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Open Letter to Ed Cox By CARL P. PALADINO
Ed Cox is the New York State Republican Chairman. To reverse the downward spiral of the Republican Party in New York, I asked Rob Astorino and you, to clean up the Republican Party and denounce all Republicans in Name Only (RINOs), before the 2014 Gubernatorial campaign. In particular, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, must …
Co-hosts Richard Narog and Hezi Aris on Westchester On the Level with Narog and Aris – Tuesday, Febuary 25, 2014 @ 10 a.m.
The "Featured" BlogTalk Radio programWestchester On the Level with Narog and Aris is host to co-hosts Richard Narog and Hezi Aris. The issue and concern is over the City of Yonkers, The Board of Education, Dr. Yazurlo's ascension to the Superintendent of Yonkers Public Schools and Bernard Pierorazion retirement, the asbestos crisis kept quiet for 5 months time under Joseph Celli's watch, and …
MIDDLE EAST FORUM: The Politics of the Palestinian Right of Return By ALEXANDER JOFFE and ASAF ROMIROWSKY
Alexander Joffee>>> <<<Asaf Romirowsky US-backed negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are entering a critical period. With reports suggesting Israeli acceptance of the 1967 lines and land swaps, what about Palestinian concessions? Two issues are paramount: the 'right of return' and recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recently stated, "Let me put it …
Real Estate Committee Meeting – Tuesday, Feb.25, 2014 @7pm
YONKERS, NY – Please be advised that a Real Estate Committee Meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, February 25 at 7:00 p.m. or immediately following the Municipal Operations Committee Meeting scheduled for 6pm, in the Council Chambers, Yonkers City Hall, 4th floor. The following Items will be on the Agenda:
Stabber Pleads Guilty In Yonkers Fatal Armed Robbery
Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced that Keith Thigpen (DOB 09/24/92) of 177 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, New York, pled guilty today to: one count of Murder in the Second Degree, a class “A-1” Felony,
Municipal Operations and Public Safety Committee Meeting Called for February 25, 2014 @ 6:00 pm
YONKERS, NY – February 24, 2014 — Please be advised that a Municipal Operations and Public Safety Committee Meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at 6:00p.m. in the Council Chambers, Yonkers City Hall, 4th floor. The following Items will be on the Agenda:
White Plains CitizeNetReporter Editor /Publisher on Westchester On the Level with Narog and Aris – Monday, February 24, 2014 @ 10 a.m.
The "Featured" BlogTalk Radio programWestchester On the Level with Narog and Aris is host to White Plains CitizeNetReporter Publisher / Editor John Bailey this Monday, February 24, 2014, from 10 a.m. onward. The discussion changes course at 11 a.m. when we delve into the latest events in Yonkers, on the international stage, specifically with regard to Ukraine, and The Middle East, among other …