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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.

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 pertain to County taxes and providing advisory services to municipalities concerning assessments and assessment procedures.

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 the minimum wage in their community to a higher rate than the state’s minimum wage.

The new legislation is sponsored by State Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins (D-Yonkers) and Black and Latino Caucus Chair Assemblyman Karim Camara (D-Brooklyn). Camara says the legislation is among the caucus’s top priorities for this session.   

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 be called out for their past treachery to Republican/Conservative Party principles, including passage of the SAFE Act.

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 the investication of a former YBoE employee since employed by Leake & Watts, whois alleged to possess a criminal record as reported ny News 12 Westchester. The discussion changes course at 11 a.m. when we delve into the latest events on the international stage, specifically with regard to Ukraine, Egypt, Israel, among other international news. Share your perspective on the issues discussed today; you are asked only to stay on topic. Call the show: (347) 205-9201, use Skype: contact eHezi18 during the "live" broadcast, or listen on demand by way of the following hyperlink: http://BlogTalkRadio.com/WestchesterOnTheLevel/.

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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 simply: the right of return is a personal decision. What does this mean? That neither the PA, nor the state, nor the PLO, nor Abu-Mazen [Abbas], nor any Palestinian or Arab leader has the right to deprive someone from his right to return."

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, 4^th floor.

The following Items will be on the Agenda:

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, 

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, 4^th floor.

The following Items will be on the Agenda:

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 international news. Hezi Aris is your host today. Share your perspective on the issues discussed today; you are asked only to stay on topic. Call the show: (347) 205-9201, use Skype: contact eHezi18 during the "live" broadcast, or listen on demand by way of the following hyperlink: http://BlogTalkRadio.com/WestchesterOnTheLevel/.