ALBANY, NY — April 28, 2014 — Assemblymember Amy Paulin, New York State AFL-CIO affiliates, and veterans’ groups gathered for a press conference on the Million Dollar Staircase to demonstrate their support for the Military Buyback Bill (A6974/S4714).
White Plains CitizeNetReporter Publisher / Editor John Bailey on Westchester on the Level – Monday, April 28, 2014 @ 10 a.m.
YONKERS, NY — April 27, 2014 —We begin the broadcast day at 10 a.m. EST with White Plains CitizeNetReporter Publisher / Editor John Bailey this Monday, April 28, 2014 with host Hezi Aris. At 11 a.m. we pivot from hyperlocal concerns to the international stage delving into concerns that impact our economy, business, and political processes. We conclude our broadcast …
Yom HaShoah Statement By Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino
WHITE PLAINS, NY — April 27, 2014 — “On this Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial day, I join with people everywhere commemorating the memory of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust seven decades ago. This is a day of remembrance, not just for those of the Jewish faith, but for all people who should pause and recognize the unimaginable crimes …
Yom Hashoa’h – יום השואה – Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day
The “Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day” is the day when world Jewry remembers and commemorates the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. We are commanded to stand and remember the horrors, so we can be witnesses for generations to come hoping that this will never happen again. We light a “Yahrzeit candle” (a memorial candle) in honor of those who …
HUD – Westchester Battles Continue By Hon. CHUCK LESNICK
After the federal government Wednesday gave Westchester County a two-week deadline to come into compliance with the 2009 fair-housing settlement, the county said it would forfeit $5.2 million in grants rather than comply. Didn’t County Executive Astorino learn anything from costly and unproductive battles that Yonkers had with HUD during the 1980s?
ESD Highlights Economic Benefits of The Other Woman Filming in New York State
Major Motion Picture Production Spent Over $37 Million in New York State, Hired More Than 3,000 New Yorkers, and Generated $11.5 Million in Revenue for Local New York Vendors Empire State Development President, CEO & Commissioner Kenneth Adams today highlighted the economic benefits resulting from The Other Woman filming primarily in New York State. Principal photography for the movie, which …
EYE ON THEATRE: Classics, New and Old By JOHN SIMON
“Act One” is one of the most popular books about theater ever written. It is the autobiography of the early years of the playwright / director Moss Hart (1904-1961), a chronicle of his early life from poverty-stricken Bronx boyhood in a family of immigrant British Jews, to his rise—through passion for theater, extraordinary persistence and resilience—to co-authorship with George S. …
Congressman Engel Announces $4.1 million HHS Grant for Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Eliot Engel (NY-16) announced that the Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center (MVNHC) received a $4.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.