Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy taken by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Gary Ward. DALLAS, TX and MOUNT VERNON, NY — Petty Officer 1st Class Phillip Justich, a Mt. Vernon, N.Y. native and culinary specialist assigned to the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3), prepared a strombolli with Dallas-Fort Worth Fox News affiliate “Good Day” co-anchor Lauren …
Yonkers Media Group Editor Dan Murphy, NYS Assemblymember Shelley Mayer, and Film Critic Sherif Awad from Croatia on Westchester On the Level – Friday, April 25, 2014 @ 10 a.m.
YONKERS, NY — April 24, 2014 —We begin the broadcast day at 10 a.m. EST with Yonkers Media Group editor Dan Murphy in discussion of local concerns, specifically those pertinent to Yonkers. At about 10:30 a.m., NYS Assemblymember Shelley Mayer joins the two of us in discussion of other concerns. At 11:00 a.m. we bid our good byes in order …
Anti-Semitism in Europe and Kansas City By RICHARD BRODSKY
Americans are tempted to shrug off tragedies like yesterday’s murder of three Jews in Kansas City as the work of crazy people. There seems to be less of a threat to the rest of us if the murderers are insane, rather than motivated by ideology or religious hate. That’s a dangerous attitude to take anywhere. Kansas City is the American …
Westchester’s Loss of Federal Funds By Assemblymember SHELLEY MAYER
YONKERS, NY — April 24, 2014 — “I am deeply disappointed that County Executive Astorino has rejected millions in federal dollars for our not-for -profit agencies in Westchester. His unwillingness to enter into an acceptable plan to meet the compliance requirements of the consent judgment agreed to by Westchester County and HUD is unjustified and irresponsible. I am confident that …
GOP Civil War: Three Kinds of Republicans By JOHN J. KIRKWOOD
Reading from The Wall Street Journal, John McCain famously referred to Tea Party supporters as Hobbits. I’m not sure that a troll calling me a Hobbit is an insult, but to build from the metaphor, it took a union of elves, dwarves, and men to slay the dragon and stay the war. I’ll leave it to the reader to …
In-Depth Report on Local, County, State, Federal, and International News on Westchester On the level with Narog and Aris – Thursday, April 24, 2014 @ 10 a.m.
YONKERS, NY — April 23, 2014 —Radio host Hezi Aris will conduct an in-depth Report on local, county, state, federal, and international news on Thursday’s “featured” BlogTalkRadio platform program “Westchester On the Level with Narog and Aris” – April 23, 2014, at 10 a.m. Call the show at (347) 205-9201 to share your perspective – you are only asked to please …
State of the City “On The Road” Meeting Veers Off The Road” By HEZI ARIS
YONKERS, NY — April 23, 2014 — Yonkers City Hall was exuberant in giving notice to the upcoming series of Mayor Mike Spano’s “State of the City ‘On The Road’ Meetings”. Mayor Mike Spano’s presentation tonight at the Yonkers Middle School Arena, scheduled from 7 – 8 p.m., was a ho-hum event. Only four, that is, 4 people showed up. …
HUD Extends Final Order of Compliance on Westchester County By May 6, 2014
In a letter dated April 23, 2014, addressed to Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Need Mark Johnston of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, gave notice of his office’s Intent to Reallocate FY2012 Westchester County Formula Funds. Mr Johnston noted that, “On August 16, 2013, I provided you with notice …
Dr. Oren Levin-Waldman on Westchester on the Level with Narog and Aris on Wednesday, April 22, 2014 @ 10 a.m.
YONKERS, NY — April 22, 2014 —Dr. Oren Levin-Waldman, professor of public policy in the School for Public Affairs at Metropolitan College of New York is the author of several books on wage policy; works such as Wage Policy, Income Distribution and Democratic Theory (http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415779715/#reviews, will open the “featured” BlogTalkRadio platform program “Westchester On the Level with Narog and Aris” this …
PUBLIC POLICY: The Low-Wage Labor Market and the Failure of Management By Prof. OREN LEVIN-WALDMAN
A common criticism of increasing the minimum wage is that minimum wage workers simply aren’t worth more than they are receiving. They simply lack the skills required to command higher wages. Or if it isn’t a matter of skill, it is a question of quality. Low-wage workers, in other words, are simply poor quality workers. Therefore, it is incumbent upon …