YONKERS, NY — June 30, 2014 – The “featured” BlogTalkRadio program “Westchester On the Level with Narog and Aris” opens the Tuesday, July 1, 2014th broadcast day at 10:00 a.m. EDT with co-hosts Richard Narog and Hezi Aris discussing issues captivating Yonkersites’ minds. At 11:00 a.m. we pivot onto international news. Engage us in conversation by calling (347) 205-9201 to …
Mt. Vernon Councilman Thomas and Yonkers Councilmembers Johnson & Pineda Join Launch of National Network to Combat Gun Violence
Assert They Are Young Urban Leaders Who Are Acting to Take Back Violent Streets, Curb Gun Violence NEW YORK, NY – June 30, 2014 – Today, Mt. Vernon Councilman Richard Thomas and Yonkers Councilmembers Christopher Johnson and Corazon Pineda joined New York City Council Member Jumaane D. Williams (D-Brooklyn) Deputy Leader and co-chair on the Council’s Task Force to Combat Gun …
Statement from Attorney General Candidate John Cahill on the Murder of Three Isreali Teens
“I join with the those who grieve with the Frenkel, Shaer, and Yifrach families after the gruesome murder of their young sons. There is no place in the world for the targeting of civilians and when children are the victims of terrorism it is particularly heinous. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of these young men as well …
MIDDLE EAST FORUM: ‘Honor’ Killings: A New Kind of American Tragedy By PHYLLIS CHESLER
Both the defendant, standing trial for conspiracy to commit murder abroad in Pakistan, and the main witness against him, his daughter Amina, wept when they first saw each other. Amina’s extended family stared at her with hostility. As she testified, Amina paused, hesitated, and sobbed. She and her father had been very close until he decided that she had become …
IN MEMORIAM: Eyal, Gilad and Naftali” By RABBI SACKS
This past Shabbat (Sabbath) we read the parsha (weekly Torah reading) of Chukkat (a time when Israelites were engrossed in a moment of desperation) with its almost incomprehensible commandment of the red heifer whose mixed with “living water” purified those who had been in contact with death so that they could enter the Mishkan, symbolic home of the glory of …
Inter Municipal Agreement Requirements Demanded by Albany Agreed to by Yonkers City Hall, SEIU and CSEA By HEZI ARIS
YONKERS, NY – June 30, 2014 – Yonkers City Hall asserts that Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano having learned of a $55 million ledger entry by the Board of Education (BOE) was the catalyst that caused Albany to make greater demands on the City of Yonkers. Those demands were ironed out an agreed to by Mayor Mike Spano and his …
EXCLUSIVE: Bernard Pierorazio Finds Employment with the Mount Vernon Public School District By HEZI ARIS
RESOLUTION NO. 14-495; Tab No. S-1 Offered at a “Special Meeting” of the Mount Vernon Board of Education held on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A SECOND AGREEMENT WITH BERNARD P. PIERORAZIO TO SUPPORT THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES BE IT RESOLVED: That upon the recommendation of the Interim Superintendent of Schools, this Board …
Supporting CSEA Unit 9169’s ’53’ and Getting an Update on International on Westchester On the Level with Narog and Aris – Monday, June 30, 2014@ 10 a.m.
YONKERS, NY — June 30, 2014 – The “featured” BlogTalkRadio program “Westchester On the Level with Narog and Aris” opens the Monday, June 30, 2014th broadcast day at 10:00 a.m. EDT reviewing the issues and concerns CSEA Unit 9169’s ’53’ members are foxed to accept. What are the issues, who are the 53? Why is Mayor Mike Spano’s conduct seemingly …
Plan a Summer Getaway to Westchester County
WHITE PLAINS, NY — June 30, 2014 — Now that summer has officially arrived it’s time to book a fun getaway for the entire family, and the good news is that Westchester County has already done all the planning for you. Westchester is kicking off summer with an array of Independence Day celebrations throughout the first week of July. …
BarbWire: ‘Justina’s Law’ Introduced in Wake of Pelletier Nightmare By J. MATT BARBER
It’s hard to determine where the tragedy begins and the travesty ends. It’s a story that has gripped and enraged a nation. It’s a sordid tale of governmental tyranny, child imprisonment and endangerment, harmful and unethical medical experimentation, as well as a number of gross conflicts of interest. This is the story of a child, Justina Pelletier, who faced 16 …