Photo by and courtesy of Nadya Peek My mother-in-law passed away long ago enough that Democrats were still bragging about the Affordable Care Act. Yet her death was evidently no impediment to her qualifications as a voter in someone’s eyes. This fall, she received an absentee ballot so she could participate in the New York elections in the county where …
HAMILTON COMMENTARY: Some Thoughts on the Difficulty of Effective Governance By Hon. LEE H. HAMILTON
I have been working in or around government for more than 50 years, and if you asked me to boil down what I’ve learned to one sentence, it is this: Governing is much harder work than most people imagine. This doesn’t excuse its lapses or sluggish rate of progress, but it does help explain them. Why is it so hard? …
Bronxville Resident, Software Company CEO, and Former Adjunct Columbia Business School Professor Gregory Rorke Arrested and Charged in Manhattan Federal Court in Connection with Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme
NEW YORK, NY – October 31, 2014 — Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today that Gregory Rorke was arrested this morning on securities and wire fraud charges stemming from his alleged scheme …
Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins Delivers Long-Awaited State Grant to The New Rochelle Day Nursery School
NEW ROCHELLE, NY – October 31, 2014 — State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the Democratic Conference Leader, announced today during a news conference at the New Rochelle Day Nursery School that she was able to cut through legislative red tape to deliver a $12,000 state grant awarded in the 2011-12 Budget year for a new boiler. Senator Stewart-Cousins learned about the …
Demise of Pleasantville Resident Under Investigation by Westchester County and Village Police
PLEASANTVILLE, NY – October 31, 2014 — The Westchester County and Pleasantville Police Departments are investigating the unattended death of a 76-year-old woman who was found dead in her home on Thursday evening. A mail carrier who came to the home at 79 Grandview Avenue about 4:30 p.m. Thursday noticed that several days’ worth of mail and newspapers had accumulated …
Supreme Court Denies Water Flows Downhill – EPA Proves Otherwise By DAVID LILLARD
I remember when people changed the oil in their cars and trucks themselves. Most of us dumped it around a utility pole or fence post. On the farms where I put up hay, they dumped it into gullies. Nobody knew better. What we called a gully, nature calls a stream – a seasonal, or “ephemeral” stream, but a stream nonetheless. …
Governor Signs EpiPen Bills that Abinanti Sponsored and Co-Sponsored
TARRYTOWN, NY – October 31, 2014 — Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday signed into law two bills that New York State Assemblyman Tom Abinanti (D-Greenburgh/Mt. Pleasant) sponsored/co-sponsored. The first bill (A.7791) authorizes schools to stock and administer EpiPens in an emergency to any student in an emergency even if the student doesn’t have a prescription. Assemblyman Abinanti drafted, sponsored and …
A Potpourri of Local, County, State, National, and International News and Analysis on Westchester On the Level – Friday, October 31, 2014 @ 10 a.m.
YONKERS, NY — October 30, 2014 — The “featured” BlogTalkRadio program “Westchester On the Level with Narog and Aris” opens the Friday, October 31, 2014th broadcast day at 10:00 a.m. EDT with Yonkers Tribune Publisher / Editor Hezi Aris in a review of local county, national, and international news reports and analysis Engage us in conversation by calling (347) 205-9201 to …
MIDDLE EAST FORUM: Normalization between Ankara and Jerusalem? Guess Again. By BURAK BEKDĪL
“The Jewish lobby has lost much of its mythical power. Our prime minister’s rhetoric and actions have largely caused this. The way he [Erdogan] walked out of the Davos meeting [in 2009] has substantially tarnished Israel’s regional charisma. Despite all that, Israel has been unable to harm Turkey.” This quote was from former senior diplomat and member of parliament Volkan …