YONKERS, NY – October 30, 2014 — Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and the Yonkers’ State Delegation today announced the City of Yonkers (CoY) Saw Mill River Daylighting project was awarded $2 million by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). The award will support water improvement initiatives associated with Phase Three of the nationally-acclaimed daylighting project, which will …
Democrats Figure It Out – How Obama, Pelosi, Reid and Mel Brooks Can Win By Hon. RICHARD BRODSKY
There are not enough adjectives to adequately describe the failures of Democratic campaigns across the nation. Let’s try a few: Unfocused: The economy is recovering, Obamacare works, fewer American lives are lost overseas and Democrats couldn’t find a coherent message. Lesson: Run on your record, especially when it’s a pretty good one and the other guys don’t have much of …
SOUNDS OF BLUE: Bill Frisell “Guitar in the Space Age!” By BOB PUTIGNANO
Okeh Records – Sony – www.BillFrisell.com Title this recording as (updated) memorabilia of the fifties and sixties; it plays like an AM radio jukebox from the same era, but radiates a current and unique vibe. No matter, set your way-back machine(s) and enjoy the modernized and respectful (all-instrumental) blasts from the past that additionally includes a pair of newly penned …
Rep. Engel Calls Metro-North’s Safety Record ‘Inexcusable’
Washington, D.C. — October 30, 2014 — Congressman Eliot Engel (NY-16) renewed his call for Metro-North to adopt new safety recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) after the federal agency issued a probable cause report of the deadly Metro-North train derailment in his Congressional District. Four people died and dozens were injured after a commuter train missed a …
City of Yonkers Issues Halloween Curfew for Children 16 and Under
City Provides Residents Halloween Safety Tips YONKERS, NY – October 30, 2014 – To ensure a safe and happy Halloween in Yonkers, Mayor Mike Spano today announced that the City will issue a curfew for children 16 years of age and younger for the night of October 31st beginning at 10PM. “Halloween is a fun holiday for all ages but …
Global Woman Publisher Angela Peabody on Westchester On the Level with Narog and Aris – Thursday, October 30, 2014 @ 10 am.
YONKERS, NY — October 29, 2014 —The “featured” BlogTalkRadio program “Westchester On the Level with Narog and Aris” opens the Thursday, October 30, 2014th broadcast day at 10:00 a.m. EDT with Hezi Aris, host of Westchester On the Level and editor of the Yonkers Tribune in discussion with Angela Peabody on gender based violence. Join the 1st Annual 5K Walk to …
GOTV Rally for the Democratic Senate Candidates of Westchester
GOTV Rally for the Democratic Senate Candidates of Westchester.
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union Local 1897’s New 11-Year Contract Passed By Yonkers City Council
Contract is Third Union This Year to Agree to New Contract with City of Yonkers; Achieves Savings and Reforms for Yonkers Taxpayers YONKERS, NY – October 29, 2014 – Mayor Mike Spano today announced that the newly negotiated contract between the City of Yonkers and Local 1897 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union (AFSCME) was …
Soaring Almond Prices, Drought and the Future of Food By MARK HERTSGAARD
Soaring almond prices, drought, and the future of food. With climate change making drought an inescapable part of America’s future, we need to act now to conserve agricultural water and prevent runaway – Mark Hertsgaard The almond harvest is almost complete in California, where a drought that may rank as the harshest in 500 years is pushing the price of …
HEZITORIAL ENDORSEMENTS: Public Interest Eclipsed by Dismissal of Needs and Distrust of Political Aspirants By HEZI ARIS
There is little to exonerate the upcoming November 4, 2014 Election Day election process that seems bereft of choice worthy in summoning voter interest to consider casting their vote for those standing before the electorate. The political process is so entrenched in serving itself, it has methodically and silently been able to dismiss and shun the people it was meant and …