Yonkers Police Kicks Off Prepaid Card Scam Prevention Initiative Targeting Consumers and Local Businesses YONKERS, NY – December 17, 2014 – Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano along with Yonkers Police Commissioner Charles Gardner yesterday kicked off a citywide initiative warning residents and local businesses of a recent prepaid card phone scam that has resulted in victims losing thousands of dollars. The …
Diego G. Rodriguez Named Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s New York Field Office
NEW YORK, NY — December 17, 2014 — Director James B. Comey has named Diego G. Rodriguez the assistant director in charge (ADIC) of the FBI’s New York Field Office. In this role, he will oversee all operations and personnel in the five boroughs of New York City, eight counties in New York state, and La Guardia Airport and John …
SOUNDS OF BLUE: Grateful Dead – “Dave’s Picks Volume 12,” By BOB PUTIGNANO
3 CD’s, Hamilton, NY (discs 1 & 2) Toronto, Canada (disc 3.) www.Dead.net – www.Rhino.com This twelfth edition is taken from the band’s performances at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY on November 4th, 1977 plus a third disc of (bonus) material recorded two days prior in Toronto, Ontario. Only fourteen-thousand copies of this album were available for pre-order at www.Dead.net …
Yonkers IDA to Conduct a Regular Board of Directors Meeting – Tuesday, December 16, 2014 @ 9 a.m.
YONKERS, NY — December 14, 2014 — The Yonkers Industrial Development Agency has divulge their next regular Board of Directors Meeting will take place on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. in the Mayor’s Reception Room – City Hall, Yonkers, NY 10701. The agenda is as follows: http://www.yonkersida.com/sites/default/files/Draft%20Agenda%2012%202014%20.pdf
Yonkers Firefighters and Empress Ambulance Save a Life in the Early A.M. By HEZI ARIS
MEA CULPA: The Firefighters involved yesterday in saving a life were incorrectly note by me. My sincere apology. It is now corrected herein. – Hezi Aris, Editor YONKERS, NY — December 11, 2014 — This morning, at 6:35 a.m., Captain John Bonanno, FFs Remington Laboy. John Peteani. and Ben Schram manned Engine 314, situated at the Central Park Avenue Fire Station, and …
Astorino Announces County Health Department Wins National Award
Norovirus Prevention Video Captures the Silver Medal for Excellence in Public Health Communication WHITE PLAINS, NY – December 11, 2014 –County Executive Robert P. Astorino announced today that the Westchester County Health Department has won a national award for excellence in public health communication for a video designed to help residents avoid Norovirus, a stomach bug that tends to strike …
Palisades Hudson Named a Top 100 Registered Investment Advisor by REP.
Scarsdale/Fort Lauderdale Firm Passes $1.25 Billion in Assets Under Management SCARSDALE, New York — December 9, 2014 — Palisades Hudson Asset Management was named America’s 91st largest independent registered investment advisor (RIA) by REP., a leading magazine for financial professionals. The firm manages $1.25 billion of client assets. Palisades Hudson Asset Management is the investment affiliate of Palisades Hudson Financial …
Staten Island Grand Jury Verdict “Not to Indict” in the Death of Eric Garner By HAZEL N. DUKES
NEW YORK, NY – December 4, 2014 — From the outset of the death of Eric Garner, the NAACP has always believed that the New York City Police Officer who choked Eric Garner and caused his death should have been indicted for deliberately and recklessly causing Mr. Garner’s death; and, if not for deliberate and reckless homicidal criminal conduct, then …