Upon learning of the corruption charges levied by United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, and Richard Frankel, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Criminal Division of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), I was taken aback, shocked by the allegations and eventual arrest of Sheldon Silver. When reading the US …
THE HEZITORIAL ANALYSIS: Yonkers City Hall Takes Issue with County Over Homeless Population at the Sharing Community BY HEZI ARIS
Sensibilities have been displaced. The crisis came to light among the tight inner circle of members of the board of directors who remain mum on the issue as they distance themselves from a looming crisis to which they have been privy yet will not divulge in any arena other than to bitch among themselves. The tried and true subterfuge known …
THE HEZITORIAL ANALYSIS: Yonkers Union Fire Officers Know that Numbers Matter By HEZI ARIS
Congratulations to UFOA President Eric Dronzek on his re-election win! So Does Yonkers City Hall! The Uniformed Fire Officers Association will hold elections this Wednesday, December 17, 2014, as they do every even numbered year. With so many unions still awaiting to conclude a contractual agreement with Yonkers City Hall, one that has been left to deteriorate for 5 to …
The HEZITORIAL: America Scarred by History; Struggling for Security By HEZI ARIS
The visceral component revealed in the streets of America, gleaned from the recent deaths in Ferguson, Cleveland, and Staten Island poignantly question whether this nation is gripped by the past, present or future. The very duration and complexity of finding one’s way in a society reluctant to share its promise of respect and equality has disintegrated before our eyes. The …
THE HEZITORIAL ANALYSIS: One-Shot Penalty Fees Infuse New York State Coffers to the Bursting Point By HEZI ARIS
International bankers were found to have violated United States sanctions against Sudan, Iran, and Cuba, among others not yet divulged. New York State Attorney General Schneiderman legally pursued those financial institutions alleged to have broken federal, and state laws. The New York State Attorney’s Office, under Scheiderman’s aegis doggedly pursued the likes of Banque National de Paris (BNP) Paribas, Hong …
THE HEZITORIAL ANALYSIS: Mayor Spano Needs to Lift Yonkers Out of Its Inconsequential State By HEZI ARIS
The grief shed over the recent passing of one-time Yonkers City Manager Martin Rochelle will move people from denial to acceptance in five stages. The irrefutable model first postulated by Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in “On Death and Dying,” recognized as denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance having stood the test of time. Juxtaposed to such understandings, Yonkers has collectively moved …
HEZITORIAL INVESTIGATION: Nick Spano’s Expertise in Triage and Bedside Manner Engaged By Empress Ambulance By HEZI ARIS
YONKERS, NY — November 15, 2014 — It was way back when, December 4, 2013 in fact, when Nick Spano’s lobbying firm, Empire Strategic Planning presented their formal contractual proposal to Michael Minerva of Empress Emergency Medical Services for his signature agreeing to being represented by ESP effective December 1, 2013 to November 30, 2014. The agreement asserts ESP will …
WHAT YOUR DOCTOR WON’T (OR CAN’T) TELL YOU By Dr. EVAN LEVINE
Evan S. Levine, MD FACC, is the Editor of the Journal of Medicine, Director of the Cardiovascular Center at Saint Joseph’s Hospital and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center – Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is also the author of the book “What Your Doctor Won’t (or Can’t) Tell You”. Related articles WHAT YOUR …
THE HEZITORIAL: Yonkers City Hall Promotes Curfew as Cover for 80 Percent Increase in Robberies in 2014 By HEZI ARIS
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano called for a Special Meeting of the African American Advisory Board for November 6, 2014 over “the issue of implementing a ‘CURFEW’ in the City of Yonkers (CoY) and its impact on CoY”. The Special Meeting was to be addressed by Yonkers Corporation Counsel, Michael Curti, Esq., so as to bring about a discussion on “the …
HEZITORIAL INVESTIGATION: Always East Transport Taken Under Nick Spano’s Wing @$30,000 Per Year By HEZI ARIS
YONKERS, NY — November 7, 2014 — Judy Koller, owner of Always East Transportation, on September 1, 2014 came to a contractual agreement with Nick Spano’ Empire Strategic Planning. The signed agreement is for $30,000 payable at the rat plus reasonable and actual incurred expense. Empire City Planning stipulate it “agrees to represent Always East Transportation, Inc., before the executive, …