Combatting Gun Violence, Diaper Sales Tax Exemption, Westchester Budget Forum & More
By NYS Assemblyman Nader Sayegh (AD-90-Yonkers)

NYS Assemblyman Nader Sayegh (AD-90-Yonkers)

ALBANY and YONKERS, NY — January 27, 2022 — The 2022 New York State Legislative Session is under way and I am hard at work to advance the priorities you have asked me to support. One of the is combating gun violence, a serious concern given the events of the past week.

 

I have met twice with Governor Hochul recently, on the State’s efforts to halt the rise in illegal gun violence. Given the horrible loss of life gun violence is inflicting across the country, I am pleased the The Governor’s proposed State Budget triples the financial support for the SNUG Neighborhood Violence Prevention Program. It puts people on our streets right here in Yonkers, to stop gun violence before it happens. I am also supporting additional initiatives to provide funds for community and law enforcement programs to support public safety. In addition, the New York State Assembly is currently in the midst of preparing The People’s Proposed Budget. We are currently hard at work to ensure that Yonkers receives the funding it needs to help ...

Bring Back Tough Cops
By Bob Weir

Bob Weir is a veteran of 20 years with the New York Police Dept. (NYPD), ten of which were performed in plainclothes undercover assignments. Bob began a writing career about 16 years ago and had his first book published in 1999. He also became a syndicated columnist under the title “Weir Only Human.” Photo by and courtesy of Netsky Rodriguez.

FLOWER MOUND, TX — January 9, 2022 —   It’s really mind-boggling to hear about the huge increases in crime, especially homicide, while elected officials continue to deter cops from doing the job of preventing crime and arresting lawbreakers. Perhaps, if those elected officials were to try walking the crime-ridden streets of the cities where cops have been restrained, they’d have personal experiences to guide their actions. It’s like the old saying, “A conservative is a liberal who’s been mugged.” But that’s not going to happen because those officials live in safe areas, from which they don’t dare stray, unless they have a cadre of bodyguards with them. These days, the only people who feel safe on the streets are ...