FLOWER MOUND, TX — January 22, 2020 — People often ask; why are Democrats and media so vicious toward President Trump if he’s doing so much to improve our country? After all, they reason, they’re Americans too, so, what do they have to gain by trying to stop him? That leads them to conclude that there must be something wrong …
By BOB WEIR
Senator Biaggi, Assemblymember Reyes, Planned Parenthood Call for NYS Abortion Access Fund on the Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
ALBANY, NY – January 22, 2020 — Sponsors State Senator Alessandra Biaggi and Assemblymember Karines Reyes joined advocates on the 47th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade to call for the passage of the New York State Abortion Access Fund. Bill S6632/A8681 would create a fund that taxpayers can voluntarily contribute to on their …
BLUE TRUTH: Yonkers Police Benevolent Association v. Westchester County Judge Helen Blackwood v. The Office of Westchester County District Attorney
By HEZI ARIS
The Testimony of Perjurers Hezitorial Yonkers Police Benevolent Association (PBA) President Det. Keith Olson Incensed Yonkers Police Personnel Files Demanded By New Evidence Law Requirements Former Yonkers Police Detective Sean Forgarty’s Admission of Perjury Puts Into Question Sworn Testimony Presented by Yonkers Police Officers YONKERS, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — January 22, 2020 — When Westchester County Judge Helen Blackwood last …
By HEZI ARIS
Virginia Gun Legislation: The Facts and Why They Matter
By GABRIELLE M. ETZEL
After a peaceful demonstration in Richmond, Virginia, on Monday, January 20, the news cycle is likely to abandon the gun rights battle occurring in the home state of the NRA. Although the annual Lobby Day demonstrations—where Virginians regularly exercise their rights to petition their state government—are over, the outstanding question of gun ownership restrictions in Virginia remains essential to the …
By GABRIELLE M. ETZEL
Proposed Zoning Map Change to Ravine Properties Reclassifying Certain Parcels Bounded By Gold and Point Streets From a “B” and “A” Zone to an “A” and “MG” Zone
CORPORATION NOTICE CITY OF YONKERS-NEW YORK PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the City Council of the City of Yonkers, New York will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 7:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, 40 South Broadway, Yonkers, New York on the following GeneralOrdinance, to wit: PROPOSED …
Riverkeeper Reacts to Governor Cuomo’s 2020 Executive Budget
By CLIFF WEATHERS
ALBANY, NY and OSSINING, NY — January 22, 2020 — New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo released the 2020 Executive Budget proposal yesterday afternoon at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany. In the address, the Governor outlined a bold environmentally focused budget that could have a positive effect on New York’s waterways, if implemented. Riverkeeper’s Legislative Advocacy Manager, …
By CLIFF WEATHERS
How Legal Weed Shops Feed the Vaping Crisis
By KEVIN SABET, Ph.D.
State-sanctioned Marijuana Shops Are Contributing to the rise in lung illnesses and deaths at a higher rate than previously believed. NEW YORK, NY — January 22, 2020 — Proponents of the marijuana industry have dismissed the “pot vaping crisis,” with its deaths and lung injuries, as an aberration of the illicit market. Legal pot, they say, is regulated and thus …
By KEVIN SABET, Ph.D.
Backstory To A Cheating Scandal
By LARRY M. ELKIN, CPA, CFP®
On a historic October day in 1951, Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca threw a fastball to New York Giants batter Bobby Thompson, who swatted it into the Polo Grounds’ left-field stands for a pennant-winning three-run homer. On another October day, 55 years (and for New York’s National League baseball fans, about 100,000 heartbreaks) later, New York Mets outfielder Carlos Beltran …
By LARRY M. ELKIN, CPA, CFP®
José Roman, Reporting from Puerto Rico, and Hezi Aris, Yonkers Tribune Publisher – Editor-at-Large on Westchester On the Level – Wednesday, January 22, 2020 @ 10am ET
Listen to José Roman’s Report from San Juan, P.R. via http://tobtr.com/s/11650927; and Participate by calling the broadcast at 347-205-9201 with a question or perspective on the topic. SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO and YONKERS, NY — January 21, 2020 — It was on Saturday, January 17, 2020 when a video on social media went viral that revealed aid sitting in a …
Monday’s Mayoral Message – January 20, 2020
By VICTORIA GEARITY
Honoring MLK; Climate-adaptive Planning; Public Works Progress OSSINING, NY — January 21, 2020 —In honor of the inspiring life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, the third Monday of January is designated as not just a federal holiday, but a day of service. In Ossining, the whole weekend has been an opportunity to honor this spirit. Yesterday Ossining residents gathered at …
By VICTORIA GEARITY