LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN and KYIV, UKRAINE — January 22, 2022 – The British Foreign Office has named former Ukrainian Minister of Parliament Yevhen Murayev as the Kremlin’s designee to replace President Vlodymor Zelensky from office Kremlin. It has been noted for weeks that Russia has moved 100,000 troops near to its border with Ukraine. The most recent tabulation of troops …
By Hezi Aris
Town of Ossining Update
By Town Supervisor Dana Levenberg
OSSINING, NY — January 22, 2022 — Welcome (or welcome back) to the Supervisor’s Update! I hope this week has treated you kindly. At this week’s Town Board meeting, we accepted, with much regret, the resignation of recently elected Town Board member Gabrielle Hamilton. We wish her all the best as she moves forward with cancer treatment. We will fill …
By Town Supervisor Dana Levenberg
Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State’s Progress Combating Covid-19
Statewide Positivity Rate Below 10% for Second Day in a Row Cases Per 100k (7-Day Average) Declining in All Regions 179 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday ALBANY,NY — January 22, 2022– Governor Kathy Hochul today updated New Yorkers on the state’s progress combating COVID-19. “We are below 10% positivity rate for the second day in a row. This is extraordinary progress,” Governor Hochulsaid. “As …
Jesus Christ as Palestinian Terrorist
By Raymond Ibrahim
January 21, 2021 — Not only has Islam transformed Jesus Christ into a Muslim, and a “Palestinian” one at that; Palestinians are apparently trying to transform him into a “heroic martyr”—a term often translated by those on the receiving end of such heroism as a “terrorist.” As a January 14, 2022 article by PMW explains: The Palestinian Authority (PA) uses …
By Raymond Ibrahim
Court Rebuffs Trump’s Bid to Block Release of Documents Related to January 6th Riot
WASHINGTON,DC —January 21, 2022 — In a major victory for the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Supreme Court yesterday turned down a request by former President Donald Trump to block the release of presidential records that the committee is seeking. The ruling clears the way for the National Archives to turn over several …
The Yonkers City Council Stated Meeting for Tuesday, January 25, 2022
The Committee of the Whole: 6:30-7:00 P.M. EST The Yonkers City Council Stated Meeting for Tuesday, January 25, 2022 YONKERS, NY — January 21, 2022 — Attached please find a copy of the Yonkers City Council’s Stated Agenda scheduled for this coming Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 6:30 P.M. EST 01-25-2022 Agenda.PDF # # # # # SOURCE: Nerissa D. …
Belarusian Government Officials Charged With Aircraft Piracy For Diverting Ryanair Flight 4978 To Arrest Dissident Journalist In May 2021
Senior Belarusian Officials Conspired to Use a False Bomb Threat to Unlawfully Divert a Passenger Flight Carrying American Citizens in Order to Arrest Belarusian Dissident NEW YORK, NY — January 21, 2022 —Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew G. Olsen, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite …
DiNapoli: NYS Office for the Aging Falling Short Funding Programs for Seniors
Comptroller’s Audit Finds Agency Slow in Getting Available Funds to Programs ALBANY, NY — January 21, 2022 — The New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) failed to spend millions of dollars on programs geared to support senior citizens, even during the COVID-19 pandemic when the need was greater, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas …
Mount Vernon Mayor Shawn Patterson Howard Extolled By Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot for the Obvious Albeit Too Often Overlooked Heavy Lifting Required By Every Mayor of Every Municipality in the Nation
By Hezi Aris
Recognition That Is Obvious, Pithy, Though Rarely Noted Hezitorial WASHINGTON, D.C. — January 20, 2022 — While the task in reducing gun violence continues to demand attention; government, employment opportunity, education, among other deficiencies have languished while police and community innovations have for too long been dismissed. The multi-faceted tapestry that to some extent had been infused with and informed …
By Hezi Aris
PSC Cuts National Grid Rate Hike Request
Commission Commission Decision Slashes Proposed Rate Increase by More Than One-Third Annual Electric and Gas Increases Kept Below 2 Percent for Next 3 Years Rate Case Decision Consistent with Climate Act ALBANY, NY — January 20, 2022 — The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today approved a three-year rate plan for National Grid customers living in upstate New …