Undecided Between Robert Kesten and Peter Harckham for New York Senate District 40
By HOWARD ELLISON

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Letter to the Yonkers Tribune Editor-at-Large YORKTOWN, NY — September 8, 2018 — Deciding which candidate to vote for on September 13 can be difficult because both candidates have very similar positions on most issues. Therefore, your decision should be based more on the differences between the two men themselves and how they became candidates. Robert Kesten had been selected …

Whistle Blower Writes an Open Letter to the Editor Beseeching Gov. Andrew Cuomo Regarding Troubling Financial Circumstances in the City of Yonkers

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FROM: Concerned Resident of Yonkers, New York TO: Letter to the Editor RE: Financial Control Board at the City of Yonkers   Honorable Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo, I hope this letter finds you in good spirit and health. I am a resident of the City of Yonkers and I am contacting you to be the whistleblower of a …

Letter to the Editor: Ossining Village Mayor Reelection By Mayor VICTORIA GEARITY

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OSSINING, NY — May 22, 2018 — Monday night the Ossining Democratic Committee endorsed my reelection with resounding clarity. With that first political hurdle under my belt, I’m reaching out to individual voters for their support. Great things are happening for Ossining. I’d like to build on our momentum. The Village has a clear set of recommendations for strengthening our …

Letter to the Editor-at-Large
By BETTINA MAYER

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CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NY — April 8, 2018 — On March 14, the one-month anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida school shooting, I attended a town hall hosted by Democratic NYS Senate candidate, Robert Kesten, titled “Gun Safety and the US Constitution.” Mr. Kesten coherently and knowledgeably described the history of Constitutional amendments, pointing out that there …

Residents Want to Pre-pay Property Taxes in 2017 to Get Tax Deduction that Federal Government May Eliminate
By Greenburgh Town Supervisor PAUL FEINER

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A Special Session of the New York State Legislature Is Required To Editor-at-Large Hezi Aris: Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has objected to the congressional action that may lead to the elimination of the real estate tax deduction for many New Yorkers whose taxes exceed $10,000 could help many property owners in Westchester save money if he calls a special session …

Independent Bakers’ Association President Nicholas A. Pyle Asserts Rep. Eliot Engel Is In the Pocket of the Sugar Cartels and Votes for Their Interests

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Dear Editor-at-Large Hezi Aris, WASHINGTON, DC — October 24, 2017 — Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-16) is in the pocket of the nation’s beet and cane sugar cartels!  Engel continually votes to maintain the U.S. Sugar program.  Why? It is really quite simple, Congressman Engel received well over $101,000 in political donations from the sugar cartels since coming to Washington in …

End More Mass Shootings Now
By BOB K. BOGEN

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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — October 5, 2017 —Stop the endless, useless conventional moaning and official Republican twittering.  The media is full of it. Surely we know the basic cause.  The recent and most obscene mass shooting in Las Vegas should at long last move us to demand action. Let us insist on the obvious law. Are there truly one million …

Cut Taxpayers Some Slack Over 2% Insurance Law, Not Fire Union
By Mayor MIKE SPANO

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A recent editorial urging reform of the law that specifies how the Yonkers Fire Fighters Union — as well as others around the state — can spend a 2 percent tax on insurance premiums was on target except for one thing: There is no reason to “cut the union some slack” because it claims ignorance of a 1912 law that …

Yonkers Tribune Transition to Moderated Comments During Political Season
By HEZI ARIS

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YONKERS, NY — May 25, 2017 –Yonkers Tribune offers news from and about Westchester County, offering political news, perspectives, and analysis based on ethical standards and human decency. We do so in an effort to engage everyone. Our purpose is to acknowledge and respect viewpoints despite agenda driven dogma that is not always on an even keel. Historical facts cannot …

Telling It Like It Is
By ANONYMOUS*

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YONKERS, NY — May 14, 2017 — In an effort to show a lack of involvement with City Hall, the shrinking band of YFT Reform Slate candidates have done just the opposite.  They have taken up the union bashing mantra of City Hall and they continue to dredge up the monotonous feud between Yonkers City Council President Liam McLaughlin and …