The Feiner Report Westchester County Would Be Best Served By Compiling a “Hate Crime Reporting Form” That Would Be Shared and Thereby Help to Track Hate Crimes and Its Offenders GREENBURGH, NY — Our county has experienced numerous Anti-Semitic incidents in recent months. Scarsdale, White Plains, Pleasantville have experienced Anti-Semitic incidents in the last few weeks alone. The problem is escalating. …
By Greenburgh Town Supervisor PAUL FEINER
Senator Carlucci Presented a Check for $90,000 in State Funding to Legal Services of the Hudson Valley to Help Domestic Violence Survivors
October Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month! SPRING VALLEY, NY — October 1, 2019 — In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) presented Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (LSHV) with $90,000 in State funding to go towards legal services for domestic violence survivors. The funding was secured through the New York State 2019-2020 budget. LSHV’s CEO, Barbara …
Resources for Suicide Prevention, Mental Health, and Substance Treatment Resources
Resources for Suicide Prevention, Mental Health, and Substance Treatment Resources If you or someone you know needs help immediately, you should take one of the following actions: Call 9-1-1 Text START to 741741 Call the Lifeline at 1-800-273 TALK (8255) Reach out to a teacher, counselor, principal or assistant principal. CRISIS TEXT LINE If you are immediately concerned …
Polyamory: Limitless or Limiting?
By Dr. JOSEPH J. HORTON
The Gottman Institute is one of the premiere organizations promoting evidence-based approaches to couple/marital relationships. The institute notes that it has“developed an approach that not only supports and repairs troubled marriages and committed relationships but strengthens happy ones.” The approach has been used with both opposite sex and same-sex couples, but the focus has always been on couples. The institute …
By Dr. JOSEPH J. HORTON
Governor Cuomo Announces New York Opposition to Federal Government’s Proposed Rollback of Healthcare Protections for Transgendered and Gender Nonconforming Individuals
Department of Financial Services, Division of Human Rights and Office of Children and Family Services Submit Comments Opposing U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Proposal That Would Undermine Protections Against Discrimination and Limit the Types of Insurance That Must Comply with Nondiscrimination Protections NYS Department of Health, Office for People with Developmental Disabilities and Office of Mental Health Will Also …