Guests and listeners may share their perspective and / or inquiry using the following call-in number: (347) 205-9201. Listen to the broadcast “live” or “on demand”: http://tobtr.com/s/11650931 The broadcast is initiated every Monday to Friday from 10am-12Noon ET. An archive is created by 12:15pm. Topics of discussion as defined herein: YONKERS, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — January 24, 2020 …
DRIVING ME CRAZY: The 2020 Hyundai Sonata Limited Review
By JOHN and LAURIE WILES
I like this picture of the 2020 Hyundai Sonata Limited, but it’s blue and ours is white. I couldn’t find a good picture of the car in white, but you get the idea. The sloped back European styling is very good looking, and the fierceness of the front give you the impression of a car which is not to be …
By JOHN and LAURIE WILES
The Perils of Hollywood Style Propaganda
By BOB WEIR
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
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 …
Hezi Aris, Yonkers Tribune Publisher / Editor-at-Large on Westchester On the Level – Tuesday, Janauary 21, 2020, at 10am ET
Guests and listeners may share their perspective and / or inquiry using the following call-in number: (347) 205-9201. Listen to the broadcast “live” or “on demand”: http://tobtr.com/s/11650925 The broadcast is initiated every Monday to Friday from 10am-12Noon ET. An archive is created by 12:15pm. Topics of discussion are defined herein: YONKERS, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — Yonkers Tribune Publisher / Editor-at-Large …
Where Are Millennials Buying Homes? – 2020 Edition: Yonkers, NY is in 41st Place Nationally
By STEPHANIE HORAN, CEPF®
Yonkers, NY Designated in 41st Place Nationally By SmartAsset YONKERS,NY — January 20, 2020 — Census Bureau data from 2018 shows that millennials have a homeownership rate of 33.7%, well below the national average of almost 64%. Though the national rate of millennial homeownership is low, some cities have much higher rates of millennial homeownership that come closer to the national …
By STEPHANIE HORAN, CEPF®
On Crime and Punishment, Let Fairness and Justice Guide Us
By RICHARD BRODSKY
ALBANY,NY and WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — January 19, 2020 — If you listen carefully, we are in the midst of a profound debate about crime and punishment. Baseball’s cheating scandal; Rep. Chris Collins’ guilty plea; President Donald Trump’s impeachment; Harvey Weinstein’s trial; cash bail reform. In all these we sense that something wrong has happened. We can’t seem to agree …
By RICHARD BRODSKY
MLK – The Conscience of a Nation
By BOB WEIR
FLOWER MOUND, TX — January 19, 2020 — Every year, during the celebration of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, I’m reminded of a dreadful day so many years ago. April 4, 1968 is a day I’ll never forget. I was working the four-to-midnight shift with my partner, Leroy Spivey, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. We were …
By BOB WEIR