Turning Cars Into Coats: New York Auto Dealers Bring Warmth to Thousands of Children
The Premier Collection, Volvo Cars of White Plains, Westhab, Operation Warm, GNYADA , Local Westchester Dealer kicks in $5,000 to purchase coats for kids NEW YORK, NY; WHITE PLAINS, NY; and YONKERS, NY — January 18, 201 — New York City, Westchester County, Franchise new car dealers in downstate New York are turning cars into coats this holiday season, with …
The Becket-Jackson-Barnette-Kaepernick-Trump Line?
By Prof. JOHN Q. BARRETT
QUEENS, NY —January 5, 2020 — On December 28, 2020, President Trump signed a proclamation commemorating the next day’s 850th anniversary of the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. On December 29, 1170, knights of Henry II, the King of England, murdered Becket for resisting the king’s assertions of power over church affairs. President Trump’s proclamation, which you …
By Prof. JOHN Q. BARRETT
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Decarcerate the Hudson Valley
By VANESSA AGUDELO
PEEKSKILL, NY — December 8, 2020 — Now is the time to dismantle systems of criminalization and incarceration which target Black and brown community members, criminalize poverty, and separate people from their families. Almost two dozen groups throughout the Hudson Valley have joined together to form the Decarcerate the Hudson Valley Coalition. This coalition will build power with community-based organizations, formerly …
By VANESSA AGUDELO
DiNapoli: Feds Must Step Up or NYC Metro Region Faces End of Public Transit As We Know It
ALBANY, NY — November 22, 2020 — New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli last week released the following statement in response to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s release of its November budget and financial plan: “Our regional transit system is on the edge of a precipice. Without a significant infusion of federal funds, the region faces service cuts in 2021 …
ZEISS of White Plains, NY Announced the ZEISS SCOPEs Grant for K-12 Science Teachers in Putnam / Rockland and Westchester Counties, Bergen County, and Fairfield County
WHITE PLAINS, NY and YONKERS, NY — November 18, 2020 — Many teachers across the country are facing the new challenge of educating students through remote learning. The need for creative lesson planning is particularly acute in science classrooms because of the need for hands-on laboratories or live demonstrations that supplement traditional lectures. In order to help teachers and …
Yonkers High Schooler Regina Potenza Among Student Leaders of “The Great Ignatius Challenge” Fighting Hunger
“The Great Ignatian Challenge” Returns Nine Jesuit High Schools Launch their Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive Competition to Fill Local Area Food Banks with Much Needed Provisions in this Year of Unprecedented Hardships Inspired by the Students’ Spirit Spirit of Giving, Donor Pledges Up to $250,000 to Offset COVID-19 Expenses Incurred by the Participating Schools NEW YORK, NY — November 14, 2020 — Nine …
Two Men Charged with March 2011 Murder
NEW YORK, NY and WHITE PLAINS, NY — November 3, 2020 — Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and David Chong, Public Safety Commissioner for the City of White Plains, announced the unsealing of a …
Civilian Group Formed to Protect Manhattan Stores
NEW YORK, NY — November 1, 2020 — Holding Down Manhattan, a group of 500+ NYC residents will gather at two locations in Manhattan starting Monday evening armed with legal weapons, including baseball bats and more vowing to protect NYC from looters. The groups will patrol Soho retail areas and the Upper East Side on foot, bike and other means. …