ALBANY, NY — January 9, 2021 — York State Senator Pete Harckham announced today that he is returning as Chair of the Senate Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse for the 2021-2022 legislative term. He will also return as a member of the Committees on Environment Conservation and Energy and Telecommunications while also serving three other Senate Committees: Finance, Women’s Issues …
2021 Operating, Capital and Special District Budgets Passed
Operating Budge Reduces Tax Levy & Overall Spending; Preserves & Increases Human Services WHITE PLAINS, NY — December 14, 2020 — The Westchester County Board of Legislators today unanimously approved the 2021 operating budget for Westchester that reduces the County tax levy and lowers overall spending while preserving essential services. The Board also unanimously adopted 2021 County capital and special …
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 …
Socio-Economic Research Scholar Oren M. Levin-Waldman and Yonkers Tribune Publisher/Editor on Westchester On the Level – Wednesday, November 4, 2020 @ 10am EST
Listeners are Welcome to Participate When Staying On Topic. The CALL-IN number for listeners is 347-205-9201. Listen to this broadcast “Live” or “On Demand” via the Internet … http://tobtr.com/s/11835957 YONKERS, NY — November 4, 2020 — The Wednesday, November 4, 2020th broadcast opens with Socio-Economic Research Scholar Oren M. Levin-Waldman’s delving into his latest essay, “Congress’s Constitutional Obligation to Compensate …
2020 Presidential Elections and World News with Yonkers Newswire Publisher / Editor and Yonkers Tribune Publisher / Editor Hezi Aris on Westchester On the Level – Tuesday, November 3, 2020 EST
Listeners are Welcome to Participate When Staying On Topic. The CALL-IN number for listeners is 347-205-9201. Listen to this broadcast “Live” or “On Demand” via the Internet … http://tobtr.com/s/11835956 YONKERS, NY — November 3, 2020 — The broadcast opens with Yonkers Newswire Publisher / Editor Brian Harrod and Yonkers Tribune Publisher / Editor-at-Large Hezi Aris immersed in hyperlocal, county, state, national, …
New York Online Bar Exam: A Hit or a Miss
By ANNA SEVCHIK
NEW YORK, NY — October 26, 2020 — New York was one of the first states to administer the online bar exam in the country’s history. Whether the exam was a success or not will depend on whom you ask. According to the Bar examiners, the New York BAR exam was quite successful. In fact, Judith Gundersen, the NCBE president, …
By ANNA SEVCHIK
By BILLY CRYSTAL
Westchester County Executive George Latimer Presents a COVID-19 Briefing and an Active/Total of County Cases as of October 14, 2020
WHITE PLAINS, NY — October 13, 2020 —Westchester County Executive George Latimer’s full briefing can be viewed here: The Active/Total Westchester County Cases as of October 13, 2020