JUNE 26, 2020 — “One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.” This pithy aphorism—variants of which have been attributed to several historical figures, mostly Joseph Stalin—is key to understanding the hysteria that has dominated the first half of 2020 in the USA. Its meaning seems simple enough: death only matters inasmuch as the ones dying …
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
New York State Attorney General James Fights to Ensure States Have the Right to Protect Residents from Gun Violence
NEW YORK, NY — June 22, 2020 — New York Attorney General Letitia James, as part of a coalition of 16 attorneys general, is fighting to ensure states have the right to use various means to protect their residents from gun violence. In an amicus brief filed in support of the State of California in Rhode v. Becerra, Attorney General …
House Passes Rose Bill to Compensate Public Safety Officers who are Disabled or Die from COVID-19
Bill would presume officers contracted the coronavirus on-duty; Congressman: ‘we’re not cutting red tape, we’re stopping the red tape from happening in the first place’ Watch Rose’s speech delivered on May 28, 2020th HERE. WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Max Rose’s legislation last night to expand an existing federal program to ensure that public safety …
Amid Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, Governor Cuomo and Mayor Michael Bloomberg Launch Nation-Leading COVID 19 Contact Tracing Program to Control Infection Rate
New York’s Contact Tracing Program Will Be Done in Coordination with Downstate Region as well as New Jersey and Connecticut Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University to Build Online Curriculum and Training Program for Contact Tracers NYS DOH Will Work with Bloomberg Philanthropies Team to Identify and Recruit Contact Tracer Candidates, Including DOH Staff, Investigators from State …
COVID 19: Yes, this is War
Dr. EARL H. TILFORD
TUSCALOOSA, AL — April 14, 2020 — In mid-March, President Donald Trump declared himself a “wartime president.” While the usual legion of media critics bellyached, Trump during the COVID-19 pandemic has rallied the country to a semblance of togetherness not seen since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. But the question remains, is it proper to regard the current …
Dr. EARL H. TILFORD
Westchester County Executive George Latimer and Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano
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Assemblyman Nader Sayegh Calls for an Initiative Allowing Healthcare Accredited Inmates to Serve in COVID-19 Response; Gain Provisional Reinstatement for Licenses Previously Revoked
YONKERS, NY — March 23, 2020 — Assemblyman Nader J. Sayegh (D-Yonkers-AD90) is urging Governor Cuomo, state governmental and judicial leaders, and members of the New York Federal Delegation to establish and support an initiative allowing accredited Medical/Healthcare inmates currently in the custody of the various Departments of Corrections operating in New York State and elsewhere to serve in the …
A Stimulus Package Isn’t Just Another Entitlement; It’s a Constitutional Right
By OREN M. LEVIN-WALDMAN
As of this writing Congress cannot agree on a stimulus package to mitigate the economic harm caused by COVID-19. And yet, the economic destruction, which is really a disruption, is in fact due to the decisions made by public officials. The question of whether Americans are in any way entitled to stimulus, is not even a moral one. Rather if …
By OREN M. LEVIN-WALDMAN
Yonkers Public Schools to Close Friday, March 13th to Develop Instructional Continuity Plans
City of Yonkers Cancels City Sponsored Programs in Effort to Contain the Spread of the Coronavirus YONKERS, NY – March 12, 2020 – Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano today announced several closures and cancellations of city sponsored events and programs in its efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Edwin M. Quezada …
Iran’s Regime Pushes Antisemitic Conspiracies about Coronavirus
By SETH FRANTZMAN
Iran’s Press TV, which represents the regime’s English-language propaganda, has been pushing antisemitic conspiracies about the coronavirus to distract from the mullah regime’s mishandling of the pandemic. On Sunday, Iran’s Health Ministry reported 49 new coronavirus deaths, the highest single-day toll of those killed by COVID-19 in the country since mid-February. As of press time, Tehran has acknowledged 194 Iranians …
By SETH FRANTZMAN
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