The approaching holiday season brings with it the busiest travel time of the year on our roads. As Westchester County’s chief law enforcement officer, I am concerned with all aspects of public safety, including safe driving, and I would like to focus drivers, especially young drivers and their parents, on safety issues and changes in the law with respect to …
An Open Letter to Mr. John Murtagh By CARLO CALVI
Mr. John Murtagh: Last night at the Mohegan Heights Civic Assoc. candidates’ night you made a comment towards me which that confirms your arrogant, condescending, pompous, ignorant attitude towards other people. While I was speaking your cell phone rang aloud. I deferred for a moment, so that you could silence it. You then looked at your phone and said to …
Register Your Cell Phone with the NYS Do Not Call List
Cell Phone Numbers Go Public this Month REMINDER….. all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls. To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 888-382-1222.
YPD Daily Blotter – October 11, 2010 BY Lieutenant Joseph Solicito
Yonkers, NY, October 14, 2010 — On October 13, 2010 at approx. 6:11pm in the lobby of 160 Warburton Ave a 25 year old male was robbed of his cell phone by a male who put a knife to victim’s chest. The suspect was described by the victim as a black male, approx. 6’0” tall, 150 lbs wearing black sweatpants …
Current Commentary: Calling For Common Sense On Cell Phone Taxes BY Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
We have more than 20 employees here at Palisades Hudson, each of whom has a telephone on his or her desk and a life outside the office. If someone makes a personal phone call to check on the kids or to find out what to bring home for dinner, I don’t care. Neither does the Internal Revenue Service. Even though …
Current Commentary: Outflanking Mastercard And Visa BY Larry M. Elkin
Scarsdale, NY, August 11, 2010 — In business, as in war, it seldom pays to attack a powerful and well-entrenched adversary head-on. A successful assault is more likely to come from an unexpected, and less well-defended, direction, or from a source that is not perceived as a threat until too late.
Yonkers Police Department Blotter – July 12, 2010 BY DET. SGT. PATRICK McCORMACK
YONKERS, NY, July 12, 2010 –On 07-11-10 at approximately 6:05 p.m., members of the Street Crime Unit including Police Officers Alex DellaDonna, Robert Devitt, Christopher Hutter, Richard Devito, Ronald Faivre and Sgt. Luis Papaleo conducted a firearms and narcotics investigation in the area of Ash Street. The officers developed information that a male (later identified as Jeffrey M. Hampton, age …
Yonkers Police Department Blotter – July 8, 2010 BY DET. SGT. PATRICK McCORMACK
YONKERS, NY, July 8, 2010 — On July 8, 2010 at approximately 2:16 a.m. police officers on patrol on Elm Street observed a robbery in progress. Officers Robert Santobello and Robert Woska, while in the vicinity of 91 Elm Street, observed a male later identified as James E. Gilliard, dob 8/16/65 of 124 Livingston Avenue, leaning over another male who …
Yonkers Police Department Blotter – July 6, 2010 BY DET. SGT. PATRICK McCORMACK
YONKERS, NY, July 6, 2010 – On Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at approximately 1:09 a.m., Yonkers Police responded to 77 Locust Hill Avenue on the reports of multiple shots fired. Police were directed to a 9th floor apartment where several people were found to be the victims of gunshot wounds. As ambulance personnel treated and transported victims to local area hospitals, …
Chaos, Business as Usual, White Rats, Robotics, Layoffs, and the “F” Word at Yonkers City Council BY HEZI ARIS
June 23, 2010, Yonkers, NY — The Yonkers City Council chamber windows were open. The muggy, irritating feeling from outside the normally stuffy environment within those walls had invaded the environs. Captured within were men and women who work for the Department of Public Works, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Yonkers Fire Department, among others. Slithering about …