The ultimate consequences of Iran’s latest foray into “don’t look at us” aggression are far from clear, but one thing is certain: A lot of players, Iran included, must now put their cards on the table. News broke yesterday that Saudi oil officials are buying refined products and crude from other countries in order to supply their own customers in …
LARRY M. ELKIN, CPA, CFP®
Heard July 5th on the National Mall: An Impending Supreme Court Justice’s Independence Day Speech (1941)
Prof. JOHN Q. BARRETT
WASHINGTON, D.C. — July 6, 2019 — Below, for reading on the day after Independence Day and on other days, is the speech that Robert H. Jackson, then Attorney General of the United States, delivered in a radio studio on Friday, July 4, 1941. He was supposed to deliver it live on the National Mall, but that got rained out. …
Prof. JOHN Q. BARRETT
Long-Term Solution, Short-Term Problem
LARRY M. ELKIN, CPA, CFP®
When a business says “No new customers please,” something has gone very wrong. When that business is a major utility, the first place to look for the responsible parties is in the halls of government. Earlier this year, Consolidated Edison imposed a moratorium on new natural gas connections in Westchester County, New York. As of mid-March, the utility stopped accepting …
LARRY M. ELKIN, CPA, CFP®
Another Albany Vulture
By LARRY M. ELKIN, CPA, CFP®
It makes little sense sense to be grossed out at discovering that a prominent New York politician is a two-faced, self-aggrandizing hypocrite, just as there is no point in being grossed out at vultures for eating rotting roadkill. It is in their DNA. Anything and anyone that emerges from the ooze that is the Albany statehouse should be presumed slimy. …
By LARRY M. ELKIN, CPA, CFP®
Statement from Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the Congressional Budget Office Score of the Senate Health Care Bill
YONKERS, NY — June 26, 2017 — “The Congressional Budget Office score of the Senate health care bill confirms what we already knew. Republicans in the Senate are choosing to put millionaires over the middle class, cutting taxes for the rich at the expense of the health care of millions of Americans. This bill will leave 22 million more Americans …
Abreu Gains Support from1199SEIU, United Healthcare Workers East
YONKERS, NY — September 4, 2015 — Piedad Abreu has gained the support and endorsement of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East in her bid to unseat the incumbent to represent the Westchester County Board’s 17th Legislative District. “It is time that the residents of southwest Yonkers had a County Legislator who is willing and able to serve the needs of …
Ever Wish You Knew If the Opposite Sex Thought You Looked ‘Hot’ in Your Sunglasses?
Eye Designs Of Westchester Is Hosting A Singles Night So You Can Find Out! ARMONK, NY and SCARSDALE, NY — June 1, 2015 — When you’re single, getting honest feedback on your outfit, hairdo or glasses can be difficult. Eye Designs of Westchester wants to …
Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Action Requested By Chancellor NANCY L. ZIMPHER*
*The State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher presented this “request” at the behest of Governor Anew M. Cuomo YONKERS, NY – November 12, 2014 – Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousin and Senate Higher Education Committee Ranker Toby Ann Stavisky made privy their concern to recent statements and reports that the Senate Republican Conference does not support what …
MAYOR MARVIN’S COLUMN Watching Your Wallet By Mayor MARY C. MARVIN
August was a quiet and relaxing month ~ good for our government and residents, but not our merchants. They are hoping for a needed robust fall as we all make school and holiday purchases. Bronxville is not an easy place to open a business and many of our merchants committed to us with their life savings ~ we have less …
Cuomo Wins! / Loses! By Hon. RICHARD BRODSKY
Conventional political wisdom has New York Governor Andrew Cuomo winning the Democratic Primary and the November General Election handily. The same wisdom has him badly damaged in New York and nationally. What gives? The objective measures of political success show Cuomo on a roll. He’s raised over $35 million. His opponents are starving. His poll numbers are good. Most voters …