CROTON-On-HUDSON, NY — May 24, 2020 — Eight candidates have qualified for the ballot in the June 23 Democratic primary election to fill the seat of retiring Congresswoman Nita Lowey in New York’s 17th Congressional District, which includes Rockland County and parts of a dozen towns in northern Westchester. The frontrunner is State Senator David Carlucci who has represented Rockland …
By ROB ABBOT
David Carlucci: Most Effective New York State Senator?
By ROB ABBOT
CROTON-On-HUDSON, NY — April 13, 2020 — State Senator David Carlucci spent ten years in the State Senate as a member of the Independent Democratic Conference, a group of a half dozen turncoat Democrats who voted with their Republican colleagues to keep the GOP in control of the Senate for a decade. Now, as a candidate for the U.S. Congress …
By ROB ABBOT
NYSDEC Invites Public Comment About Draft Plan to Investigate Contamination at Brownfield Site on Downing St., Yonkers, NY.
This link opens a fact sheet that invites public comment about a draft work plan to investigate contamination at the Former Ludlow Street Works Site #C360158 (Yonkers, Westchester County) within New York’s Brownfield Cleanup Program: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/der/factsheet/c360158riwp.pdf NYSDEC is accepting public comments about the draft work plan through April 16, 2020. Please see fact sheet for details about the draft plan …
Rye Town Democrats Vote to Approve Evelyn Farkas
The second vote of approval in a week from a town Democratic committee demonstrates accelerating local support for Farkas ELMSFORD, NY — February 27, 2020 — Today, Evelyn Farkas, Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Obama, announced that the Rye Town Democratic Committee voted to approve her candidacy. The …
Eudson Tyson Francois is Running to Be the African Haitian American State Senator in District 38
SPRING VALLEY, NY – February 26, 2020 — Spring Valley Trustee Eudson Tyson Francois formally announced on Sunday, February 23, 2020, that he is running for the New York State Senate 38th District seat, being vacated by Senator David Carlucci which includes the Town of Ossining and the villages of Briarcliff Manor and Ossining “We need a leader who can transition …
Farkas Is Best Fit for Congress in New York’s 17th District
By ROB ABBOT
Dear Westchester Tribune / Yonkers Tribune Editor-at-Large Aris February 11, 2020 — Democratic Party voters in the 17th Congressional District of New York face an important decision in the June 23 primary election: Who will fill the seat being vacated by retiring Congresswoman Nita Lowey? Lowey has served with distinction in the U.S. House of Representatives for thirty years. She is …
By ROB ABBOT
Letter to the Editor Regarding the Congressional Race to Represent NY17
By ROB ABBOT
Dear Westchester Tribune / Yonkers Tribune Editor-at-Large Hezi Aris, January 24, 2020 — Yonkers Times’ Editor Dan Murphy’s report on the contest to succeed retiring Congresswoman Nita Lowey [“Parker and Buchwald leading Dems to replace Lowey,” January 9th] failed to take note of the elephant in the room. That elephant is named David Carlucci, an incumbent State Senator who collaborated with …
By ROB ABBOT
Reports Recommends Cleanup of Contamination at Brownfield Site on Riverdale Avenue, in Yonkers, N.Y.
YONKERS, NY — December 24, 2019 — This link opens a fact sheet that describes an environmental investigation report that recommends developing a remedy to address contamination related to the Buena Vista Apartments, site ID #C360181 (Yonkers, Westchester County), within New York’s Brownfield Cleanup Program: http://www.dec.ny.gov/data/der/factsheet/c360181rir.pdf The fact sheet is in PDF format. You can save, open, and read the …
NYSDEC Announces that Cleanup of Contamination is Complete at Brownfield Site on Pondfield Road in Bronxville, NY
BRONXVILLE, NY — December 1, 2019 — This link opens a fact sheet that announces that cleanup action has been completed to address contamination related to the Spic and Span Cleaners, site ID #C360130 (Bronxville, Westchester County, NY), within New York’s Brownfield Cleanup Program: http://www.dec.ny.gov/data/der/fact sheet/c360130cucomp.pdf The fact sheet provides highlights of the cleanup activities and discusses next steps. …
People Not Property: The History of Slavery in the Colonial North
YONKERS, NY — September 1, 2019 — Discover the history of the Colonial North too long forgotten by way of this interactive presentation.