NEW YORK, NY — September 20, 2019 — Congressman Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on today’s Student Climate Strike: “Earlier this week, the Foreign Affairs Committee’s subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy and the Environment invited student climate activists from across the globe to testify at a hearing on the global climate …
Building Service Workers’ Union (32BJ SEIU) Announces Hudson Valley Endorsements
WHITE PLAINS, NY — September 20, 2019 — Members of 32BJ SEIU in the Hudson Valley today announced their endorsements for the 2019 general election. With more than 175,000 members in 11 states across the East Coast and Washington D.C., 32BJ SEIU is the largest building service employees union in the nation, and of the largest with majority immigrant membership. …
Brexit: What Is At Stake?
By Dr. MARK W. HENDRICKSON
I feel badly for the people of the United Kingdom. Brexit – the move to withdraw the UK from the European Union – has left the United Kingdom anything but united. Even families are being ripped apart. The most notable involves Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s own family. His brother Jo (a fine fellow whom I met several years ago) resigned …
By Dr. MARK W. HENDRICKSON
DRIVING ME CRAZY: 2020 Kia Telluride EX V6 AWD
By JOHN and LAURIE WILES
PINEHURST, NC and YONKERS, NY — September 18, 2019 — We have been fortunate lately to get several of the new bigger crossover SUV’s. This week I thought we would give you our slant on another new 2020 model. KIA went belly up in 2007; Hyundai bought a stake in it; and KIA keeps rolling as a subsidiary of Hyundai-Kia …
By JOHN and LAURIE WILES
Shanae Williams, Yonkers City Councilmember (YCC-District-1), Lorraine Lopez, Local Political Analyst, and Hezi Aris, Yonkers Tribune Publisher / Editor-at-Large on Westchester On the Level – Wednesday, September 18, 2019 @10am EST
Use the following hyperlink http://tobtr.com/s/11496381 to listen to this broadcast of Westchester On the Level “Live” or “On Demand”. Call (347) 205-9201 to share your perspective or inquiry and please stay on the topic being discussed. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — September 18, 2019 — Yonkers City Councilmember Shanae Williams (D-YCC-District-1) opens the broadcast day in reference to last Friday afternoon’s …
Congratulation Are Due Nick Spano’s Empire Strategic Planning’s Lobbying Firm for Signing An Agreement to Represent LionsGate Studios and MGM Grand Resorts
By HEZI ARIS
The Lions Gate Studios / MGM Grand Resorts’ Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway Hezitorial Update: As of September 18, 2019th it has now been learned that instead of Nick Spano, David Patterson, former New York State Governor has been given the responsibility to be the lobbyist for MGM Grand Resorts. Update: Sources with knowledge assert that Nick Spano is …
By HEZI ARIS
Gem Realty, San Souci Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, and Yonkers Doctors Care Extend Their Helping Hands to Those People Who Resided at 149 North Broadway
By HEZI ARIS
YONKERS, NY — September 16, 2019 — It was back on Sunday, August 11, 2019 when a fire coursed through every floor of the apartment house situated at 149 North Broadway displacing 86 adults, children, and pets. While the Department of Social Services, among operations intended to respond to those displaced, the task was costly and gargantuan in scope. While …
By HEZI ARIS
The 9/11 Disrepect – A Letter Addressed to Mayor Mike Spano
YONKERS, NY — September 16, 2019 — This letter is to advise you that we do not accept the validity of the letter of apology attributed to Fire Fighter Richard LaPeruta and provided to Christopher J. Eberhart for his story that appeared in the Saturday September 14, 2019 edition of The Journal News, on News 12, in The Yonkers Tribune, …
Mayor Mike Spano’s Communications Director Akeem H. Jamal Suffers Serious Car Injuries
HEZI ARIS
UPDATES – AND REVISIONS September 15, 2019 – Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano makes a visit to Akeem Jamal’s bedside September 16, 2019 – Mr. Jamal is ALERT and OFF the ventilator! September 17, 2019 – Office of Westchester County Responds to Inquiry September 18, 2019 – Yonkersites Await statement from Mayor Mike Spano. September 18, 2019 – Why has Yonkers …
HEZI ARIS
State Police and Department of Health Partner to Immediately Ramp up Enforcement Efforts Against Retailers Who Sell to Underage Youth – Possibility of Criminal Penalties
Advances Legislation to Eliminate Deceptive Marketing of E-Cigarettes to Children and Underage Youth DOH Commissioner Dr. Zucker Will Hold Emergency Meeting with PHHPC to Ban E-Cigarette Flavors Governor Andrew M. Cuomo: “I don’t think it’s an outrageous parallel to say look at the work we’re doing now with the opioid companies. They sold pain medication that they knew was highly addictive, that they circulated, …