MOUNT VERNON, NY — APRIL 3, 2020 — “The state Comptroller’s Office is auditing Mount Vernon, where details of the city’s finances have been murky for at least the past two years and infighting continues…”, stated a LOHUD news story on February 23, 2020. The anticipated deliverable of the audit may follow formatted examples similar to those published on the …
By DERICKSON K. LAWRENCE
Assemblyman Nader Sayegh Encourages City of Yonkers to Issue a Moratorium Suspending On-Street Meter Parking Enforcement for Duration of COVID-19 Outbreak, and Retroactively Dismiss Parking Violations
YONKERS, NY — April 3, 2020 – Assemblyman Nader J. Sayegh (D-Yonkers) is encouraging the City of Yonkers and the Yonkers Parking Authority to suspend on-street meter parking enforcement for the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak. “The City of Yonkers already makes accommodations for residents who have to park their vehicles overnight under the presumption that they’re home,” said Assemblyman …
Coronavirus Update – April 3rd, 2020 – Letter to Pence: Don’t Allow PPE’s To Be Sent Overseas
By Congressman ELIOT L. ENGEL
WASHINGTON, DC — April. 3, 2020 — Today I called on the Trump Administration to restrict the export of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the face of a growing shortage in the United States. In a letter to Vice President Mike Pence, who leads the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force, I underscored that through the Export Control Reform Act and …
By Congressman ELIOT L. ENGEL
Fink Calls Petition Challenges Frivolous and Potentially Dangerous
PELHAM, NY — April 3, 2020 – Chris Fink, Democratic Congressional Candidate in the June 23rd Democratic Primary for NY’s 16th Congressional District, is calling the petition challenges to his and his rivals’ petitions frivolous as well as dangerous to the government workers who have to review the bogus and irresponsible claims. Andom Ghebreghiorgis’ campaign filed objections to Chris Fink’s …
NYS Senator RAMOS: This Is An Austerity Budget That Will Starve Our Neighbors and Fill Our Jails
While proud of the important wins on paid sick leave, prevailing wage, and e-bikes, Ramos cautions that this budget could be a catastrophe for struggling New Yorkers ALBANY, NY – April 3, 2020 — Senator Jessica Ramos, chair of the Senate Labor Committee, today announced the New York State Legislature approved the SFY 2020-21 budget. She issued the following statement: …
2020-2021 State Budget Fails New Yorkers
By NYS Assemblyman BRIAN M. KOLB
A Column by Assemblyman Brian M. Kolb (R,C-Canandaigua) ALBANY, NY — April 3, 2020 — “We have the power, but do they have the will? It’s time for the Legislature to regain its mojo.” I said those words about three years ago. I was trying to inspire some urgency in my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to do what …
By NYS Assemblyman BRIAN M. KOLB
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano Call on Local Churches to Ring Bells in Support of Healthcare Workers and First Responders Combatting COVID-19 Outbreak
Mayor Encourages Residents to Join in Appreciating Essential Workers by Clapping Outside Their Homes at 7PM YONKERS, NY – APRIL 3, 2020 – Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano today is calling on local churches and bell towers to ring their bells at 7pm every evening in support of Yonkers healthcare workers and first responders on the frontlines combatting COVID-19 outbreak. Residents …
Mike Spano, Mayor of the City of Yonkers, Matt Slater, Supervisor of Yorktown, Mimi Rocah, Westchester County District Attorney Candidate, and Hezi Aris, Publisher / Editor-at-Large Hezi Aris on Westchester On the Level – Friday, April 3, 2020 from 10am-12Noon EST
Listeners are welcome to share their perspective and/or make inquiry when on topic. Call: (347) 205-9201 Listen to this broadcast “Live” or “On Demand” via the Internet – http://tobtr.com/s/11702669 Guests and Topics of Discussion are defined herein YONKERS, NY, YORKTOWN, NY, and SCARSDALE, NY — April 3, 2020 — Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano engages our audience in an update with …
Yonkersites Who Have Been Tested for Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Are Infected is Now Tallied at 1,300 Plus
By HEZI ARIS
The Culture of Omission and Deception Regarding “Best Practice” Responsiveness to the COVID-19 Challenge Hezitorial YONKERS, NY — April 2, 2020 — It would have been ludicrous to reveal the number of Yonkersites who have been tested and are in fact infected by Coronavirus (COVID-19) on April Fool’s Day. No matter the day, however, the numbers have proven to be …
By HEZI ARIS
Mike Spano, Mayor of the City of Yonkers, Matt Slater, Supervisor of Yorktown, Mimi Rocah, Westchester County District Attorney Candidate, and Hezi Aris, Publisher / Editor-at-Large Hezi Aris on Westchester On the Level – Friday, April 3, 2020 from 10am-12Noon EST
Listeners are welcome to share their perspective and/or make inquiry when on topic. Call: (347) 205-9201 Listen to this broadcast “Live” or “On Demand” via the Internet – http://tobtr.com/s/11702669 Guests and Topics of Discussion are defined herein YONKERS, NY, YORKTOWN, NY, and SCARSDALE, NY — April 3, 2020 — Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano* engages our audience in an update with …