SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – January 28, 2020 — Julia Beatrice Keleher, former Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Education (“PR DoE”), and Ariel Gutiérrez-Rodríguez have on January 15, 2020 been indicted for their participation in a bribery scheme and conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, announced U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico W. Stephen Muldrow. The …
Why It’s Safe to Declare Trump Victory Over the 2019 Migrant Crisis. But Violent Caravans Aim to Take It Away
By TODD BENSMAN
TACUN UMAN, GUATEMALA – January 27, 2020 — Chanting “Hon-dur-as! Hon-dur-as! Hon-dur-as!” hundreds of migrants from the first U.S.-bound caravan of 2020 last week showed up at the Puente Rodolfo Robles International Bridge in this violent smuggler’s town on Guatemala’s northwestern border with Mexico, always a symbolic turnstile to the American goal line. Mexican officials on the other side had …
By TODD BENSMAN
During Trip to Poland, Governor Cuomo Recommits to Series of Actions to Fight Anti-Semitism, Including Passing First-in-the-Nation Domestic Terrorism Law and Enacting a Diversity Curriculum for Schools
Governor Joins World Leaders as Only U.S. Elected Official to Attend Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau Governor Tours Auschwitz-Birkenau, Lays Stones from NYS Capitol on Train Tracks as a Symbol of our Pledge to Never Forget Governor Meets with Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants from New York State and All …
Hezi Aris, Yonkers Tribune Editor-at-Large, AJ Smith, SmartAsset VP of Financial Education, and Shawn Patterson-Howard, Mayor of Mount Vernon, NY on Westchester On the Level – Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 10am ET
Guests and Listeners may share their perspective and / or inquiry when staying on topic and using the following call-in number: (347) 205-9201. Listen to the broadcast “live” or “on demand” via … http://tobtr.com/s/11650939 MOUNT VERNON, NY, NEW YORK, NY and YONKERS, NY — The broadcast day begins this Tuesday, January 28, 2020 with Yonkers Tribune Publisher / Editor-at-Large Hezi …
Bigger Than Ukraine
By CLAY JONES
Clay Jones is a self-syndicated political cartoonist whose work is distributed to newspapers and news sites across the United States and around the world. He also draws a weekly cartoon for CNN Opinion’s weekly newsletter, Provoke/Persuade. Clay was represented by Creators Syndicate (2000-13) until he left to start his own syndicate. His career began in 1990 at The Panolian, a …
By CLAY JONES
Two of New York’s Sacred Cows are About to Lock Horns
By RICHARD BRODSKY
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — January 26, 2020 —What’s different about this year’s budget proposal from Gov. Andrew Cuomo has nothing to do with the size of the looming $6 billion budget gap. Albany has successfully wrestled with larger gaps often. The problem is that for the first time we’re headed for a collision between the two sacred cows of state …
By RICHARD BRODSKY
A Great—But Fragile—Triumph of Zionism
By CAROLINE GLICK
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — January 26, 2020 — The arrival of dozens of world leaders to Jerusalem to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day and commit to fighting anti-Semitism represents recognition of Zionism’s fundamental truth: The Land of Israel is the one and only, eternal homeland of the Jewish people. What the foreign leaders who came to Jerusalem last week to mark …
By CAROLINE GLICK
The 4th Annual Introduction to HBCU Takes Place in Yonkers, NY – Sunday, February 2nd Between 12Noon and 5pm – Yonkers Riverfront Library
The 4th Annual, An Intro To HBCUs will be held on February 2nd, 2020 between 12:00 PM and 5:00 PM in The Atrium Of The Yonkers Riverfront Library, 1 Larkin Center, Yonkers, New York. The New York-New Jersey HBCU Initiative is a volunteer project supported and sponsored-in- part by rappers, politicians, and community members. It is Founded and Directed by …
New York State Senator Peter Harckham Endorses Westchester District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr.
MT. PLEASANT, NY — January 26, 2020 — New York State Senator Peter Harckham endorsed Democratic Westchester District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. for re-election on Wednesday, January 22nd. Senator Harckham, Chair of the State Senate’s Committee on Alcohol and Substance Abuse, cited Scarpino’s innovative and proactive approaches to solving the opioid epidemic as the reasons for his support. “I am …
Senate Deputy Leader Gianaris’ Bill Requiring Agencies to Hold Hearings When Petitioned by New Yorkers Unanimously Passed
Proposal Would Also Provide Live-Streamed or Teleconferenced Hearings of State Agencies ALBANY, NY – January 26, 2020 — Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris announced the Senate passed his legislation allowing state agencies to use new methods to engage New Yorkers in decision making on Wednesday, January 22nd. The bill, which passed unanimously, allows residents to petition agencies to hold public …