White Plains, NY -- Westchester County Executive candidate Rob Astorino today called upon New York State senators serving Westchester County to vote “No!” on the proposed state budget announced by Governor Paterson, Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver yesterday.
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Yonkers, NY -- Yonkers City Council President Chuck Lesnick has called a Special Meeting of the Yonkers City Council to be held on Wednesday, April 1, 2009, in the Yonkers City Council Chambers at 5:45 PM for the following purpose…
To Discuss And Take Action On:
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White Plains, NY -- Lev L. Dassin, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Constance G. Post, former Commissioner of the Mount Vernon Department of Planning and Community Development as well as Executive Director of the Mount Vernon Department of Planning and Urban Renewal Agency, and Wayne Charles were found guilty today following a month-long jury trial in White Plains Federal Court on charges stemming from their diversion of more than $2 million in state and federal funds.
As established by the evidence at trial:
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Albany, NY – This morning’s session coaxed many Republicans to delay their coming on to the Senate floor. The afternoon agenda was curtailed by news that Mount Vernon Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson (D-The Bronx/Westchester County) had been taken ill with walking pneumonia to Albany Medical Center. Despite her grave state of health, she plans to return to the Senate Chambers when it gavels at 5:30 p.m.
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Editor,
The upcoming Yonkers City Budget promises to be a most challenging process for the city council with a budget gap estimated to be over $ 100 million dollars. We are assured that the taxpayers are going to be a large part of the solution to balancing an $880 million budget through tax increases and/or service reductions.
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Signals Renaissance of Leading Warehouse Closeout Discount Retailer
Yonkers, NY -- National Wholesale Liquidators has today announced the grand re-opening of five of its warehouse-style closeout discount centers: in Yonkers, NY; Bay Parkway, Brooklyn; Co-op City, The Bronx; Long Island City, Queens; and Lodi, NJ.
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Mount Vernon, NY and Yonkers, NY -- The northbound center lane of the Bronx River
Parkway between Wakefield
Avenu and Oak Street will be closed on Wednesday, April 1 from 10
a.m.to 3 p.m.
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Yonkers, NY -- The new state
budget will mean millions in shortfalls to many municipalities that host video
lottery terminals, but not Empire City at Yonkers Raceway ,
noted a spokesperson for Assemblyman Mike Spano. The new formula by which the state budget will
categorize municipalities with racinos will be based and designated by their
poverty rates, said Matt Anderson, a state Division of Budget spokesman.
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Tabloids Trash Albany as Corrupt and Secretive;
Name 16 in Rogues' Gallery
The New York State Legislature, long a target of newspapers
and reformers, was assailed by the New York Daily News Sunday in a front page headline
on the wood (large block print), State Of Shame. The article is by Albany
bureau chief Ken Lovett. It begins under a ribbon across the top of p7, The
Dysfunctional Government, and sports a rather judgmental but vivid headline You Guys Are A Disgrace! Lovett’s lede:
"Its time to clean up the mess in Albany!
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Klein Encourages Qualified New Yorkers to Apply
Albany, NY – The NYS Senate passed S1904A today, introduced
by Deputy Majority Leader Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester), to increase
the age limit at which a citizen can apply to the New York State Police, from
29 to 35. Under current law, the superintendent has the discretion to increase
the maximum age to 35 years, but is not required to do so. This proposed change
would also be consistent with the NYPD age limit of 35. In addition, the age of
35 would still allow for the completion of potential service careers of 20
years or more (mandatory retirement age for a NYS Trooper is 57) while
increasing the pool of qualified candidates interested in pursuing such a
career.
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New Rochelle, NY – Tuesday
morning, March 31, 2009, the On the Level
with Hezi Aris radio program heard on your radio dial from 10:00 am through 11:00 am on
WVOX-1460 AM radio, or by way of live streaming
audio technology on your computer is again chock filled with guests. We’ll
open up with New York State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky (92nd AD), who is also Chairman
of the Assembly Committee on
Corporations, Authorities and Commissions. Mr. Brodsky will discuss IDA
incentives, the changes in Governor David Paterson’s anticipated 2009-2010
Proposed State Budget, Yankee Stadium, and IBM.
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White Plains NY -- Democrats came out in force to attend Assemblyman Adam Bradley's announcement to seek the office of mayor of the City of White Plains. R to L: Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano, Councilwoman Rita Malmus, Assemblyman Adam Bradley, Assemblywoman Sandy Galef, Peter Sullivan, Westchester County Board of Elections Chairman Reginald Lafayette, White Plains Councilpersons Milagros Lecouna, Benjamin Boykin, Tom Roach, and Dennis Power. Photo (c) 2009 courtesy of and by John Bailey, publisher and editor of White Plains CitizeNetReporter.
All rights reserved.
Mr. Badley's speech is expected to be uploaded onto his Website sometime tonight or tomorrow: http://www.bradleyforwhiteplains.org/.
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Ed Koch Commentary: Let Us Get Out Of Afghanistan and Iraq, Now By Edward I. Koch
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