Yonkers Tribune

Senator Stewart-Cousins Arranges and Concludes Meeting with NYS Budget Director Anglin

Makes Case for Yonkers

ALBANY, NY – NYS Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, having concluded a meeting she arranged with NYS Budget Director Laura Anglin, and Bruce Gyory, representing Governor David Paterson’s office, having invited Senator Jeff Klein, Assemblymen Gary Pretlow and Mike Spano, and Mayor Phil Amicone, among other concerned parties, is encouraged by the face-to-face meeting which told of Yonkers unique situation with respect to New York State’s own budget deficit.

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New York Racing Association Deal Pours $26 Million into Yonkers Raceway

Klein and Stewart-Cousins Bring Bucks Home to District

ALBANY, NY --Today Senator Jeff Klein (D-Westchester/Bronx) and Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) voted to pass legislation to pour an additional $26 million into Yonkers Raceway. The funding constitutes the largest portion of a $70 million package of additional revenue for the eight tracks that have video-lottery terminals (VLTs), including Finger Lakes Racing and Gaming in Ontario County, Batavia Downs, and Tioga and Vernon.

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Senator Stewart-Cousins Saves Dobbs Ferry Hospital from Closing

DOBBS FERRY, NY – While specifics are sketchy, official word has been received that advises that Dobbs Ferry Hospital with not close, instead, it will undergo restructuring to become the Dobbs Ferry Pavilion. Press conferences later today may shed more light on the issue.

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Sen. Stewart-Cousins Applauds New York State Housing Grant for Children's Village

DOBBS FERRY, NY -- Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins applauded the recent announcement by Governor Spitzer that Children’s Village has been approved for a $4.9 financing grant to renovate 112 affordable housing units located on its Dobbs Ferry campus. The funding is part of larger financing package that is providing a total of $43.9 million from two state housing agencies toward constructing or renovating 800 affordable housing units across the state.   

 

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Sen. Stewart-Cousins: GOP Attack Ad $$ "Better Spent on Veterans"

YONKERS, NY- Sen. Stewart-Cousins expressed disappointment today with the news that the State Republicans have launched a series of attack advertisements against her on cable TV.

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Klein Condemns Cancellations

NYC Council Endorses Klein Bill to Protect Homeowners from Future Mass “Non-Renewals”

NEW YORK, NY -- At the invitation of the New York City Councilman Leroy Comrie, Chairman of the Committee on Consumer Affairs, Senator Jeff Klein (D- The Bronx/Westchester) testified at a hearing in support of Proposed Resolution No. 430A, recommending that the state pass his proposed bill, S2269, which would reduce the number of policies that insurers can cancel in a single year without having to gain the approval of the State Insurance Department. 

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Klein Runs Sting on Fake ID Producers

State Senator Jeff Klein Joins with NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Mothers Against Drunk Driving to Release Report on Fake IDs & Underage Drinking in New York 

NEW YORK, NY -- Standing outside of Galaxy Photo, a seller of unofficial and unverified identification cards, State Senator Jeff Klein, (D-Bronx/Westchester), stood with New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Cecilia Wolf of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) to release a 37-page report detailing the ease with which minors can access alcohol.

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State Senators Stewart-Cousins and Klein Call for Tougher Dram Shop Laws

 

Photo courtesy of Sunny McClain

SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY -- Standing in front of the Village Court and Police Station here, State Senators Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Jeff Klein, along with Westchester MADD representative Carole Sears, called today for an extension of New York’s Dram Shop Law liability to manufacturers and issuers of fake identification cards, as it is widely known that pervasive teen drinking is abetted by the ease of access to fake IDs.

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Sen. Stewart-Cousins Efforts to Replace Withdrawn Funds and Grants in Westchester Ongoing

YONKERS, NY -  State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins was featured in a Newsday article yesterday (September 30) that looks at the political “dirty pool” stemming from approved grants that legislators promised but were later withdrawn when the lawmakers left office.
   

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Rate, That’s Not All!

Klein Calls Rate Cuts Insufficient

Recommends Working with Banks to Resolve Situation for Borrowers

THE BRONX, NY -- In response to today’s announcement by the U.S. Central Bank that interest rates would be cut to help ease the burden on banks caused by the current crisis in the sub-prime lending market, Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester), who issued a report as recently as August on sub-prime mortgages in New York State, said the following:

 

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