An appreciation: Neil Simon was a funnyman who pleased himself by going deeper

... anymore, I write plays," Simon once said to me, not long after he had won his Pulitzer Prize, in 1991, for "Lost in Yonkers," the drama of a troubled family presided over by a domineering matriarch. This megasuccessful playwright - a genius of the ...

Cynthia Nixon: Democrats need to let black women lead party

... - wasn't included in weeks of closed-door talks that led to last Sunday's passage of the budget. Stewart-Cousins, of Yonkers, leads the Senate's mainstream Democrats. She wasn't included in the so-called "four men in a room" negotiations in which ...

Muslim professor at Catholic school writes Holocaust book

On a recent Friday evening at the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, Rabbi Linda Shriner-Cahn and Manhattan College religion professor Mehnaz Afridi sat before worshipers at that evening's Shabbat service to discuss Afridi's new book, "Shoah Through Muslim Eyes." Afridi hopes the book will help create a bridge of conversation between the two faiths of Judaism and Islam as she interviews Holocaust survivors, uses Muslim-Arabs works, covers the reach of the Holocaust under the Vichy and Nazi governments, and discuss anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

Over 3,000 props and costumes from The Late Show With David Letterman to be sold online, Sept. 19-23

... including articles of clothing worn by Mr. Letterman and his guests - will be sold online, Sept. 19th thru 23rd. YONKERS, N.Y. - Sept. 6, 2016 - PRLog -- A trove of props and costumes from The Late Show With David Letterman TV show - over 3,000 ...