Politicians React After Trump Fires Westchester Native, FBI Director Comey

Following President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey , a Yonkers native, politicians from Westchester expressed concern about the timing and motive of the move by the Bedford estate owner. "President Trump's decision to fire the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation raises questions, and the Administration's explanation for this dismissal lacks any clarity," Congresswoman Nita Lowey said.

Trump Fires Yonkers Native, FBI Director James Comey

FBI Director James Comey, a native of Yonkers, has been fired as FBI director by President Donald Trump in a surprising announcement made late Tuesday afternoon. The firing, which the White House says came on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, comes just days after Comey testified to Congress regarding his handling of the email investigation of Chappaqua's Hillary Clinton.

Hudson River: A Battle for Anchorage Grounds Goes Viral

... Register notice, seeking public comments on a proposal suggesting new anchorage grounds in the Hudson River, from Yonkers to Kingston, N.Y. Officially, this was an advance notice of proposed rulemaking; in other words, an action the Coast Guard was ...

Hudson Valley Officials Propose Legislation Against Barge Anchorage Sites

The U.S. Coast Guard proposal that would create anchorage sites for barges along the Hudson River continues to be much-maligned by both local homeowners and elected officials in New York. Hudson Valley officials came together at the Yonkers waterfront on Monday to announce additional legislation that would stop the Coast Guard's proposal that includes the installation of 16 anchor berths across 715 acres on the water between Yonkers and Dobbs Ferry.

When it comes to supporting the US president, FSU Jews say Israel trumps all

... people should know conservatives are not evil. Just because we support Trump doesn't make us evil." A resident of Yonkers, NY, Rappaport immigrated to the US in 1979 from Leningrad. He is one of about 750,000 Jews from the former Soviet Union living ...

White Plains Resistance Rally Draws Diverse Groups From Across County

... Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Cabrini Immigrant Services, Community Voices Heard, the Yonkers Islamic Center, the Muslim American Society of Upper New York, St. Catherine AME Zion Church, Calvary Baptist Church, the ...

Black History Month Book Fair Comes To Yonkers

The Black History Month Book Fair opened on Thursday at SUNY Purchase College Center for Community and Culture, "PC4," at 16 Warburton Avenue in the Yonkers Downtown Waterfront Arts District. For the two days of the Book Fair, PC4 is converted into a pop-up bookstore and library.

M-E students get prime seats for Electoral College

E students get prime seats for Electoral College 110 students from across the state were among those invited to view the proceedings Monday. Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://press.sn/2i6NX5x Kyrollos Shehata, left, of Yonkers Montessori Academy and Mateo Carrillo of Roosevelt High School were among about 110 students who were in attendance Monday for a meeting of New York's Electoral College.

Nyack Sketch Log: Hip Hopper Hooray

... College, Columbia University, and was most recently the Director the Education at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers. Patton expects to motivate an interested public in understanding Hopper, who "brings illustrations to everyday life.". Other ...

Nov. 22: ‘Hamilton,’ Electoral College and swastikas

... nor Pence has even been given the chance to raise their right hands to take the oath of office. Edward Galorenzo Yonkers: After producers put out a casting call for nonwhites only, I find it hysterical that the cast of "Hamilton" can lecture anybody ...

FBI Director Comey, At Center Of Email Reveal, Is Westchester Native

... related to its previous closed investigation of Clinton's use of a private server at her Chappaqua home. Comey is a Yonkers native who lived in the city until his teenage years before his family moved to Allendale, N.J., where he graduated high ...

Happy Birthday, HRC: A decade-by-decade look at Clinton’s life

... seat in New York - and she would go on to win the seat by more than double the share of her challenger, former Yonkers mayor John Spencer. Then-first lady Hillary Clinton blows out the candles of her birthday cake as then-president Bill Clinton ...

Sen. Stewart-Cousins hits campaign trail for fellow Democrats

State Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins hit the campaign trail Monday to court voters at the Nodine Hill Community Center in Yonkers, despite having no opponents in the upcoming election. The Yonkers Democrat says there is even more at stake than her re-election if there is a strong Hillary Clinton turnout statewide on Election Day.

Maloney slams Coast Guard plan for barge anchoring sites along Hudson River

... of river designated a federal Superfund site and "kill" the proposal for 43 berths at locations between Kingston and Yonkers, Maloney said. He made the announcement at the waterfront in the City of Newburgh, one of the proposed locations, and was ...

Spring Meeting Will Discuss Hudson River Barge Sites

Those opposed to federal government-imposed rules about anchorage sites along the Hudson River from Yonkers to Kingston want a meeting, but one will not take place until spring, reported lohud.com. The proposal is to place 10 formal commercial anchorage sites along the Hudson River, including three in the Lower Hudson Valley at Stony Point, Montrose and Yonkers.

NY Senators Want Hearing On Barge Stationing Point In Montrose

A proposal to place 10 formal commercial anchorage sites along the Hudson River, including three in the Lower Hudson Valley at Stony Point, Montrose, and Yonkers has prompted the two New York Senators to call for a public hearing, lohud.com reported. A public hearing is being requested of the U.S. Coast Guard by Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand over the anchorage sites, which are considered necessary for safe navigation up the river.

alpha-En Corporation to Host Press Conference With United States…

This event is being organized to publicize awareness and support for the bipartisan legislation " Made in America Manfuactoring Communities Act ," that will benefit local businesses in New York State and the City of Yonkers by bringing together resources of multiple federal agcencies that drive business development in the local community. The legislation will stimulate the manufacturing industry and help create well-paying jobs in Westchester County by creating a permanent program that designates local regions as "Manufacturing Communities," which would put them in the front of the line to receive federal economic development funding specifically for the purpose of investing in manufacturing.