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YONKERS TRIBUNE: In Case You Missed It: The Week In Review – By Brian Harrod
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer Spoke At Yonkers Assemblyman Nader Sayegh’s Swearing In At Saunders High School
Senator Schumer, who serves as U.S. Senate Minority Leader, spoke of the three-week-old federal shutdown over funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Senate passed a bill to allow government workers to get back pay, but Trump failed to sign it and Friday was their first missed paycheck.
New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins Was Officially Sworn Into Office, Making Her The First Black Woman in State History to Hold That Powerful Legislative Position
After being in the minority, her new 39-member Democratic majority has their work cut out for them and they won’t have the easy excuse of blaming Republicans for blocking legislation.
Senator Stewart-Cousins’ list of legislative priorities planed to be addressed this year, include straightening voting rights, health care protections, codifying Roe vs. Wade into state law, addressing climate change, criminal justice reform, and rental law safeguards
One Person Was Slashed in the Face at Empire City Casino at Yonkers raceway According to Racino Employees and the Yonkers Police Department
A 20-year-old male from The Bronx was cut in the hands and face following a dispute between two groups of people.
The victim was taken to the hospital, but no arrests have been made.
Empire City Casino says surveillance footage has been provided to authorities and they will take necessary steps to ensure the safety of their guests and employees.
Yonkers Mayor Releases 186 Page List Of Rental Buildings In Yonkers That Have Been Designated As Slumlord Properties, Due To Their Failure to Correct Cited Health and Safety Building Code Violations.
Yonkers lawmakers introduced new legislation Monday targeting slumlords.
Mayor Mike Spano and Councilwoman Corazon Pineda-Isaac introduced legislation that would require landlords to reimburse the city for any costs related to relocating tenants who are displaced from condemnation.
The city has condemned nearly 10 buildings since November, forcing tenants out on the streets.
Mayor Spano says the city spends $10,000 to per night to cover the cost of shelter at the Yonkers PAL
Mayor Spano adds that the new law would hold landlords accountable.
The legislation is currently in the City Council’s Real Estate Committee and will be up for a vote in the coming weeks
Fire At Yonkers Apartment Complex Puts 25 Residents Into The Street
The Yonkers Fire Department reports that two firefighters and five residents were injured during the fire.
About 45 firefighters responded to the Hawthorne Avenue apartment building and it took them about 50 minutes to get the fire under control.
Initially there was heavy fire on the first floor and it quickly moved to the second and third floors.
Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the fire.
The Office of Emergency Management is also helping displaced residents with temporary shelter while the Red Cross is providing additional limited assistance.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Has Announced Funding to Continue Helping The Yonkers SNUG Outreach Program That Aims to Curb Violence in The City of Hills
The Yonkers SNUG office at the YMCA will use the funds for training programs to benefit at-risk youth
SNUG program in Yonkers will receive $356,000
A Yonkers Man Is Facing State Prison Time, After Officials Say He Attacked a Westchester County Corrections Officer, When He is Sentenced in March
Paul Overton was convicted of second-degree assault for not complying with lawful orders and punched and bit the officer at the Westchester County jail back in 2017
It happened when the 34-year-old Mr. Overton was being held on an unrelated charge.
New Charges for Bronx Man Accused of Killing a 24-Year-Old Man From Virginia and Dumping His Body in a Duffel Bag Behind a Wells Fargo Bank On Odell Avenue In Yonkers.
Law Enforcement officials say 49-year-old Christopher Myrie of The Bronx is now facing murder and manslaughter charges.
According to court records, Mr. Myrie stabbed 24-year-old DeShawn Cortez-Seaborne, of Virginia, inside an apartment in the Edenwald House back in November.
Mr. Myrie of The Bronx, and his girlfriend Jonisha Graham, 29, are facing charges that they concealed a human corpse.
Mr. Myrie has also been charged with second-degree murder
Police officers initially arrested Mr. Myrie and his 29-year-old girlfriend for concealment of a human corpse.
According to reports from New York City news outlets, police believe the three were involved in some sort of lovers triangle.
The New York Daily News reports that the victim was romantically involved with Ms. Graham, and Mr. Myrie reportedly went into a jealous rage when he caught Graham and Cortez-Seaborne together.
They say surveillance cameras outside the bank and in a nearby shopping plaza led them to Mr. Myrie and his girlfriend.
A Yonkers Woman Was Sentenced to Prison After Stealing Nearly $250,000 From Her Former Job
Theresa Casey received two to six years for stealing from the Allan M. Block Insurance Company, to whom she has been ordered to pay restitution
The money was stolen at the Tarrytown, NY firm while Ms. Casey was in charge of the insurance agency’s payroll
Anna Artuso’s Pastry Shop Was Closed After 52 Years In Business
Owner RJ Puma said the closing of the shop that his grandparents had founded has been in the works for many years
Mr. Puma sold his business to another family, but the exact plans for the store haven’t been made public.
Brian Harris is the Publisher / Editor of Yonkers Newswire.
https://www.yonkerstribune.com/2019/01/icymi-the-week-in-review-by-brian-harrod
YONKERS TRIBUNE: Defamation of Character or Free Speech – By Brian Harrod
LEGAL FACTS: In the context of defamation actions (libel and slander) a public official cannot win a lawsuit on incorrect harmful statements, unless there is proof that the publisher acted with actual malice by knowing the falsity…..
IT WAS A SETUP: Someone sent an email to Hezi Aris at the Yonkers Tribune and wrote that he had information about an alleged bar fight that took place recently at Fogarty’s in Bronxville and was willing to meet Hezi Aris with information and photos, claiming he was there when it happened.
LEGAL PAPERS: When Hezi Aris went to meet this person last Friday at an arranged location, a woman who I will not name because it’s not necessary, approached Hezi Aris and handed him papers saying,”here is a gift from John, you have been served.”
https://www.yonkerstribune.com/2018/12/defamation-of-character-or-free-speech-by-brian-harrod
YONKERS TRIBUNE: Perjurers Hiding Behind Gold Shields CBy C.J. Vegas
YONKERS: Freshly out of Facebook lockup and onto business.
I just heard that “Bozo the Clown” Yonkers Police Chief #JohnMueller has filed a lawsuit against Hezi Aris (Editor-at-Large of the Yonkers Tribune) and the Yonkers Tribune itself for articles written.
Now those not familiar with the Yonkers Tribune, its basically an online news outlet for news……
https://www.yonkerstribune.com/2018/12/perjurers-hiding-behind-gold-shields-by-c-j-vegas
Without knowing all of the facts this appears to be a SLAPP Lawsuit brought by Yonkers Police Department Chief #JohnMueller against Yonkers Tribune Publisher #HeziAris
A short or strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP) is a lawsuit that is intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition.
SLAPPs have become an all-too-common tool for intimidating and silencing critics
Such lawsuits have been made illegal in many jurisdictions on the grounds that they impede freedom of speech.
In the typical SLAPP, the plaintiff does not normally expect to win the lawsuit. The plaintiff’s goals are accomplished if the defendant succumbs to fear, intimidation, mounting legal costs, or simple exhaustion and abandons the criticism
When a plaintiff brings a SLAPP lawsuit against someone attempting to exercise their right of free speech, it is usually under the guise of a defamation claim.
The goal of plaintiffs in these cases is not necessarily to actually win the lawsuit, but to drag their critics to court and bury them under a pile of attorney’s fees and embarrassment until they cry “uncle!” and agree to be quiet
SLAPPs aren’t just random meritless lawsuits, they are lawsuits that directly attack First Amendment rights
A SLAPP may also intimidate others from participating in the debate. A SLAPP is often preceded by a legal threat.
Under the First Amendment there is no such thing as a false idea
The the First Amendment requires that we protect some falsehood in order to protect speech that matters
The courts have ruled that the First Amendment protects the publication of all statements, even false ones, about the conduct of public officials except when statements are made with actual malice (with knowledge that they are false)
The United States Supreme Court has virtually any attempt to squelch criticism of public officials—even if false—as antithetical to “the central meaning of the First Amendment.
In n New York, state courts have ruled all statements of opinion are protected as long as they do not allege illegal conduct.
You may dislike or disagree with the Yonkers Tribune, but its voice should not be silenced in Yonkers.
We want Yonkers’ many diverse voices speaking out on a public issue or controversy
Average citizens have been “SLAPPed” for actions such as posting a blog entry, posting a comment on another person’s blog, writing a letter to the editor of a newspaper, testifying before the legislature, reporting official misconduct, or circulating a petition.
Lawsuits targeting individuals who post anonymously on the Internet, usually because their posted messages criticize the actions of public figures or corporations, are sometimes called cyberSLAPPs.
Like a regular SLAPP, a cyberSLAPP aims at chilling free speech by intimidating critics with the prospect of defending an expensive lawsuit.
But it also often aims at uncovering the identity of the anonymous critic.
Indeed, anonymous debate was at the center of the revolutionary politics that led to American independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, which enshrined the press freedoms that continue to protect anonymous speech today.
In fact, some of the most prominent Founding Fathers regularly used the shield of pseudonyms including Thomas Paine, John Dickinson, Alexander Hamilton, Arthur Lee, John Jay, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
Those who would criticize anonymous speech must also recognize that anonymity has been an essential, and often productive, feature of American democratic politics since its beginning.
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Saltsman v. Goddard Blogger Case
The Steubenville High School rape occurred in Steubenville, Ohio on the night of August 11, 2012, when a high-school girl, incapacitated by alcohol, was publicly and repeatedly sexually assaulted by her peers, several of whom documented the acts on social media.
The victim was transported, undressed, photographed, and sexually assaulted.
Saltsman v. Goddard concerned an effort by the parents of Cody Saltsman, a teenage boy from Steubenville, to stop blogger Alexandria Goddard’s website from publishing allegedly defamatory posts about their son.
The parents sued Goddard and a dozen anonymous posters in October 2012; a legal blogger labeled it a SLAPP suit
The lawsuit asked for an injunction against the blogger, a public apology stating that the boy was not involved in the rape and $25,000 in damages.
The ACLU became involved on behalf of Goddard and the anonymous posters
The majority of local anonymous posters named in the lawsuit via their online nametag perceived this lawsuit as merely an avenue to learn their identity.
The case was dismissed with prejudice in December 2012.
When it was all said and done this was posted by Cody Saltsman, a teenage boy from Steubenville as part of the lawsuit
STATEMENT FROM CODY SALTSMAN
“I deeply regret my actions on the night of August 11, 2012. While I wasn’t at the home where the alleged assault took place, there is no doubt that I was wrong to post that picture from an earlier party and tweet those awful comments. Not a moment goes by that I don’t wish I would have never posted that picture or tweeted those comments. I want to sincerely apologize to the victim and her family for these actions. I also want to acknowledge the work of several bloggers, especially Ms. Goddard at Prinniefied.com, in their efforts to make sure the full truth about that terrible night eventually comes out. At no time did my family mean to stop anyone from expressing themselves online – we only wanted to correct what we believed were misstatements that appeared on Ms. Goddard’s blog. I am glad that we have resolved our differences with Ms. Goddard and that she and her contributors can continue their work.” – Cody Saltsman
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS:
Online blogs are a community where many different people express divergent views on important social issues and daily life.
Instead of seeking to silence those of us who were expressing our opinions, those who were offended should have added their voice to the conversation.
COMPASSIONATE JUSTICE: Five Just Graduated From The Yonkers Drug Court Treatment Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: At its recent graduation ceremony, there were five new graduates of the Yonkers Drug Treatment Court, a semi- annual event that has taken place
since the creation and implementation of the program in 2001.
PRESS RELEASE: Chief Judge Michael A. Martinelli, who presided over the Yonkers Drug Court Treatment Program graduation with Judge Arthur J Doran III.
YONKERS: Drug abusers are getting a second chance to turn their lives around with innovative Yonkers court program.
Participants in the program, enter voluntarily by pleading guilty to the criminal charges that they are accused of.
They are then required to complete a minimum of one year’s supervision by the Drug Court Team in order for them to be eligible to have their guilty pleas vacated and the charges against them dismissed.
Judge Martinelli added, “Each participant must agree that if they fail to complete their supervised treatment the will receive exactly the same sentence they would have received had they not been a successful participant and that would mean a drug conviction and jail time in the Westchester Penitentiary.”
Judge Martinelli also pointed out that the treatment programs are offered with the full acquiescence of the Westchester County District Attorney’s office and is limited only to those defendants charged with non -violent drug possession or other similarly related criminal offenses.
Judge Martinelli noted, “That at the inception of the drug court program, seventeen years ago, it was viewed as experimental and was the only one of its kind in the metropolitan New York area.
It was initially limited to the Yonkers and Mount Vernon City Courts.”
Judge Martinelli, together with his colleague, Judge Arthur Doran, said, “That they firmly believe that “rehabilitation rather than incarceration” is a win-win, not only for the individual participants in the program, but also for their friends, family members, Yonkers taxpayers, and the entire Yonkers Community. In my twenty-two plus years on the Yonkers
City Court Bench, nothing has given me greater personal satisfaction than to have the parents of a graduate or the graduate themselves, thank our team for giving them their life
back.”
About Judge Mike Martinelli
Yonkers City Court Chief Administrative Judge Mike Martinelli is a candidate for the New York State Supreme Court in the 9th Judicial District, which encompasses Westchester,
Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland and Orange Counties.
Mike was born in Mount Vernon, NY, the eldest of six sons to former Yonkers Mayor Angelo and Carol Martinelli.
He grew up in a nurturing Italian home, surrounded by grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and extended family. No occasion or holiday was too small for celebration.
He and his family moved to Yonkers when Mike was 10, and has lived there ever since.
He attended and graduated Mount St. Michael Academy, University of Notre Dame (BA) and St. John’s University School of Law (JD).
He is married to the former Jeanne Vergari for the past 43 years, and together they are the proud parents of daughter Jeanette, and son and daughter-in-law, Mike, Jr. and Jeanna.
They are the doting grandparents of Stefano, age 11, whose special needs have now taken them to new awareness of autism, Angelo, age 2, and are expecting a granddaughter in October.
Prior to taking the Bench in 1996, he enjoyed a 20-year career as a litigator specializing in commercial, real estate, criminal and zoning law.
The Yonkers City Court is one of the busiest courts in the state, where he has presided over countless criminal and civil trials, jury and non-jury, as well as the “problem solving” Drug Court and Human Trafficking Part, all in a firm, fair, expeditious and courteous manner.
In addition to judicial duties, since 2008, he is the administrative judge of the court supervising 6 other judges and a staff of over 50 clerks, stenographers and court attorneys.
He also serves as an Acting Westchester County Court Judge.
Mike is involved with Professional and Community Organizations and is a member and past President of both the Yonkers Lawyers Association and Columbian Lawyers
Association.
He is the Vice President of the Community Planning Council of Yonkers and a long time Little League Coach in Yonkers.
He is a parishioner of the Monastery Church of the Sacred Heart, Yonkers, NY, a member of John D. Calandra Lodge No. 2600, and a lifelong fan of the Yankees, all things Fighting Irish and good music.
HELPING OTHERS: Yonkers Tennis Great Talks About Mental Health
YONKERS: When James Blake unofficially retired from professional tennis in August 2013, he was a household name.
Over the course of a roughly 14-year career, the 38-year-old American from Yonkers, N.Y., worked his way to becoming the fourth-ranked singles player in the world, with 10 wins on the ATP World Tour and countless trips to grand slams.
Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Flushing Meadows — you name it, he’s probably been there. And deep in the draw.
But Blake by no means coasted through his career. In May 2004, during the Italian Open, he was practicing with fellow American Robby Ginepri on a drizzly day in Rome. Both lost in the first round, and they found a clay court to, naturally, play a match.
Blake slipped, and his body surged forward, hitting the net post while running down a drop shot. He fractured seven vertebrae — all just before the French Open.
That same year, his father, Thomas, died of stomach cancer. Blake also developed shingles on his face, known as zoster, which attacked nerves and led to temporary paralysis in half his face.
Going from highs to lows in such a short span of time caused him to search his soul.
“The doctors told me it was something where they wouldn’t even be able to tell if it will ever get better, or they’d have to do an experimental procedure to put a nerve from my leg into my face,” said Blake. “Even then, they said it’d take a month to determine whether I was going to heal at all.
“So, for that month, not knowing if I was ever going to play tennis again — or if I would ever look normal again, be able to smile or close my eye in a normal way — that made me think about what else I could do.”
As Blake sat just a few feet away from the practice courts Aug. 19 at the Wake Forest Indoor Tennis Center before the eighth-annual Winston-Salem Open, he had a smile on his face. He was healthy, having played another nine years in his career on the ATP Tour and gearing up for an exhibition match against Michael Chang in the Invesco Series QQQ event.
Blake isn’t the only professional tennis player to endure stress and uncertainty during the heat of competition. Those life struggles have even led to anxiety and depression for other players.
On Wednesday at the Winston-Salem Open, the ATP 250 tournament held a mental health awareness day as a community campaign, in conjunction with Westwood Swim and Tennis Club along with the Mental Health Association of Forsyth County, with the hope of calling attention to an issue faced by both everyday people and professional athletes.
While Blake never dealt with anxiety or depression, he is familiar with it. His friend and fellow American, Mardy Fish, suffered from an arrhythmia that made his heart race. It translated into an anxiety disorder, which even forced him to duck out of the Winston-Salem Open in 2013 because of a panic attack.
And even more athletes are speaking up about mental health issues, with some of the latest being Kevin Love of the Cleveland Cavaliers and DeMar DeRozan of the San Antonio Spurs.
“The actual mental health is something that’s really important, and for athletes to have spoken up, I think is really inspirational — Mardy Fish was one of the first, and one of my best friends — and for others to know, what he went through as an athlete and just as a human being, people forget you’re a human being and that you have those problems,” said Blake. “You know, to have guys like Kevin Love and DeMar DeRozan speaking about it … it’s something that you wouldn’t wish on anyone, but it’s very positive they’re speaking up about it.”
“You realize how many people have problems with anxiety, with depression, with suicidal thoughts. … You don’t want them to have a stigma, you want them to realize they can go get help.”
For Steve Johnson, who played in the Winston-Salem Open final Saturday against Russian Daniil Medvedev, the past year has been especially difficult. With the death of his father, Steve Sr., in May 2017, he’s also been battling anxiety issues.
He hopes the stigma surrounding mental health being considered a debilitating condition will one day dissolve.
“Hopefully the stigma of this is a weakness will go away, and just something that will go away,” said Johnson, who is currently ranked 34th in the world. “Then we can all work together and can push through these boundaries.”
With more athletes speaking up, and events geared toward promoting mental health awareness, Johnson hopes to see progress.
“All it takes is one,” Johnson said. “So it takes one brave person with a big enough platform to get the world to realize. So we’ll see what happens going forward. But it’s something I hope nobody has to deal with, of course.
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Via Yonkers Newswire Editor Brian Harrod
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Two proposals to build hotels on South Broadway have elected officials questioning the concepts.
COMING TO CABLE: Great Things Are Happening At Westchester County’s Largest #MMA Training Facility.
GROWING PROGRAM: #Yonkers Entrepreneur Samer Marji will soon have a show on Cablevision once his paperwork is completed.
YONKERS: Be sure to watch to watch Samer Marji’s “Technique Of The Week” Segment When His Cable Show Launches.
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NEWS 12: Stew Leonard’s owners teach parents about water safety
The owners of Stew Leonard’s were in #Yonkers Tuesday to help teach people about water safety.
Stew and Kim Leonard joined Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano at the Amackassin Club to share their story about their 21-month-old son who drowned in a pool.
The Leonards were at the event following dozens of drowning reports over the tristate area, with several occurring over the past week.
The couple said they wanted to teach parents about water safety, something they neglected to do with their son…..
http://www.news12.com/story/38930964/stew-leonards-owners-teach-parents-about-water-safety
Via Brian Harrod
https://harrodsnewsoftheworld.blogspot.com/2018/08/news-12-stew-leonards-owners-teach.html
NEWS 12: Yonkers woman comes to aid of Scarsdale man bit by shark in Cape Cod
YONKERS – A Yonkers woman came to the aid of a Scarsdale man after a shark bit him in Cape Cod last week.
Molly Tobin was on a family vacation at the remote Longnook Beach in Touro, Massachusetts, last Wednesday when she heard the screams.
“Shark attack. So my friend and I went to see if there was anything we could do to help, and we were the first people to get to him,” she says.
A shark believed to be a Great White bit Bill Lytton, a 61-year-old who lives just 6 miles from Tobin.
Tobin says she and her friend did what they could to stop the bleeding before EMS arrived….
Via Brian Harrod
https://harrodsnewsoftheworld.blogspot.com/2018/08/news-12-yonkers-woman-comes-to-aid-of.html
YONKERS NOT FOR PROFIT: The MGM provides benefits to the Indian community in the New York region by helping Indian kids raised in America to experience the culture of India
Mar Gregorios Memorial Study Center
Address: 47 Croydon Road, Yonkers, NY 10701
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Via Brian Harrod
https://harrodsnewsoftheworld.blogspot.com/2018/08/yonkers-not-for-profit-mgm-provides.html
Virginia Perez Is Serious About Cleaning Up The Status Quo Yonkers And Westchester County
LOL….When Have You Ever Seen Andrea Stewart-Cousins Doing Something Like This
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS: The Ru Ros’ Yonkers Voice Street News Crew Is Covering The Community To Clean Up But The SNOOZE 12 And The JOURNAL SNOOZE Doesn’t Care About The Latinos Taking Charge And Cleaning Up Yonkers
STREET INTERVIEW: Ru Ros Interviewed Virginia Perez Who Said She Was Very Proud Of Her Record And Has Accepted Multiple Debate Invitations From Multiple Networks Including A Offer To Host A Debate From “Yonkers Voice”
HIDING FROM HER RECORD: But Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins Has Failed To Accept The Opportunity To Defwend Her Record In Her Own Home Town Or Anywhere Else In Her District
ANDREA CANCELED: Yonkers Voice Reporter Ru Ros Says Andrea Stewart-Cousins Canceled And Interview At The Last Minute On Friday.
NOT HIDING FROM VOTERS: Virginia Perez Has Never Turned Down A Debate And Has Provided Each And Everyone Of Her Challengers An Opportunity To Debate Her Multiple Times.
Please Watch The Yonkers Voice Video Interview Here:
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TWO THUMBS UP: For The Yonkers Police Department, as well as, La Piñata Bakery Owner And Yonkers Mexican American Chamber of Commerce President #RobertoEspiritu For Getting Yonkers Youth Involved In Cleaning Up New Main Street Every Saturday.
If You Want To Get Involved Like Virginia Perez And Help These Kids And Community Leaders Clean Up New Main Street In Getty Square Then Meet Yonkers Mexican American Chamber of Commerce President Roberto Espiritu at Noon On Any Saturday At 240 New Main Street
Via Yonkers Newswire
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NEWS 12: Proposal would build luxurious hotels in Yonkers lots
YONKERS – Developers in Yonkers are hoping to build hotels in parts of the city that haven’t seen that kind of development in years.
One proposal would turn a former auto repair shop into a luxurious, four-story hotel on South Broadway and Herriot Street.,…
http://westchester.news12.com/story/38923326/proposalwouldbuild-luxurious-hotels-in-yonkers-lots
DAILY VOICE: ID Released For Yonkers Man Who Jumped From Bear Mountain Bridge
The body of Jose J. Sosa Fragoso of #Yonkers was pulled from the Hudson River on Sunday, Aug. 5, said New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks. Fragoso was wanted on a warrant in connection with a violent domestic abuse case in Yonkers, he said…..
YONKERS PIC: Republican Joseph Pinion III Has A New Ad / Palm Card Out In The Yonkers Assembly Race
Independent St. John’s Hospital In Yonkers Is Exploring Joining Montefiore Health System
EXCLUSIVE: Bronx, N.Y.-based Montefiore Health System and its clinical affiliate St. John’s Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y., are in talks for St. John’s to formally join Montefiore.
https://harrodsnewsoftheworld.blogspot.com/2018/08/independent-st-johns-hospital-in.html
NEW YORK CITY: Montefiore is an 11-hospital system with a primary and specialty care network of more than 180 locations, an extended care facility, the Montefiore School of Nursing and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
YONKERS: St. John’s serves the residents of Yonkers and southern Westchester County with a staff of more than 450 physicians.
While few details about the potential integration are available a St John’s Hospital insider expressed excitement about the possibilities to the Yonkers Newswire.
This decision to enter talks about a potential integration builds on a long-standing partnership formally launched when St John’s entered a clinical affiliation in 2014.
Montefiore brings its academic excellence to the outstanding care provided at St. John’s Hospital.
Both Montefiore and St. John’s share a commitment to advancing the health of the communities they serve.
A St. John’s insider told the Yonkers Newswire that the Yonkers hospital is deeply committed to transforming and evolving care in the region, keeping it local, affordable and accessible.
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2018 ELECTIONS Marc Molinaro advertisement declares Andrew Cuomo ‘Guilty’
https://youtu.be/4LUtLJRMCTw
Republican gubernatorial nominee Marc Molinaro hits Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo hard for corruption in his administration in a new television campaign.
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Judge-tells-Percoco-jurors-they-can-reach-12749532.php
The 30-second advertisement highlights Joe Percoco, a top adviser convicted of corruption charges in March, and Alain Kaloyeros, the state’s nanotechnology czar, who was recently convicted of bid-rigging charges.
The probe into political donations from Crystal Run is also referenced, with the advertisement implying Andrew Cuomo himself is being targeted.
“Andrew Cuomo’s top advisers are going to jail for stealing your tax dollars…and now he’s under investigation again in another pay-to-play scandal,” says the narrator of the advertisement.
The Daily News, which first reported on the advertisement, also broke the news that the Cuomo campaign is pushing back against the Crystal Run reference in the advertisement.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-cuomo-molinaro-corruption-20180819-story.html
The Times-Herald Record article cited his work!), “Cuomo under fire over Crystal Run donations,” doesn’t specifically say the governor is the subject of the ongoing federal investigation.
http://www.recordonline.com/news/20180801/cuomo-under-fire-over-crystal-run-donations
Cuomo campaign spokeswoman Abbey Collins confirmed tthat a cease and desist letter had been issued in response to the advertisement. “It is false, cheap, and nasty — it is exactly what you would expect from Trump mini-me Marc Molinaro,” Collins said about the advertisement in a statement.
Molinaro has made combating corruption a top priority for 2019. He crafted an accountability plan, which includes term limits and closing the LLC loophole.
“It’s time for a change,” declares the advertisement. “Marc Molinaro has a real plan to fix New York and end Cuomo’s corruption for good.”
JOURNAL NEWS: Yonkers’ Hudson Park tower expected to be done by autumn
YONKERS – The third phase of the Hudson Park complex at the downtown waterfront is expected to be completed by the fall. The 24-story…..
GUTLESS COWARD: Before reading the sentence, Judge Warhit called Abraham a “gutless coward.” Saying a little girl was left with no mother….
DAILY VOICE: Yonkers Husband, 55, Gets Nearly Two Decades In Prison For Killing Wife, 25
YONKERS: A Westchester husband has been sentenced to 18 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering his wife before attempting to take his own life.
Joseph Abraham, Sr., 55, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection to the murder of his 25-year-old wife, Amanda Trenck in their Van Cortlandt Avenue apartments in Yonkers last May.
Shortly before 9:15 a.m. on May 21, officers from the Yonkers Police Department were dispatched to the apartment, where there was a reported attempted suicide with multiple victims potentially at the scene.
Upon arrival, police officers said that they found Trenck in her bedroom slumped over the bed with multiple stab wounds and a large pool of blood around her.
Abraham was found unconscious in a full bathtub with cuts visible on both of his wrists and the side of his neck…..
MAKE YOUR OWN VIDEO: The Taxpayer Funded #YoFiFest, also known as the Yonkers Film Festival opened a digital media art center
YONKERS EVENT: The taxpayer funded video center is located on the ground floor of the former Otis Elevator factory, now called iPark Hudson will hold an open house Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m
#FREE TRAINING: The taxpayer funded The new digital media art center at 28 Wells Ave. will offer educational programs in a classroom setting for adults, children and families.
The audio-visual gear includes editing software for producing videos or podcasts.
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Dangerous Yonkers Police Department Tactics….
PAY TO PLAY: Yonkers Police Department Commissioner #CharlesGardner Is Putting Seniors And Homeowners At Risk Failing To Send Taxpayer Funded Press Press About IRS Scam Release To All Media Outlets In Yonkers
SCREW THE SENIORS: Dishonest Yonkers Police Department Sargent Dean Politopoulos Violates New York States Freedom Of Information Laws By Only Send Recorded Phone Call To The Yonkers Police Department Unions Favored Reporters
BUCK STOPS HERE: When Another Yonkers Senior Or Homeowner Gets Scammed It W#ill Be Clearly Be Yonkers Police Department Commissioner Charles Gardner’s Community Outreach Mismanagement To Blame
LOL…. Yonkers Police Department Commissioner Charles Gardner needs To Be More Transparent In The “Second Safest City In America” By Taking The Politics Out Of The Department And Serving All Of The Residents In The City Of Hills
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Also:
https://harrodsnewsoftheworld.blogspot.com/2018/08/dangerous-ypd-tactics.html
TWO THUMBS UP; For The Yonkers Police Department
PRESS RELEASE: Yonkers Police Department make arrest in Nodine Hill dumping incident
BUSTED: Dump on Yonkers, get arrested.
YONKERS: For several months now, the City of Yonkers and Yonkers Police Department has been working diligently to stop illegal dumping and apprehend those responsible for tarnishing our City. Recent efforts include increased directed patrols and overt / covert surveillance.
On August 4th, Post 36 (Nodine Hill) working together with Public Safety Dispatchers began investigating the dumping of two mattresses at an empty lot adjacent to 94 Oak Street. Surveillance video captured an image of the perpetrator which was disseminated to 3rd Precinct Officers.
Ten days later, the perpetrator was located by a patrol unit and placed under arrest.
The suspect, identified as 26 year old Michael Davon ROMAN of Yonkers, was also found to be in possession of illegal drugs and was charged with the same.
ROMAN will face potential fines ranging from $7,500 to $15,000 for illegal dumping when due in court, in addition to any jail time.
Additionally, the @YonkersPD will impound any vehicle utilized to facilitate illegal dumping, and the City of Yonkers will move to seize that vehicle.
Don’t dump on Yonkers – it’s just not worth it. Tips can be called in to (914) 377-DUMP (3867) or direct to the Yonkers Police Department at (914) 377-7900.
The City of Yonkers also offers a reward of up to $1,000 to anyone who reports a case of illegal dumping in which a conviction is made.
NOTE: Booking charges are merely accusations and the defendant(s) are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
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YONKERS RISING / YONKERS TIMES: Yonkers Figure Skaters Compete in World Championships
Congratulations to all the skaters from the Yonkers Figure Skating Club who just returned from competing at the ISI Worlds Recreational Championship in Boston.
The Yonkers Club based at E.J. Murrays was represented by 14 skaters who made the trip along their with 4 coaches.
The event drew nearly 3000 skaters from 76 teams located throughout the United States and six international teams from as far away as China.
The kids competed at various levels and included competitions in ice dancing, Freestyle, footwork, pairs and many others.
The kids have been working with their coaches and practicing for months on their programs, choreography, music, dress and makeup.
Just like the Olympics the kids skate in front of a panel of judges……
JOURNAL NEWS: Back to school: Westchester volunteers give away hundreds of backpacks to needy kids
Donations will be given to students at Thomas Cornell Academy in #Yonkers. Hundreds of local students have already received backpacks and school supplies….
YONKERS RISING / YONKERS TIMES: Westchester Dems Endorse Andrea Stewart-Cousins
State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins officially kicked off her re-election campaign for 2018 in which she faces a democratic primary challenge from county legislator Virginia Perez, by getting the endorsement of 12 of the 13 democratic members of the county board.
Virginia Perez, was the only democratic county legislator who didn’t support Andrea Stewart-Cousins, who serves as the leader of the Senate democratic conference in Albany and has three decades of public service to the people of Westchester.
“I am humbled by the overwhelming support from my colleagues in the Democratic Majority of the Westchester County Board of Legislators, including the members who represent towns cities that I also represent,” said Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins……
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