Election Day storylines beyond the candidates

... is running against two-term Democratic ... more Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, speaks during a news conference Wednesday, April 4, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Senate Democratic Conference ...

Bronxites rally for immigrant kids parked here after border round-up

... Especially after those children were scattered to different parts of the country, including both the Bronx and Yonkers. Two organizations Bronx borough president Ruben Diaz Jr., believes is housing these children are Catholic Guardian Services and ...

Engel Announces 2018 HUD Funding for Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Yonkers

Congressman Eliot Engel, a top member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today announced the cities of Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, and Yonkers have been awarded federal grant money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development totaling more than $8.7 million for FY 2018. "Affordable housing is such a critical issue here in New York, especially for residents in Westchester," Engel said.

Cuomo sending another round of help to Puerto Rico

... Environmental Conservation. In partnership with the Greater New York Hospital Association and the Afya Foundation, a Yonkers-based non-profit organization that collects and delivers surplus medical supplies to support humanitarian efforts and health ...

400 college professors say consumers should be able to sue Equifax and other financial institutions

... the CFPB rule ," said George Slover, senior policy counsel at Consumers Union, a consumer advocacy group based in Yonkers, N.Y. Members of the House in July voted to repeal that rule , which now faces a vote in Senate. Depending on the Senate's ...

Coast Guard Kills Plan To Park Barges Along Hudson River

... a parking lot for commercial oil ships." Earlier this year, bi-partisan Hudson Valley officials came together at the Yonkers waterfront to announce additional legislation that would stop the U.S. Coast Guard's proposal that includes the installation ...

Bill To Ban Barges In Hudson Valley Awaiting Cuomo’s Approval

A bill to prevent the creation of anchorage sites in the Hudson River has passed the New York State Assembly and Senate, and will now head to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's desk before it can be signed into law. Earlier this year, bi-partisan Hudson Valley officials came together at the Yonkers waterfront to announce additional legislation that would stop the U.S. Coast Guard's proposal that includes the installation of 16 anchor berths across 715 acres on the water between Yonkers and Dobbs Ferry.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...