March 8: Homeless parolees, dangerous drivers and power outages

... to your reporter who asked me what I had seen and allowed me to express my heartache in the paper. Lew Friedman Yonkers, N.Y.: President Trump, Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Rep. Thomas Massie. These are some of the elected officials who ...

Charges Dropped Against Yonkers Neurologist In $57 Million Healthcare Case

Federal charges have been dropped against a Westchester County neurologist who was among six charged in an alleged $57 million health care fraud scheme that spanned more than a decade. The U.S. Attorney's Office has dropped the case against Emad Soliman, a New Castle resident who practices in Yonkers who had been charged in an alleged 12-year-scheme to "defraud Medicaid, Medicare and other private health insurance companies out of more than $50 million."

A Top Lawmaker Seeks Investigation Into Sex Harassment Claim

Allegations that an influential New York state senator forcibly kissed a former staffer are "extremely disturbing," the fellow Democrat who leads the party's primary caucus in the chamber said Thursday. Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, of Yonkers, said in a statement that an "immediate independent investigation" needs to be started into the allegations against Sen. Jeff Klein, of the Bronx.

It’s gonna be a rough year

If the first few days of the legislative session are any indication, the battle for control of the New York State Senate will be more vicious than ever. On Wednesday morning, GOP majority spokesman Scott Reiff attacked Shelley Mayer, a member of the Assembly from Yonkers nominated by Westchester County Democrats Tuesday night to run for the seat vacated by George Latimer, who won the county executive race.

Yonkers Dem mayor to run for NYS Senate

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano is expected to announce later this week he will seek the Democratic nomination for a crucial state Senate special election in Westchester County that could impact which party controls the chamber, a source close to him said. On the Republican side, commercial litigation lawyer Sarmad Khojasteh, a man who as a young boy fled Iran with his family during the Islamic Revolution to come to America, has created a campaign account to run as a Republican for the same seat that is being vacated by Democrat George Latimer, who is leaving to become Westchester County executive in January Spano, who has two years left of his final term as mayor, is one of three Democrats interested in replacing replace Latimer.