Analysis: As GOP control of state Senate ends, Democrats outline

Senate Democrats lead by Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins call to reform the New York Criminal Justice System during a press conference Tuesday Feb. 13, 2018 at the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. less Senate Democrats lead by Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins call to reform the New York Criminal Justice System during a press conference Tuesday Feb. 13, 2018 at the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. less New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, center, speaks during a news conference with Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, left, and Independent Democratic Conference Leader Sen. Jeff ... more Nichole Potter casts her ballot as son Zion, 4, looks on at the Ward 3 polling station on Orange Street Tuesday Nov. 6, 2018 in Albany, NY.

Senate Democrats lead by Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins call to…

Senate Democrats lead by Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins call to reform the New York Criminal Justice System during a press conference Tuesday Feb. 13, 2018 at the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. less Senate Democrats lead by Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins call to reform the New York Criminal Justice System during a press conference Tuesday Feb. 13, 2018 at the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. less New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, center, speaks during a news conference with Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, left, and Independent Democratic Conference Leader Sen. Jeff ... more Nichole Potter casts her ballot as son Zion, 4, looks on at the Ward 3 polling station on Orange Street Tuesday Nov. 6, 2018 in Albany, NY.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FDA embraces sanity with new approach to vaping

... that would have had to close next year. Michael and Carla Bowers, who own vapor businesses in New York City, Yonkers, N.Y., and Connecticut were considering closing shop because of the looming PMTA deadline. Upon hearing Gottlieb's comments, their ...

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.

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 ...

Will Crumbling School Buildings Get a Piece of the Infrastructure Pie?

A photo of Charles E. Gorton High School in Yonkers, New York, in July 2012, when the school district was seeking $1.7 billion from investors to overhaul its schools. aul L. Dunbar Elementary school, a historic, four-story building of orange brick located in North Philadelphia, looks solid and imposing from the outside.

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.

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 ...

What’s at Stake in Trump’s Pick to Lead HUD

... voted for Clinton on Tuesday, the more conservative message on housing resonates there for historical reasons. Yonkers, a Westchester County city just north of the Bronx, was the site of terrific turmoil over fair housing in the 1980s and '90s. That ...

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 ...