It’s no surprise to readers that New York state’s pension fund is in trouble; Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli reported as much months ago when the housing and stock markets crashed last fall. However, the latest report by DiNapoli on what it will cost municipalities—and by extension, taxpayers—to dig the state’s public… Read More →
Today’s editorial explores Silver Alert, a program designed to help find people who have Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia if they go missing. (The Lower Hudson Valley, as Director of Putnam County’s Office for the Aging William Huestis describes it, a “gray belt,” with a significant and growing… Read More →
On Saturday’s Opinion page we hear from three medical providers on health-care reform, the policy and social debate of the hour. The guest opinions are from Dr. Daniel Fass, director of the Institute for Image Guided Radio Therapy in Rye; Dr. Bernard Bernhardt, an oncologist in Armonk; and Dr. P…. Read More →
One image in the youtube videos that accompany today’s front page story about Yonkers’ gang members flaunting their guns on the internet, must be sending a panic through the developers, city leaders and community advocates who have tried to re-brand Yonkers as the next Upper Upper West side. The opening… Read More →
Would you follow another motorist who hit you and then ran? Would you run a red light to continue the chase? That’s the decision Scarsdale resident Frank Canale made while driving on Interstate-684 Saturday. He was rear-ended by a pick-up truck that took off, so Canale followed the driver to… Read More →
Readers had a few choice comments about eight people, 4 of whom are lawyers, who were arrested and charged in an alleged mortgage scheme that bilked four families and two lenders of $1.4 million. The Westchester County DA and the state’s Banking Department were following the investigation for nine months… Read More →
Editorial Writers are kind of in the public service announcement business. We spend our days telling people (usually government people) that such and such action is good, bad, helpful, dangerous or a waste of taxpayer money. Maybe that’s why my ears perk up when I hear a particularly effective public… Read More →
An Ossining man is being hailed as a hero after he pushed a friend and fellow construction worker out of the path of a speeding vehicle, losing his leg in the process. MIchael Hudson, 35, was run down by a car driven by a woman police say was high on… Read More →
Could you weather the recession on $300,000 a year? A recent story in the Washington Post about a divorced Harrison mother of three doing just that has become a talker in the Lower Hudson Valley and across the country. Here’s our story on the community reaction to the original piece…. Read More →
Today’s Community View by Rockland Business Association President/CEO drew comments. After all, it’s about Indian Point, which continues to be a hot-button issue in the Lower Hudson Valley. Samuels’ basic point? Well, here’s the “nut graf,” editor-speak for the sentence or sentences that summarize the essence, and context of the… Read More →