I suppose there will be no shortage of ideas for restructuring government in Westchester County, even though a host of independent commissions has already tackled the subject. The smartest and most comprehensive treatment was addressed in the final report last year of the New York State Commission on Local Government… Read More →
The Editorial Board holds a LIVE Editorial Spotlight interview 2 p.m. Wednesday with law-enforcement and domestic-violence-prevention officials, to discuss some of the issues implicated in the brutal slaying of Jami Erlich, the R.P. Connor Elementary School teacher killed Nov. 29 in her Valley Cottage home. Her accused killer is Eric… Read More →
As Westchester County Executive-elect Rob Astorino prepares to take office in a few weeks, several plans to save the county money have been presented, including a group of business people and a group of Democratic county legislators. While readers have been pushing for any cost-savings measures to reduce the county… Read More →
Republican Rob Astorino, whose surprise defeat of long-time Westchester County Executive Andy Spano in November, has started to make some appointments in key positions. Readers are weighing in on those choices and what they think it means for county government—and the taxpayers—heading into 2010. Astorino has named Mt. Pleasant Supervisor… Read More →
Not a whole lot of profiles in courage get written in Albany, where financial and political considerations are king and we the people are very often afterthoughts, mere patrons instead of the principals. But I was struck by some of the very personal stories from lawmakers in advance of Wednesday’s… Read More →
Who knew our state senators could be so eloquent? Our Lower Hudson Valley representatives Jeff Klein and Ruth Hassel-Thompson were among the legislators who gave moving speeches on the chamber floor on Wed. Regardless of what your position is on the outcome of the vote, one has to find hope… Read More →
Not a single Republican member of the New York State Senate voted today in support of gay marriage equality. Not a big surprise. Certainly no surprise when it comes to the vote of Sen. Thomas Morahan, R-New City. After months of claiming he was undecided on the issue, Morahan came out July… Read More →
Speaking tonight in the Hudson Valley, President Obama unveils a new strategy for Afghanistan, one that he hopes will thwart a resurgent Taliban and deny a haven for al-Qaida, the architects of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. With the address, what was once George Bush’s war becomes wholly Obama’s. Going… Read More →
The Bedford Central School District Superintendent Jere Hochman will meet with the editorial board tomorrow, Wednesday, at 1 p.m. to talk about what’s going in the district. Watch the session LIVE. Viewers can also submit questions for the superintendent during the program by using the live blogging feature on the… Read More →
A 42-page report from the federal Department of Justice criticizing the conditions at the Westchester County jail has readers debating the contents of the report, the merits of the claims and wondering why it seems like Westchester County is under a federal microscope lately. Many readers thought that prisoners should… Read More →