This week, we debut In the News, a semi-regular feature in which we take to the streets of our Lower Hudson Valley communities and talk with folks about the issues of the day. In our first segment, we asked people in White Plains about Arizona’s controversial new immigration law. Take… Read More →
School board interviews Candidates in select contested school board races are invited to discuss the issues in interviews webcast LIVE on LoHud.com. The schedule follows. Because of the vast number of races — and the impossibility of crafting a schedule that meets everyone’s family, work and campaign needs — we… Read More →
Good morning. Here’s a look at today’s opinion content: • In an editorial, we cheer news that 16 major food companies have pledged to cut sodium levels in their products as a result of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s National Salt Reduction Initiative. We write: “U.S. researchers found recently… Read More →
Good morning. Here’s a look at opinion content published today: • While the newscycle has been dominated by Arizona’s controversial new immigration law, debate over financial reform in Washington and the massive oil spill off the Gulf Coast, we encourage our readers not to lose site of Albany, where we… Read More →
Good morning. Here’s a glance at today’s opinion content: • We welcome news that former New York City Mayor Ed Koch and a coalition of good-government advocates have set out to end gerrymandering of state Assembly and Senate districts in today’s editorial. Koch’s group has called for an independent commission… Read More →
For all the bellyaching over taxes, Lower Hudson Valley taxpayers routinely skip school board and budget votes, leaving those tasks to others. The others, as we know, have responded over the years with often-steep increases in school taxes, propelling our region to the nation’s leader in taxes. (We’re # 1!!!)... Read More →
Good morning. Here’s a look at today’s opinion content: • In our editorial, we comment on the hopeful signs that have started to appear in the region’s housing market. First-quarter home sales in Westchester were up 77 percent, 41 percent in Putnam and 11 percent in Rockland. This may be… Read More →
Alert to candidates for school board If you are running for school board in Westchester, Rockland or Putnam, we want to hear from you. Please send your full name, home address, daytime phone numbers and e-mail address to elections@lohud.com. In both the subject line and body of the e-mail, be… Read More →
Good morning. Here’s a look at opinion content published this weekend and today: Saturday • In a point-counterpoint offering, we carried Community View pieces from Arthur A. Nizza, president and CEO of the Stellaris Health Network, and Mark Wagar, president and CEO of Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield. The two… Read More →
Good afternoon. Here’s a look at today’s opinion content: • New Jersey taxpayers voted down 59 percent of their school districts’ proposed budgets earlier this week — more than any year since 1976 — and, in a Perspective piece today, Rockland Opinion Editor Nancy Cutler wonders if a similar revolt… Read More →