Good Thursday morning. Here’s a look at opinion content published today in The Journal News: Superintendent salary caps: Editorial We cast a glance south and west to New Jersey, where a new cap on school superintendent salaries supported by Gov. Chris Christie has education leaders fleeing over the border. Our… Read More →
Watch and participate in a LIVE Editorial Spotlight interview at 1 p.m. Thursday with representatives from the French-American School of New York. The private school plans to build a $60 million campus for up to 1,200 students at the former Ridgeway Country Club in White Plains. The plan has run… Read More →
Good Wednesday morning. Here’s a look at opinion content published today in The Journal News: Roach for White Plains Mayor: Editorial We endorse acting Mayor Tom Roach, a Democrat who also serves as president of the Common Council, in the Thursday special election to fill the term of Adam Bradley…. Read More →
Lynn Sykes and Klaus Jacob, both retired professors and seismologists affiliated with Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, met Tuesday with the Editorial Board to discuss the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan. Sykes and Jacob argue that the plant’s location along the Ramapo fault could make it… Read More →
Drs. Lynn Sykes and Klaus Jacob of Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades will discuss earthquakes and Indian Point in an Editorial Spotlight today at 1 p.m. Sykes was the lead author of a 2008 report that outlined the risk of earthquakes in the greater New York area, including… Read More →
The Editorial Board hosted an Editorial Spotlight interview Monday with candidates running for White Plains mayor in Thursday’s special election. All three candidates — incumbent Democrat Tom Roach, Republican Bob Hyland and independent Glen Hockley — attended. Here’s a video that includes the candidates’ introductions: To watch our Editorial Spotlight… Read More →
Good Tuesday morning. Here’s a look at opinion content published today in The Journal News: Cuomo’s budget: Editorial We comment on the tentative state budget deal brokered by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The spending plan’s restraint sets a tone we hope Albany can maintain. We write: … There is reason to… Read More →
White Plains mayoral candidates in Thursday’s special election will meet with the Editorial Board at 1 p.m. today. The election was called after Mayor Adam Bradley resigned amid two scandals. Running are Democrat Thomas Roach, now acting mayor; Republican Bob Hyland; and independent Glen Hockley. To watch the session, go… Read More →
Good Monday morning. Here’s a digest of opinion content published over the weekend in The Journal News: Saturday, March 26 High-speed rail: Commentaries We carried two pieces that assessed President Barack Obama’s proposed high-speed rail initiative, which would invest as much as $53 billion on 13 projects across the country:
The burned-out remains of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York’s Greenwich Village neighborhood. One hundred years ago, horrified onlookers watched as workers leapt to their deaths from the raging fire in the garment factory. The fire killed 146 workers, mainly young immigrant women and girls, and became a touchstone… Read More →