Good afternoon. Here’s a curated look at the weekend’s opinion conent: Sunday, Nov. 20 We carried a pair of editorials on budgets proposed by the leaders of county governments in Westchester and Rockland counties. Tough choices loom on both sides of the Hudson as services and programs are slated to… Read More →
Good Monday morning. Here’s a glance at opinion content published over the weekend: Saturday, Nov. 12 Prescription drugs: Editorial We comment on the cases of David Laffer and Conrad Murray. Laffer was sentenced last week to four consecutive life sentences after he admitted that he killed four people during the… Read More →
Adolfo Carrion, a former Bronx Borough President who now serves as director of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, talked Thursday with the Editorial Board about Westchester County’s affordable housing settlement. Here’s a clip of the interview: To watch the session in its entirety, go to lohud.com/editorialspotlight
Adolfo Carrion, the federal Housing and Urban Development Department’s regional director for New York and New Jersey, appears in an Editorial Spotlight interview at 11 a.m. today to answer your questions and our editors’ about the fair-housing settlement in Westchester. To watch live, go to http://LoHud.com/editorialspotlight. To ask a question,... Read More →
Good Monday morning. Here’s a glance at opinion content published over the weekend: Saturday, July 23 We published a pair of commentary pieces that probed whether or not the federal Enviornmental Protection Agency should enact a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, the controversial practice used for extracting natural gas from bedrock…. Read More →
The Editorial Board will host an Editorial Spotlight interview 1 p.m. with Westchester Residential Opportunities officials Geoffrey Anderson, executive director; Marlene Zarfes, fair-housing director; and Laura Neil, communications director, on fair housing in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam. WRO released a study last week that revealed discriminatory conduct in all three… Read More →
The Editorial Board will host an Editorial Spotlight interview 1 p.m. Thursday with Westchester Residential Opportunities officials Geoffrey Anderson, executive director; Marlene Zarfes, fair-housing director; and Laura Neil, communications director, on fair housing in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam. WRO released a study last week that revealed discriminatory conduct in all… Read More →
Good afternoon. Here’s a digest of opinion content published in The Journal News Thursday, Jan. 27 and today, Friday, Jan. 28: Thursday, Jan. 27 Fair housing study: Editorial We comment on a study released Tuesday by Westchester Residential Opportunities Inc., a White Plains-based non-profit, that found that racial discrimination is… Read More →
Here’s a look at opinion content published Wednesday, Dec. 22 and today, Thursday, Dec. 23: Wednesday, Dec. 22 Lame Duck Congress: Editorial We comment on the remarkable lame-duck session of the 111th Congress. We write: … Just weeks after the November voting, the Congress is poised to deliver one of… Read More →
Good morning. Here’s a look at opinion content published Friday, Aug. 20, Saturday, Aug. 21, Sunday, Aug. 22 and today, Monday, Aug. 23: Friday, Aug. 20 Source-of-income legislation: Editorial We comment on news that Gov. David Paterson vetoed legislation that would have made it illegal for landlords to discriminate against… Read More →