Watch a replay of today’s Editorial Spotlight discussion on fair housing in Westchester with Westchester Residential Opportunities Inc.: Watch live streaming video from editorialspotlight at livestream.com For more on the group and its recent study on discrimination, read our editorial. Find a copy of the study on the WRO’s website.
Officials from Westchester Residential Opportunities Inc. discuss their 2012 Fair Housing Testing Report in an Editorial Spotlight interview at 10 a.m. Thursday on lohud.com. To watch, go to www.lohud.com/editorialspotlight; to submit a question or comment during the LIVE session, engage the “CoverItLive” blogging feature. To submit a question before the… Read More →
We’re talking with Clarence J. Sundram, the governor’s special adviser on vulnerable persons, at 2 p.m. TODAY on LoHud.com/editorialspotlight. We’re discussing legislation that includes the proposed Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs. Gov. Cuomo’s proposed the new agency in response to safety concerns for those who… Read More →
Tune in at 3 p.m. LIVE Wednesday for an Editorial Spotlight interview on the False Claims Act lawsuit against Westchester County. Our guest will be Craig Gurian, executive director of the nonprofit Anti-Discrimination Center for Metro New York, which brought the suit. A proposed settlement of its claim would compel… Read More →
So much of the discussion about the pending settlement of the False Claims Act lawsuit against Westchester County has focused on the county’s limited room for legal maneuvering and the financial risks of continuing the legal fight. The administration of County Executive Andrew Spano, which wants the Board of Legislators… Read More →
Tune into Wednesday’s (5/20) LIVE Editorial Spotlight interview at 11 a.m. with Dennis Hanratty, executive director of Mount Vernon United Tenants; Westchester County Legislators Ken Jenkins, D-Yonkers, and Thomas Abinanti, D-Greenburgh; and attorney Dorothy Finger, representing the Building and Realty Institute of Westchester, to discuss a proposal banning housing discrimination… Read More →
Just thought I’d step in here and add an additional layer to Herb’s on-the-money assessment of SNL’s portrayal of Governor Paterson. Like Herb, I simply didn’t recognize the bumbling character of the decidedly non-bumbling man SNL was attempting to caricature. As a political humorist, I relish seeing others take stabs… Read More →
One thing they are certainly talking about in Albany today is last night’s Saturday Night Live. The main course during the Weekend Update segment was Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, he of the careless tongue and criminally challenged ethics. SNL used his wiretap/corruption travails as an excuse to lampoon New York… Read More →
Guess there wasn’t much shopping going on this weekend because people were buzzing away on our story chats and forums. The big talker was the story about a police officer from Scarsdale who is being charged for the full cost of his health insurance after going out on disability for… Read More →