Opinion Exchange

The Journal News/LoHud.com Editorial Board holds endorsement interviews with candidates in key contests on the Nov. 8 ballot. Voters may watch LIVE online at www.lohud.com/editorialspotlight; questions can be submitted via our CoverItLive live-blogging feature. The following endorsement hearings are scheduled: Tuesday: 1 p.m. Clarkstown supervisor (Alexander Gromack* vs. Ralph Sabatini).... Read More →

Here’s a glance at today’s opinion content: PEF’s rejection: Editorial We comment on news that the Public Employees Federation, the second largest union of state employees, rejected a package of give-backs negotiated with the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. We write: … The rejected deal, apropos of these post-recessionary times,... Read More →

Good afternoon. Here’s a look at opinion content published in The Journal News today, Tuesday, Feb. 15: Union Baptist Church We comment on the massive fire that gutted the historic Union Baptist Church building at the corner of Main Street and Locust Avenue in New Rochelle. Though the congregation’s structure… Read More →

Here’s a look at opinion content published in The Journal News since Saturdaya: Saturday, Jan. 22 Medicaid Reform: Commentary Joseph L. Guagliano, legislative advocate for the Westchester Independent Living Center, offers a Community View on recent calls for Medicaid in New York. Guagliano argues that while Medicaid is “broken” in… Read More →

Here’s a look at opinion content published today, July 29: Family court facilities: Editorial We comment on news that the state Office of Court Administration has issued a report saying that the family-court facilities in Yonkers and New Rochelle are among the worst in the state. We write: … It… Read More →

Sheila Marcotte, the Republican running for the seat left vacant by Vito Pinto, D-Tuckahoe, in Westchester County’s 10th Legislative District, offers this reply to our June 18 endorsement of her opponent, Greg Varian, a New Rochelle Democrat. A special election for the seat, which represents Eastchester, Tuckahoe and sections of… Read More →