[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ver the past year, a growing number of police departments in Westchester County and beyond have started equipping their officers with body cameras. The city of Rye Police Department and local leaders are now considering becoming a part of the nationwide trend and implementing a body camera program of its […]
Month: June 2016
Various factions move to ‘Raise the Age’ on convictions
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]tatewide pleas to raise New York’s adult conviction age have begun to ruminate in Westchester County, attracting the voices of faith leaders, government officials and advocacy groups alike. And while the campaign—dubbed “Raise the Age,” which aims to increase the adult conviction age of New York state from 16 to […]
Battle of the superstars
I think I’ve made it clear in my column that when it comes to my love for professional sports leagues, basketball places a distant fourth behind baseball, football and hockey. Whether it’s the Knicks’ alarming lack of success, the huge disparity between the way the game is played in the […]
Getting ready for summer to-do list:
Get new bathing suit. Come on, who am I kidding? Get out old bathing suit, and ignore the fact it predates the Bush era. (The W. Bush era, that is. It’s not like I never get a new bathing suit. It would just be nice if someday they invented an […]
Talking Business: With Lenny Balidemaj
It’s early, before the dinner rush, on a recent rainy evening when I sat down to interview Lenny Balidemaj, a 42-year-old Albanian from Montenegro, who came to the U.S. in 1994 and, after prepping in other restaurants, set out to dramatically improve the fine dining landscape of lower Westchester County […]