Eight years after a settlement on Westchester County’s lack of compliance with affordable housing standards, County Executive Rob Astorino’s administration continues to grapple with satisfying the requirements of a lingering 2009 decree being monitored by the federal government. Earlier this month, for the 10th time, federal the Department of Housing […]
Month: May 2017
Indian Point lawsuit dead before arrival
A lawsuit seeking to halt the shutdown of a long controversial nuclear power plant located at Indian Point in Buchanan is dead on arrival after staunch opposition from Westchester County’s Democratic lawmakers. Last week, the Board of Legislators’ Democratic caucus voted to kill the lawsuit, proposed by County Executive Rob […]
Lawmakers consider bills to raise smoking age
Some New York state and Westchester County lawmakers are looking to put the same age restrictions on cigarettes and other tobacco products as has been on alcohol for more than 30 years. Late last month, seven Westchester County Democrats proposed a bill that would raise the age limit countywide to […]
Beyond the headdress
When you think about Native Americans and fashion, your first thought might be (or at least mine was): Beads. Wait, no. Feathers! No; buckskin with fringe. What’s more Native American than buckskin pants worn by some high-cheeked hunter about to shoot a deer? Well… how about a Louis Vuitton arrow […]
Trump admin. synonymous with Cosa Nostra
Richard Nixon became a criminal when, as president, he received money from Cosa Nostra to pardon Jimmy Hoffa in 1971, as well as the Watergate scandal. Ronald Reagan became a criminal with his connection to the Iran-Contra affair and the tens of thousands he helped slaughter in El Salvador. Donald […]