Month: May 2017

Lead Stories

County still struggles to satisfy HUD settlement

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 […]

Lead Stories

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 […]

Opinion

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 […]

Opinion

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 […]