State Representatives Highlight $350,000 in Funding For Latino U College Access

New York State Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Senator Shelley B. Mayer, Assemblymember Amy Paulin, and Assemblymember Chris Burdick today highlighted $350,000 secured in the New York State budget for Latino […] Read more »

Paying it Forward Means Side-Stepping a Crisis

Americans enter the current decade a very divided people on a host of important issues, but when it comes to Social Security, shouldn’t everyone be on the same side? Can’t […] Read more »

Assemblage of Candidates Vie for Galef’s Assembly Seat

When New York State Assemblywoman Sandy Galef (A.D. 95) announced in January 2022 that she would not seek re-election and retire at year-end — after nearly 30 years in the […] Read more »

Assemblage of Candidates Vie for Galef’s Assembly Seat 

When New York State Assemblywoman Sandy Galef (A.D. 95) announced in January 2022 that she would not seek re-election and retire at year-end — after nearly 30 years in the […] Read more »

Harckham Kicks Off Re-Election Campaign with Rally in Ossining

Pete Harckham, running for re-lection to the New York State Senate, kicked off his campaign on Saturday, July 9 with a rally in Ossining’s Market Square that drew over 100 […] Read more »

Sen. Cory Booker Endorses Rep. Mondaire Jones

U.S. Sen Cory Booker, a national progressive leader and outspoken voice for affordable housing, today endorsed Rep. Mondaire Jones in the Democratic Primary for New York’s 10th Congressional District. Jones […] Read more »

Tarrytown Cartoonist’s Graphic Novel Traces Life of ‘Smahtguy’ Barney Frank

Eric Orner was working as a cartoonist for an alternative Boston weekly in early 1989 when he first met Barney Frank at a function in the city’s South End.  The […] Read more »

Abinanti Calls for County to Purchase Pocantico Lake Property

Assembly member Tom Abinanti (Greenburgh/Mt.Pleasant) is calling for the County of Westchester to purchase the property abutting Pocantico Lake in Mount Pleasant which is proposed for a 31-unit subdivision. “Pocantico […] Read more »

What are the Main Benefits of Cannabis Legalization?

The prohibition on cannabis has done nothing to stop the general population from smoking weed, but has legalization brought on the benefits that were expected?  Recreational cannabis legalization first became […] Read more »

Philipstown Democrats Endorse Dana Levenberg for Assembly

In a straw poll last weekend, the Philipstown Democratic Committee voted to endorse Ossining Town Supervisor Dana Levenberg in the 95th Assembly District race. Discussing the endorsement, Committee Chair Janice […] Read more »