BY STATE SENATOR DAVID CARLUCCI Americans are receiving 4 billion automated calls per month, according to the Federal Communications Commission. That’s about 1,543 calls per second. Worse, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) ranks New York 5thin the nation for total robocalls. Last year New Yorkers were hit with 1.92 billion robocalls. Now the State Comptroller’s Office […]
By Jeff Ferry As President Trump imposes new tariffs on Chinese exports, Beijing is countering with a public relations offensive. In a recent “white paper,” China’s State Council argued that any trade dispute is entirely the fault of the US. Beijing claims that it absolutely plays by the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO), […]
By Barry Warner “The focus of K-12 education in the district is to give our students opportunities to apply the content in STEM Labs, competitive robotics and the Outdoor Education Center (OEC), rather than sit behind desks and read books in their classrooms. Learning spaces are being designed for kids to work together, to think […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman Both spans of the new bridge connecting Tarrytown and Nyack – popularly known as the new Tappan Zee Bridge – have opened, but the Cuomo Administration still can’t escape heat for the unpopular decision to change the bridge’s official name to “Mario Cuomo” [his dad]. The Ombudsman Alert has argued […]
BY BARRY WARNER School Superintendent Deborah Wortham is knowledgeable of the best practices for maximizing student achievement and is supportive of the teachers in the district. She must listen and take into account differing viewpoints of various constituencies and then make the best educational decisions. “We believe that the initiatives we started in 2016 in […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE “Broadway To Italy” with twin brothers Will and Anthony Nunziata and special guest Regina DeCicco of the supermarket DiCicco’s will star in a Columbus Day production on October 8 at Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford. The show will include songs sung by Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Franky Valli, Dean Martin and more. […]