BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman Today’s column focuses on just two of the many issues faced by our US Congress, and begins by thanking our local Congresswoman, Nita Lowey, for her co-sponsorship of Congresswoman Janice Schakowsky’s bill, HR3449. The bill embodies Ombudsman Alert’s urgent appeal made in our column back on July 20 and prohibits dealers […]
Cowardly attacker takes aim at concert-goers from 32nd-story Mandalay Bay hotel room Fifty nine people were killed and more than 500 were injured after a gunman opened fire on a large country music concert crowd in Las Vegas, Nevada. The shooter, whom police identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock of Mesquite, Nevada, started shooting at the […]
Death and Funeral of Nyack Stained Glass Artist Robert Pinart Robert Pinart, a renowned stained and dale de verre glass artist, passed away in Nyack Hospital on October 1 due to respiratory failure. Pinart worked in the United States from 1951 until his retirement in 2008. Many of the churches, synagogues and hospitals in Rockland […]
Dozens killed, hundreds injured in mass shooting at Las Vegas concert. https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=56a_1506926722
Ex-N.Y. state senate leader’s corruption conviction vacated, faces retrial On Tuesday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court threw out the conviction of former New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on federal corruption charges. This ruling comes two months after the court vacated the conviction of former New York […]
Juggalos Descend on D.C. to Fight FBI Gang Distinction Followers of the hip-hop group Insane Clown Posse — known as Juggalos — held a march Saturday on the National Mall, alleging discrimination after the FBI labeled the group a gang in a 2011 report. According to band members, some fans have lost their jobs, custody of their […]