This is the 17th installment in an investigative series, launched in December 2022, about CareMount/Optum/UnitedHealth and broader concerns about corporate medical care. Class Action Status Sought Against UnitedHealth; Allegations Include Insider Trading, Fraud, and Monopolistic Practices By Adam Stone “Just
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel Twenty-nine brave souls gathered at the gates of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery last weekend for a bit of birding and graveyard touring. Our tour guide Christina reminded us that more than 47,000 souls are buried on this hillside
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera Autumn in the garden and yard can be the most gratifying time of year. Deciduous trees and perennials start to yawn, preparing for a long winter’s sleep, accompanied by that sweet smell that comes from plants releasing
Read MoreBy Morris Gut A veteran restaurant team, Peter Lucaj and his brothers Mark and Don, pooled their years in the hospitality business eight years ago and opened Tesoro D’Italia Ristorante, a casual, friendly Italian eatery on Marble Avenue in Pleasantville.
Read MoreBy Michael Gold Westchester and Putnam residents, and everybody in New York State, will suffer financially if Donald Trump is re-elected President in November, predicted Jay Jacobs, chair of the New York State Democratic Party, in an interview with me
Read MoreFirst, to address the potential elephant in the room: No, I’ve never experimented with psychedelic mushrooms myself. And it’s important to emphasize that recreational misuse – among vulnerable young people and others – carries with it very real psychological risk,
Read MoreIn past columns, we’ve explored the rarified air of the high-end wine auctions. Typically, the domain of the 1 percenters, it might seem that these auctions are the playgrounds and/or the battlefields of the rich. Auction houses carefully curate their
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera When I first arrived in New York City straight from college graduation, my older brother had kindly offered to drive me and my things there in my jalopy of a car that I figured I wouldn’t be
Read MoreBy Morris Gut Proprietor Alex Ahmetaj, a veteran of the restaurant and hospitality field, has updated the menu at Alex’s Bar & Grille on North Broadway in White Plains. His 120-seat restaurant, with a bar and lounge, offers big cuts
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera A few weekends ago, I suggested to my wife that we might consider going “antique-ing,” by visiting shops in nearby Cold Spring. She looked at me as though I had suggested a trip to the moon. I
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