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With Housing Bills Out of the Budget, Now Comes the Difficult Part

February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 Examiner Media 362 Views 3 min read

Over the past month there was a groundswell of opposition to two pieces of legislation that were surreptitiously included in the upcoming fiscal year’s Executive Budget. The Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) bill, which had been introduced last year by state

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An Older Karma Responds to Governor Cuomo

August 21, 2021August 21, 2021 Examiner Media 20321 Views 4 min read

by Grace Bennett I had come home from a lunch date with a friend to learn that Gov. Cuomo resigned. I remain beset, to be perfectly honest, with competing feelings of relief but also with a “better-the-devil- you-know” feeling swirling

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Vaccinations Are the Only Way Out of This Pandemic

August 18, 2021August 19, 2021 Examiner Media 1480 Views 2 min read

For most residents in our small corner of the world, asking adults to roll up their sleeves for a dose of one of the COVID-19 vaccines is unnecessary. Just about four out of every five of you have done their

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Examiner Launches New Digital Platform: How We Developed Examiner 2.0 in Two Head-Spinning Months

July 6, 2021July 11, 2021 Adam Stone 2537 Views 8 min read

It would have been impossible and absurd last year to forecast that Examiner Media, having just survived a life-threatening storm, would soon be picked to help pioneer the future of local news on a global stage. Nevertheless, here we stand

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How Yorktown Businesses Survived COVID-19: The Value in Investing in Your Community

June 8, 2021June 11, 2021 Adam Stone 1349 Views 1 min read

By Adam Stone Download the PDF – Examiner-Special-YSBA As we head into summer, optimistic about better, healthier, more normal days ahead, it seems fitting to salute the successful efforts of business owners across the area in navigating the treacherous terrain

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Editorial: Cuomo Has Lost the Moral Authority to Lead New York

March 2, 2021March 9, 2021 Examiner Media 1782 Views 3 min read

That loud thud coming from Albany Sunday afternoon was Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins’ terse and direct two-paragraph statement telling Gov. Andrew Cuomo that he “must resign.” One thought had been that if the three-term governor could somehow keep Stewart-Cousins’

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School Districts Have Been Smart By Going Slow on Return to School

February 23, 2021 Martin Wilbur 1106 Views 1 min read

It’s unlikely there’s a single parent, teacher or school administrator that doesn’t want children back in school for live, in-person instruction five full days a week. The question has always been, as this school year has progressed from the late

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Form Based Code Fear-Mongering is Wrong Approach for Community

February 3, 2021February 9, 2021 Martin Wilbur 1716 Views 3 min read

Since October, when many New Castle residents began to realize that their Town Board was seriously considering a major overhaul to the town code for downtown Chappaqua, there have been hours and hours of questions, comments and debate. The encouraging

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America at its Best But We Still Have an Awfully Long Way to Go

January 8, 2021January 11, 2021 Adam Stone 1736 Views 3 min read

Attention progressives: America, in many critical ways, is a better place than it has ever been.  In the 1600s, indigenous people were trampled.  In the 1700s, we seeded our nation with slavery.  In the 1800s, we endured a great Civil

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Examiner Media Joins Bipartisan Chorus Calling for Trump’s Removal From Office

January 7, 2021January 10, 2021 Examiner Media 1722 Views 1 min read

Examiner Media is joining organizations large and small today in endorsing the use of the 25th Amendment or impeachment to remove Trump from office in order to avoid further violence. We’re also asking other like-minded local people and organizations to

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