Letters

I interned for Assemblyman Chris Burdick’s office through my time as an upperclassman in high school. He gave me the opportunity to work for my very first political office, something I had dreamed of for years. What I gained through

I am writing about recent reporting in The Examiner indicating that the previously planned reconfiguration of Route 117, North Bedford Road, in Mount Kisco has been changed. The initial plan reported to residents of Foxwood and Brookside Condominiums by the

Kathleen Valletta is a Democrat running for state Assembly in the 94th District. A champion for public service and with an innate drive to help people from all backgrounds, she has tirelessly volunteered her time as president of the Carmel Rotary

There seems to be a great local, statewide and national debate regarding the connection between crime and politics. Each political party claims to have the greatest concern for the safety of their people, even though the Republicans are often portrayed

In last week’s letters to the editor, a writer stated that, “according to New York State data on pretrial releases between July 2020 and June 2021 show that just 2 percent of 100,000 cases led to re-arrest for a violent

They say you can live for months with no food, but can you cannot survive a week without water. Water is the key to life. Nowhere is that truer than in Putnam County. Waterways are one-third of our county acreage.

I have been following the progress of the Par 3 Golf Course (a Town Park) and continue to be dismayed at the lack of cooperation and progress by RC Recreation Development. It has been over eight years since this project

“Bail Reforms are Threatening Your Safety” (August 23-29) screamed the headline of a recent column co-authored by Matt Slater, candidate for the 94th Assembly District. The column contends that reforms to New York’s bail laws have turned New York’s criminal

A recent Examiner column called for rolling back New York’s bail reform law. Dead wrong on this issue, these individuals are shamefully stoking public fear with the false claim that reform is a “threat to your safety.” Research shows that pretrial

By Kathleen M. Valletta The recent opinion piece, “Suburbs Beware: NY’s Bail Reforms Are Threatening Your Safety,” (August 23-29) which was co-authored by Yorktown Supervisor Matt Slater and former NYPD detective and Fox television regular Paul Giacomo, is just that,