Our Special Report Shows How Area People in Need ‘Fall Off a Cliff’ After High School This is the second installment in a continuing series about issues impacting local people with disabilities, and the need for improvement. By Adam Stone
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New York State has seen a significant drop in COVID-19 cases over the past week, giving officials hope that the worst days of this winter’s surge fueled by the Omicron variant may soon be over. Positive cases fell on Sunday
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Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday morning that the state will enact an indoor mask mandate starting Monday unless a business or organization requires proof of vaccination for entry. The announcement comes as the latest COVID-19 cases and infection rates continue
Read MoreAppeals to Westchester’s state Senate contingent to help the county’s most vulnerable residents and the organizations that serve them was the focus of last Thursday’s live-streamed budget forum. The state legislature has begun deliberations on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $192 billion
Read MoreGov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced the launch of a new COVID-19 mobile application to further prevent the spread of coronavirus. The app, which will also be utilized in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Connecticut, will serve as a tool
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You’re a community-minded person so you shop local. You eat Sunday morning breakfast at your town’s diner with your family, you buy your kids gear at the local sporting goods store, you patronize the area retail shops for clothing, jewelry
Read MoreA press release issued by Assemblyman David Buchwald’s (D-White Plains) office announces the formation of a new Environmental Caucus. The legislative group, comprised of lawmakers affiliated with National Caucus will consider New York’s Environmental and Energy Challenges. Thirty-three members of
Read MoreSince their release last Wednesday, the results of the April 2013 grades 3-8 Math and English Language Arts (ELA) assessments are being reviewed and studied and the effectiveness of the newly adopted Common Core Learning Standards they measure scrutinized. For
Read MoreState Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester), Assemblywoman Sandy Galef (D-Westchester/Putnam), and other state and local officials last week urged Governor Andrew Cuomo to sign legislation that will fundamentally change the way boating safety is implemented in New York State. The effort
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New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo delivered the State of the State, “New York Rising,” address last week declaring his intention to restore New York as the progressive capital of the nation. Highlights of Cuomo’s 2013 agenda include a high-tech
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