Chuck Schumer under fire from left-wing activists

Left-wing activists have found a collateral target in their efforts to resist President Trump - powerful Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer. Enraged that the Senate Minority Leader has voted in favor of several cabinet nominees, a coalition of political, environmental and anti-poverty organizations led by the Working Families Party plan to protest near Schumer's Park Slope home and in front of his Peekskill office this week.

Hikers Prompt Schoolwide Lockdown In Peekskill

Two men who were taking a hike in the woods behind Woodside Elementary School on Monday, ended up causing a districtwide lockdown of Peekskill schools, according to the Peekskill Police Department. The lockout occurred around 2:15 p.m. when a staff member called the police to report that two men wearing ponchos had parked on school property, gotten out of their car with what they believed was a gun case and headed into the woods behind the school, said Lt.

Group Visits Peekskill To Call Out Schumer On Trump Nominee Votes

Members of an ad hoc citizens group braved the soggy weather Tuesday to bring this message to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer's staff in Peekskill: "We will be watching you." According to Michelle Paolillo Lockett, a spokeswoman for Rockland United, about 15 Rockland residents and several Westchesterites, met for more than an hour with the senior senator's regional director, Allison Biasotti.

Mother, 52, Killed In Peekskill Fire ID’d

The 52-year-old Peekskill mother who died Monday during a house fire has been identified as Elizabeth Birmingham, according to Peekskill police. Birmingham was found in a first-floor bedroom in the early morning multi-house fire 930 Diven St., said Lt.

Hikers Prompts Schoolwide Lockdown In Peekskill

Two men who were taking a hike in the woods behind Woodside Elementary School on Monday, ended up causing a districtwide lockdown of Peekskill schools, according to the Peekskill Police Department. The lockout occurred around 2:15 p.m. when a staff member called the police to report that two men wearing ponchos had parked on school property, gotten out of their car with what they believed was a gun case and headed into the woods behind the school, said Lt.

Fire turns deadly in Peekskill

Fire officials say flames broke out in a multifamily home on 936 Diven St. around 5:15 a.m. today. Firefighters from Croton, Montrose and Buchanan responded with mutual aid. Neighbors tell News 12 there has been numerous flare-ups that have kept firefighters busy.

Eileen C. Smith

... cemetery on Thursday. Fry & Gibbs Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements. Eileen was born August 12, 1944 in Peekskill, New York to Michael and Nora Lagee McCarthy. She attended real estate school and was a longtime employee of Paris Golf & ...

Peekskill Apartment Builders Begin Rock Blasting On Former Convent Site

If you should happen to hear some booming coming from around the Fort Hill area of Peekskill today, don't worry; the Revolutionary War hasn't started up again. What you will be hearing is the noise of rock blasting being done to prepare the site for the construction of part of a $50 million project that will include luxury apartments - plus a spa, inn and restaurant.

Macy’s Employee Stole From Store’s Cash Registers, Yorktown Police Say

A Lake Peekskill woman accused of stealing from the Macy's store at the Jefferson Valley Mall is facing a petty larceny charge, according to police. Camelia J. Ferraro was arrested on Dec. 23 after store security accused her of stealing $120 from two store registers about a week earlier, according to Yorktown police, who said the 20-year-old store employee turned herself in after Macy's security reported the alleged theft to authorities.

02/04 Chinese New Year Celebration! 2 PM

Chinese New Year returns to Pelham Art Center on Saturday, February 4, 2017 with family-friendly activities commemorating the beginning of the Year of the Rooster! From 2:00-4:00PM, a paper-craft workshop will be held in which participants can create a Chinese Rooster and a New Year fish. At 3:15PM, members of Kwan's Kung Fu, from Peekskill, NY, will perform a traditional Lion Dance, believed in Chinese culture to scare away evil spirits and to bring good luck.

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... according to the Berkshire District Attorney's office. Her co-defendant in the same matter, Charles Robinson, of Peekskill, N.Y., was arrested in late October after allegedly luring two women - ages 19 and 23 - from Vermont to the Berkshires with ...

N.Y. man faces sex trafficking charges

... has been held on $175,000 bail. Not guilty pleas were entered on behalf of 43-year-old Charles Robinson, of Peekskill, N.Y., at his arraignment to charges including trafficking a person for sexual servitude and deriving support from prostitution. ...

Nationally Known Local Musicians Launch ‘Community Sing’ In Peekskill

Songs of "perserverance and protest" will be bursting forth from many lips at a free "Community Sing" at a Peekskill cafe this week. Leading the singers at the Beanrunner Cafe will be Lisa Gutkin, a violinist and vocalist for the Grammy-winning klezmer band, The Klezmatics, and well-known local musician Fred Gillen Jr. Gutkin and Gillen, both compatriots of the late folksinger, environmental champion and activist Pete Seeger, just started performing as a duo this fall.