Opt Out and the Teachers Union

… that trend. Joining us to explain more is NYSUT presidential candidate Mike Lillis, a teacher from Westchester County. Access to most of our on-demand video clips is open to all users. However, full shows and archive clips are limited to TWC and …

FBI Offers Reward In String Of Westchester Homicides

The FBI announced Tuesday that it’s adding its muscle and up to $5,000 rewards to help Mount Vernon officials solve five open homicide cases. To do so, the FBI Westchester County Safe Streets Gang Task Force is asking for the public’s help in solving the homicides that run from 2011 to 2016, FBI officials said.

Westchester Man Indicted In Beating Death Of Roommate

A 53-year-old man from Mount Vernon is facing life in prison after being indicted for his potential involvement in the beating death of his roommate with canes. On Tuesday, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino announced that Clifford Ali has been arraigned on an indictment that includes a second-degree murder charge and three counts of criminal possession of a weapon, misdemeanors.

Westchester Man Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison For Attempted Murder

The Yonkers man who was found guilty of attempted murder last month has been sentenced to nearly two decades in state prison for his role in a shooting that left a woman without complete function of her left hand for more than six months. On Tuesday, Westchester County District Attorney announced that Frank Kwaw, 25, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to felony counts of attempted murder, attempted assault and criminal possession of a weapon.

New York State To Launch Electric Vehicle Rebate

… “We want to make electric vehicles a mainstream option,” said state Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, a Westchester County Democrat who leads the Assembly energy committee. “They are becoming more affordable and we need to encourage them.” Environmentalists …

High Steel ships last two ‘superload’ girders for new bridge across Hudson River

High Steel Structures workers stood in the rain, cheered and applauded as they watched the final two “superload” girders for the new Tappan Zee Bridge in New York leave the Williamsport plant. The massive blue girders, each 12 feet high, 120 feet long and weighing 78 tons, left the plant Tuesday morning with police escorts headed for the bridge project assembly yard in Coeymans, N.Y. High Steel at its Williamsport and Lancaster plants have fabricated approximately 50,000 tons of steel to form the approach spans to the new bridge.

The Briarcliff Manor Among County’s ‘Outstanding Family Owned Businesses’

The Briarcliff Manor, a 1902 mansion in Briarcliff Manor rumored to have inspired the Tara estate in the film, “Gone With the Wind,” was recognized as one of Westchester County’s most outstanding family-owned businesses at an awards ceremony in White Plains. The Briarcliff Manor was one of 26 businesses in Westchester County and Fairfield County, Conn., honored by Westfair Communications Inc., publisher of the Westchester County Business Journal, Fairfield County Business Journal and WAG, a regional lifestyle magazine.