Westchester Restauranteur Will Be Chef Finalist On Food Network Star Show

Christian Petroni of Rye Brook is featured as a contestant on the new season of Food Network Star hosted by Giada De Laurentiis and Bobby Flay, and premiering on June 10. Petroni is the co-owner of the Fortina restaurants in Armonk, Yonkers, Rye Brook, Brooklyn and Stamford. He won Season 4 of "Chopped" and has been a judge on the Food Network show.

Cynthia Nixon: Democrats need to let black women lead party

... - wasn't included in weeks of closed-door talks that led to last Sunday's passage of the budget. Stewart-Cousins, of Yonkers, leads the Senate's mainstream Democrats. She wasn't included in the so-called "four men in a room" negotiations in which ...