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... for these citizens," said Brenda Erickson, the group's senior research analyst. Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, a Yonkers Democrat, says teleconferencing could be one way to make hearings less burdensome, especially for speakers who have to travel long ...
... the biggest teachers unions, as well as superintendents or representatives from the Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers school districts. Cuomo has proposed a $769 million increase in school aid. That's less than the Board of Regents' ...
It's time New York state finally changed its antiquated voting rules and procedures that are perpetuating the state's low voter turnout, Democratic lawmakers in the Legislature said Tuesday as they announced yet another election reform package. New York ranks among the bottom in terms of voter turnout, a situation Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, of Yonkers, called "extremely embarrassing" during a news conference detailing some of the 13 voting rights bills aimed at making it easier for New Yorkers to cast ballots.
... of former Gov. Malcolm Wilson, whose name was added to the Tappan Zee by then-Gov. Mario Cuomo in 1994, when the Yonkers Republican was still alive. “Millions of people still don't know what's going on,'' said Mann, “so we want to get ...
Allegations that an influential New York state senator forcibly kissed a former staffer are "extremely disturbing," the fellow Democrat who leads the party's primary caucus in the chamber said Thursday. Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, of Yonkers, said in a statement that an "immediate independent investigation" needs to be started into the allegations against Sen. Jeff Klein, of the Bronx.
... forcibly kissed a former staffer are "extremely disturbing." Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, of Yonkers, says in a statement Thursday that an "immediate independent investigation" needs to be started into the allegations against ...
... installment payments that run into 2018. That's also the case with the so-called Big Five city districts including Yonkers, Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo and NYC. "For the majority of the rest of the districts in the state, we're more than half a ...
... installment payments that run into 2018. That's also the case with the so-called Big Five city districts including Yonkers, Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo and NYC. "For the majority of the rest of the districts in the state, we're more than half a ...
The overcrowded city school system can finally begin to plan construction of three new buildings with the promised help of about $78 million in new reimbursements from the state. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill this week that accelerates Yonkers' ability to get state aid so the district can build two new schools near Ravine and Ashburton avenues, and tear down and rebuild Gorton High School next door to its current location.
