When it comes to supporting the US president, FSU Jews say Israel trumps all

... people should know conservatives are not evil. Just because we support Trump doesn't make us evil." A resident of Yonkers, NY, Rappaport immigrated to the US in 1979 from Leningrad. He is one of about 750,000 Jews from the former Soviet Union living ...

Will Crumbling School Buildings Get a Piece of the Infrastructure Pie?

A photo of Charles E. Gorton High School in Yonkers, New York, in July 2012, when the school district was seeking $1.7 billion from investors to overhaul its schools. aul L. Dunbar Elementary school, a historic, four-story building of orange brick located in North Philadelphia, looks solid and imposing from the outside.

M-E students get prime seats for Electoral College

E students get prime seats for Electoral College 110 students from across the state were among those invited to view the proceedings Monday. Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://press.sn/2i6NX5x Kyrollos Shehata, left, of Yonkers Montessori Academy and Mateo Carrillo of Roosevelt High School were among about 110 students who were in attendance Monday for a meeting of New York's Electoral College.

Nov. 22: ‘Hamilton,’ Electoral College and swastikas

... nor Pence has even been given the chance to raise their right hands to take the oath of office. Edward Galorenzo Yonkers: After producers put out a casting call for nonwhites only, I find it hysterical that the cast of "Hamilton" can lecture anybody ...

What’s at Stake in Trump’s Pick to Lead HUD

... voted for Clinton on Tuesday, the more conservative message on housing resonates there for historical reasons. Yonkers, a Westchester County city just north of the Bronx, was the site of terrific turmoil over fair housing in the 1980s and '90s. That ...

Happy Birthday, HRC: A decade-by-decade look at Clinton’s life

... seat in New York - and she would go on to win the seat by more than double the share of her challenger, former Yonkers mayor John Spencer. Then-first lady Hillary Clinton blows out the candles of her birthday cake as then-president Bill Clinton ...

Sen. Stewart-Cousins hits campaign trail for fellow Democrats

State Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins hit the campaign trail Monday to court voters at the Nodine Hill Community Center in Yonkers, despite having no opponents in the upcoming election. The Yonkers Democrat says there is even more at stake than her re-election if there is a strong Hillary Clinton turnout statewide on Election Day.

Spring Meeting Will Discuss Hudson River Barge Sites

Those opposed to federal government-imposed rules about anchorage sites along the Hudson River from Yonkers to Kingston want a meeting, but one will not take place until spring, reported lohud.com. The proposal is to place 10 formal commercial anchorage sites along the Hudson River, including three in the Lower Hudson Valley at Stony Point, Montrose and Yonkers.