Category: US House of Representatives

Lowey Meets With Leaders About Anti-Semitic Threats Against Jewish Centers

From left, JCC Rockland CEO David Kirschtel; Congresswoman Nita Lowey; JCC of Mid-Westchester Executive Director Karen Kolodny; and JCC On The Hudson Executive Director Frank Hassid at Monday’s roundtable discussion on bomb threats against JCCs. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. — Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey , Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, Monday hosted a roundtable discussion with local Jewish leaders at the Jewish Community Center on the Hudson in Tarrytown to discuss the wave of 120 bomb threats made against JCCs and Jewish schools across the country.

Bronx Rep. Engel to Skip Aisle Handshake with Trump at Joint Session Address

New York Rep. Eliot Engel is breaking with a longstanding tradition in Washington tonight, saying he will not be shaking President Donald Trump’s hand when he enters to address a joint session of Congress. Engel, who represents parts of the Bronx and Westchester County, said today on the floor of the House he will be putting an end to the tradition tonight as a form of protest against the Trump adminstration.

Bomb threats at New Rochelle, Tarrytown JCCs

… Tarrytown police were called to the facility at 371 S. Broadway at 9:13 a.m., Sgt. James Kovacs said. Westchester County police said they sent their bomb squad and cleared the scene at 10:55 a.m. “My office has been in contact with local police and …

Several Democrats to skip inauguration

… York City Democratic representatives are among those who say they will not be going to the inauguration. Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino and GOP chairman Doug Colety are planning to attend the event. In spite of the spat, and the ensuing …

Sustainable Saturday: After Indian Point

… a clean energy future. An agreement to shutter the ailing Indian Point nuclear reactors in Buchanan, NY (Westchester County) was announced on January 9. Under the deal hammered out between keep its employees on board until the shutdown, finding new …

State, Federal Lawmakers React To Deal To Close Indian Point By 2021

Indian Point’s two nuclear power plants would be closed permanently by 2021 under a deal confirmed Friday by Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, who called it “a complete surprise to us” and “potentially catastrophic.” Early reaction to the proposed permanent closing of Indian Point’s nuclear reactors by 2021 has been met with a mix of shock, disappointment as well as praise.

Congressman Democrat Eliot Engel: When He Will Support and When He Will Oppose the New President

Congressman Eliot Engel, the powerful 15 term senior Democrat whose 16th District covers the northern Bronx and southwest Westchester County, told me in a recent interview conducted in his Riverdale office that the election of Donald Trump came as a total surprise to him. “Like many others, I just didn’t think it possible,” he said,” that a candidate who had made so many insulting remarks about so many different groups of people could have been elected as President of the United States.”