Tuesday night, at a mini convention at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, State Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer (Yonkers) won the Democratic nomination for the 37th District state Senate seat left open by new Westchester County Executive George Latimer. Other
Read MoreFor the first time in eight years Andrea Stewart-Cousins has general election competition. In that time, the Yonkers resident has become Senate majority leader, the first woman to attain that post in New York State. Her district has also shifted
Read MoreState Sen. Shelley Mayer (D-Yonkers) is bidding for her third full term in the state legislature’s upper chamber next week. Mayer has served in the Senate since the spring of 2018 when she won a special election to succeed George
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State Sen. Shelley Mayer announced last week the formation of a 21-member state commission that will help plan a series of special events for the nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026. Joined by Revolutionary War re-enactors and other dignitaries at Kings
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Prohibitive increases in Con Edison utility bills have prompted state Sen. Shelley Mayer (D-Yonkers) and other officials to urge their colleagues and consumers to fight back. Mayer, joined for a webinar last Wednesday by representatives from the nonprofit Public Utility
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By Samuel Rowland The Ossining Community Equity Task Force and various local and state officials threw its support last week behind the E-Let’s Expand Access to Remote Learning Now (E-LEARN) Act. The proposed legislation, which was introduced by state Sen.
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State Sen. Shelley Mayer (D-Yonkers) called for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign from office Thursday morning after a sixth woman accused the governor of sexual harassment earlier this week. Mayer, who last week supported having the state attorney general’s investigation
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Virtually everyone is facing extreme challenges in 2020. State Sen. Shelley Mayer knows that if she is re-elected to a second full term to represent the 37th Senate District next week, her job and that of her legislative colleagues won’t
Read MoreFor the past two-and-a-half years, state Sen. Shelley Mayer has represented arguably one of the most diverse districts anywhere in the state. The 37th Senate District extends from parts of Yonkers in the southern end, through the Sound Shore communities
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In an election that received national attention, Democratic Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer of Yonkers triumphed over Republican Julie Killian to capture the 37th state Senate District seat Tuesday night. Mayer topped Killian, a former Rye councilwoman, in a special election called
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