Shortly after Maureen McArdle Schulman retired from the New York City Fire Department in 2003, she would spend about a decade helping to watch over her young grandchildren. Afterwards, when she had the time to focus on the news and
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In June, Mondaire Jones turned the eight-candidate 17th Congressional District Democratic primary that some observers thought would be a nail-biter would into a rout. Now, he’s looking to complete his political ascent with a victory in the general election and
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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
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It took until he was 70 years old for Dr. Liviu Saimovici to run for public office. Born and raised in Communist Romania, the Rye resident and ophthalmologist immigrated to the U.S. in 1981. His candidacy was prompted by what
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Over the past couple of years, Rob Astorino has been keeping an eye on what’s been going on in Albany and hasn’t liked what he has seen. The former Westchester County executive said the state had been in a downward
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Bill Weber believes he is best suited to deal with New York State’s budget crisis. Weber, a certified public accountant who has worked for a Rockland-based accountant’s firm for more than a decade, said the state spends too much money
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Two years ago, state Sen. Peter Harckham rode a blue wave of Democratic enthusiasm to became the first member of his party to represent northern Westchester and Putnam counties in the state Senate in just over 100 years. Next week,
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Republican Assemblyman Kevin Byrne is running for a third two-year term in the 94th Assembly District against Stephanie Keegan, a Democrat from Heritage Hills in Somers who has advocated for veterans’ issues on the federal level. Byrne, 35, a Carmel
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It was the logical next step for Lori Morton to run for New Castle Town Board. The 15-year Chappaqua resident has gradually increased her involvement in the community during the past decade, volunteering for the Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival and
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Michael Parietti knows all about long shot campaigns. He’s run six of them before this year, all in Rockland County, either for county legislator or for municipal office. He registered as a Republican when he was 18, graduated from West
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