Guest Columns

By Matt Slater On Jan. 1, I will begin a new role representing Yorktown – in addition to neighboring communities in Westchester and Putnam counties – as your voice in the New York State Assembly. While I will be representing

By Michael Gold The governors of Texas and Florida decided to give themselves early Christmas presents by shipping thousands of immigrants from Latin America to New York, Massachusetts and Washington D.C. earlier this year. Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas claimed

By Alan D. Bergman Perhaps 2023 is when you finally decide to devote time to writing your memoir or autobiography. It may sound illogical or, at the very least, counterintuitive but interviewing others will go a long way toward capturing

By John Ravitz Is there anyone who is not in favor of improving the climate of our nation and the globe? Of course not. That’s the easy part. The more vexing questions are how and how quickly can we reach

By Michael Gold We have poisoned our politics to such a degree that it is becoming extremely difficult to look at our current system of government as an ongoing conversation between competing interests who compromise to help advance the nation’s

By Frank Williams Jr.  The Westchester County Board of Legislators is considering a bill that would end the sale of flavored tobacco products. Despite the urgent public health needs for this critical reform, there have been some in our community that

By Michael Gold It’s easy to forget the “thanks” in Thanksgiving. We focus on getting together with our families, wondering which cranky relative is going to start an argument, shopping for just the right kind of giant turkey that refuses

By Michael Gold  Drivers fly down the road, break the speed limit, make illegal turns, run red lights, roll through stop signs, inch into crosswalks while children are there, lean on their horns and sometimes foul the air with expletives.

By Elizabeth Mastropolo, Esq. When Jenna was just 14 years old, she made the long and dangerous trek from El Salvador to the U.S. – by herself. Her mother had left for the States when Jenna was only a toddler