This year’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony at Van Cortlandt Park’s Memorial Grove was a little bit more special because a resolution was recently passed to designate November as New York city’s first ever “Veteran Appreciation Month.”
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By ERIC HARVEY
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11/10/23
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Focus on 2011 year in photos
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12/28/11
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The Special Envoy for the Abraham Accords Act passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee in mid-May.
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By Eric Harvey
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6/11/23
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U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres visited Riverdale Country School for a student art project called ‘You Know the Drill’ on June 5, that honored gun violence victims.
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6/11/23
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The LLC Transparency Act was signed into law Dec. 23 by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The legislation sponsored by state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher will create a database of the beneficial owners of limited liability corporations that can be accessed by government agencies as well as law enforcement.
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By ERIC HARVEY
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1/5/24
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There has been some movement in the long-running defamation case filed by a former P.S. 24 Spuyten Duyvil assistant principal.
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By ERIC HARVEY
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2/16/24
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With the state budget deadline looming this weekend, state Sen. Gustavo Rivera reiterated his views on the Good Cause Eviction bill, which he wants included in the fiscal year 2024 spending plan.
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By Gary Larkin
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3/31/23
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The families seeking asylum at Van Cortlandt Motel were quietly moved out of the Naica operated shelter last month and spread across several shelters in the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn. It has been a painful transition for those families.
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By ERIC HARVEY
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2/16/24
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Anyone trying to make their way along Sedgwick Avenue and some of the surrounding streets near the Jerome Park Reservoir should get ready for a mess. Con Edison has taken over large chunks of Kingsbridge Heights and Van Cortlandt Village through what the utility describes as “emergency work” that started a few weeks ago.
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By IZANIA GONZALEZ
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2/29/24
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For the first time since she assumed office in 2016, District Attorney Darcel Clark faces a challenger in a Democratic primary. That is in the person of criminal defense and civil rights attorney Tess Cohen. In an interview with The Riverdale Press, Clark says she applauds Cohen for wanting to run, but says she does not have the level of experience that she herself has acquired over 37 years as an assistant DA, judge, and DA.
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By Eric Harvey
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6/18/23
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