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Ossining
News
Presidential Candidate Marianne Williamson To Hold Event In Ossining
Presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson will soon be making a stop at an independent bookstore in Northern Westchester. Williamson, age 71, who is currently running for president as a Democrat, will visit Hudson Valley Books for Humanity in Ossining on Friday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. During the event at the bookstore, located within the Historic Olive Opera House at 67 Central Ave., Williamson will take the stage for an informal book signing and will also give her perspective on the country's current state. Following this, she will take questions from the audience as well. …
Shelton
Police & Fire
Shelton Man Threatens To Kill GOP Presidential Hopeful Ron DeSantis, Police Say
A Fairfield County man was arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Florida Gov. and GOP Presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis with a gun. Brendan Hughes, age 22, of Shelton, was arrested on Friday, July 14, said Lt. Robert Kozlowsky of the Shelton Police. Hughes was charged with threatening and held on a $1,000 bond, Kozlowsky said. The arrest stems from a call Shelton Police received from Florida law enforcement regarding an online threat made to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Twitter. The threat stated, “I'm going to kill Ron Desantis with a gun.” This is a developing …
Ramapo
Politics
Protest Planned For GOP Presidential Hopeful Ron DeSantis' Visit To Suffern
As Republican presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, heads to the Hudson Valley for an upscale fundraiser, local Democrats, and LBGTQ supporters, plan to protest. DeSantis is slated to appear at an invitation-only $ 6,600-a-person fundraising event in Rockland County at the Crowne Plaza in Suffern on Thursday, June 29. In advance of the event, reportedly planned by Seth Gribetz, the Englewood, New Jersey investor, local Democrats are putting out the call for demonstrators on their Facebook page. "We are taking action and organizing a powerful, peaceful protest to let Gover…
Capital District
Politics
Hochul's Favorability Rating Negative For First Time; Strong Majority Says 'Hard Working': Poll
For the first time since taking office, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s favorability rating is in the negative, new polling finds. Among registered voters, 45 percent hold an unfavorable view of the 64-year-old Democrat, compared to 40 percent who view her favorability, according to a newly-released Siena College poll. In March 2023, voters were split evenly 43 to 43 percent. Hochul’s job approval rating also appears to have taken a hit, sliding to 50-44 percent from 52-41 percent in March, according to pollsters. A strong majority, 58 to 20 percent, think she is hard-working, and a plurali…
Bedford
Politics
President Kennedy? Former Bedford Resident RFK Jr. Announces 2024 Bid For White House
There's now a possibility of another Kennedy back in the White House if the political winds blow in the right direction. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - son of the late US Attorney General and New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy - filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for president in the 2024 election, he announced Friday, April 7. The 69-year-old will run as a Democrat, according to his FEC filing. He said that he will officially kick off his campaign in Boston on Wednesday, April 19. “I am grateful for the outpouring of support…
Nassau
Politics
'There’s A New Republican Sheriff In Town': GOP Support For Trump 2024 Run Craters, Poll Says
Former President Donald Trump is losing his grip on the Republican party, according to a new Suffolk University/USA Today poll. The poll, released Tuesday, Dec. 13, found that among registered voters nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of Republicans and independents who identified as either conservative or very conservative wanted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president. Of those same voters, 56 percent said they prefer DeSantis over Trump. “There’s a new Republican sheriff in town,” said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center. “DeSantis outpoll…
Baltimore
News
Baltimore Man Arrested On Charges Connected To Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection
A Baltimore man has been arrested on charges stemming from the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Narayana Rheiner, 40, is charged in a criminal complaint filed with civil disorder and other offenses related offenses for allegedly disrupting a joint Congressional session. The session was in the middle of counting votes related to the presidential election at the time. Rheiner was arrested on Wednesday, March 2 in Baltimore and appeared in court on Thursday, March 3. Court documents revealed Rheiner was among the first line of rioters who pushed pass the…
Pelham
Politics
'That #$@&%*! Lunatic': New Book Reveals Obama's Real Thoughts On Trump
Former President Barack Obama didn’t mince words about the man who succeeded him in the Oval Office according to a soon-to-be-released book. Obama called former President Donald Trump “a corrupt (expletive deleted)” a “mad man,” “that (expletive deleted) lunatic,” and a “racist, sexist pig,” among other things, according to reports citing author Edward-Isaac Dovere’s book “Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats’ Campaigns to Defeat Trump.” The book, which is scheduled to be published on Tuesday, May 25 by the Atlantic author, was first obtained by The Guardian. “He’s a madman,” Dover…
Fort Lee
News
Feds Raid Giuliani's Manhattan Apartment
Federal agents on Wednesday raided the Manhattan apartment of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani as part of an investigation into his activities in Ukraine, according to multiple reports. Guiliani, who was ex-President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, didn’t immediately comment, nor did the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York in Manhattan. No charges had been filed against the 76-year-old former federal prosecutor as of Wednesday afternoon. Agents earlier in the day seized electronic devices during a warranted search as part of a months-long investigation, acco…
Fort Lee
News
FBI: Tipster Dimes Out Tambourine-Shaking Former
Nypd
Spokeswoman In Capitol Riot
A tambourine-shaking, arms-raising, former NYPD spokeswoman became the latest person charged criminally in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, thanks to yet another anonymous tipster, according to the FBI. Sara Carpenter, 51, who left the force in 2004, surrendered to the FBI in Queens early Tuesday, federal authorities said. “Any involvement in the Jan. 6 [riot] is serious conduct,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Josh Hafetz told a judge in Brooklyn during a video-conferenced detention hearing that afternoon. According to an anonymous tipster, Carpenter told a relative that she’d been tear-gass…
Worcester
News
Poll: Americans Split On Whether Twice-Impeached Trump Should Run Again
More than half of American voters said Donald Trump should not be allowed to run for president again following his beleaguered first term. A new survey conducted in March by Invisibly, polled about 1,200 people nationwide and asked them various questions about Trump’s record-setting second impeachment and future. When asked if Trump should be allowed to run again, 56 percent of American voters said no, while 44 percent said that he should be allowed to. ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ answers were predictable based on party affiliation. Between 80 and 90 percent of Democrats said Trump’s support of the…
Nassau
Politics
Trump Becomes Only President To Be Impeached Twice, This Time For 'Incitement Of Insurrection'
Donald John Trump is now the only president in U.S. history to be impeached twice by the House of Representatives. On Wednesday, Jan. 13 - just a week before the inauguration of president-elect Joe Biden and a week after the deadly pro-Trump riot at the Capitol building - the U.S. House voted to impeach Trump, a Republican, by a margin of 232-197 on one charge of incitement of insurrection. View the impeachment resolution here The vote was bipartisan. All 222 Democrats voted to impeach while 10 Republicans also did so, including GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney of Wyoming, daughter of form…
Worcester
News
Capitol Hill Chaos: Lockdown Halts Electoral College Confirmation As Protesters Storm Building
The United States Capitol is in lockdown after pro-Trump protesters swarmed into the building just after the Electoral College confirmation process got underway on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 6, Protesters waving Confederate and American flags as well as pro-Trump merchandise, moved past police and into the Capitol Building to disrupt the Senate’s confirmation of votes Joe Biden’s election to the presidency, according to the New York Times and multiple media reports. A clash between police and protesters broke out around noon on Wednesday. The chaos disrupted the proceedings and force…
Bucks
News
Denied
: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Tosses Trump Campaign's Bucks County Appeal
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court tossed an emergency appeal request filed by Donald Trump's Campaign over less than 2,000 Bucks County election ballots. Trump's campaign sued the Bucks County Board of Elections a week after the election, saying 2,177 absentee and mail-in ballots didn't adhere to code requirements. The suit says those ballots did not have the voter's handwritten name, address or date on the return envelopes, and some were enclosed in "unsealed" privacy envelopes. The appeal was rejected by the court, which is comprised of a 5-2 Democratic majority. ALSO SEE: US Supreme…
Mercer
News
US Supreme Court Lets Pennsylvania Certify Biden Presidential Election Win
Democrat Joe Biden's win in Pennsylvania can be certified, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The nine-justice court unanimously rejected a Republican congressman’s request to prevent Pennsylvania from certifying its presidential election results in favor of the former vice president. The one-line order, the latest blow to the Trump campaign, was issued with no dissents. The emergency petition was addressed to Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who has jurisdiction over the Pennsylvania courts. Alito referred it to the whole court, which issued the order. ALSO…
Fort Lee
News
Giuliani Hospitalized With
Covid-
19: 'Feeling Good, Recovering Quickly, Keeping Up'
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said that he was "recovering quickly and keeping up with everything" after being hospitalized for COVID-19. The 76-year-old personal attorney for President Donald Trump -- who's been leading the campaign to overturn presidential elections results in court -- reportedly was admitted to Georgetown University Hospital on Sunday after testing positive for the virus. "Thank you to all my friends and followers for all the prayers and kind wishes," Giuliani tweeted Sunday night. "I’m getting great care and feeling good. Recovering quickly and keeping u…
Mount Pleasant
Politics
Joe Biden Elected Next President: Pennsylvania Puts Former VP Over Top In Electoral Vote
In what is widely viewed as one of the most consequential elections in American history, Joe Biden has now been projected as the president-elect of the United States of America. The projections were made late Saturday, Nov. 7 by the Associated Press and other news organizations after Biden was projected to win the state of Pennsylvania, putting him over the 270 electoral votes needed to take the presidency. Biden currently also holds narrow leads over incumbent President Donald Trump in key swing states, including Wisconsin and Michigan, as well as Nevada, Arizona, and Georgia. Biden, who …
Nassau
Politics
Will Nassau Join Suffolk In Going For Trump? Here's Latest Tally
The presidential election outcome remains in the hands of several swing states, but on Long Island, President Donald Trump is leading in both counties in his re-election campaign against former Vice President Joe Biden. As of late Wednesday morning, Nov. 4, here's the breakdown with the percentage of votes counted: Nassau, Trump leads, 50 percent to 49 percent with 88 percent of vote reported Suffolk, Trump leads, 56 percent to 43 percent with 78 percent of vote reported Check back to Daily Voice for updates.
Hartford
News
Connecticut Leaning Blue, But Here Are The Towns That Voted For Trump
As many elections, including the one for president, are still being counted, Connecticut hasn't quite finished tallying all its ballots, but it seems likely the state will remain blue As of Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 8 a.m., 85 percent of the votes for president cast in Connecticut had been counted. As was anticipated, challenger Democrat Joe Biden has the current majority vote for president. Biden has won 58.5% of the vote with more than 928,131 ballots cast in his favor. Trump secured 39.9% of the vote and accumulated 633,711 ballots in his favor. The following is a list of cities…
Litchfield
Politics
Much Higher Than Normal Percentage Of CT Republicans To Vote For Joe Biden, Poll Finds
Citing falling approval ratings and a poor response to the COVID-19 crisis, more Connecticut Republicans are saying they will be voting blue this year, according to a brand-new poll. Sacred Heart University in Fairfield conducted the newly released survey that found that a majority of Connecticut residents (51.4 percent) plan to vote for former Vice President Joe Biden, while 26.4 plan to vote for President Donald Trump and 20 percent were undecided. Of those polled, 18.6 percent of Republicans in Connecticut said they intended to vote for Biden, versus 70.3 percent who plan to vote for the…
Hampden
News
Just 3: Trump Outraises Biden In Several Massachusetts Neighborhoods, Towns
Donald Trump received more presidential campaign donations than Joe Biden in just three Massachusetts zip codes, according to nationwide data compiled by the New York Times. The Times review of political donations during the presidential election showed that traditionally liberal Massachusetts is backing Democrat challenger Biden over Republican incumbent Trump in every corner except three zip codes: Southwick (01077), the Cherry Valley neighborhood in Leicester (01611), and Acushnet (02743), according to the Boston Globe. There are 536 zip codes in Massachusetts. Though Trump received mor…
Nassau
Politics
Speculation Swirls That Cuomo Could Be Nation's AG If Biden Wins Presidency
From Albany to Washington D.C.? New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is reportedly in the running to serve as the nation’s Attorney General if Democratic challenger Joe Biden is successful in the presidential election in November, though the governor has balked at the idea. According to Axios, Cuomo, the chair of the National Governors Association, “is being pushed to the job and that Biden would consider him, based on their long friendship.” Reports state that aides at the National Governors Association have already started looking for contingencies to replace him if he heads to Washington. If …
Hampden
News
Was I Counted? Massachusetts Offers Mail-In Ballot Tracking
If you’re wondering whether your mail-in ballot made has been counted, Massachusetts allows residents to track their ballots. The web page is simply called “Track My Ballot” and it is located within the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ division. In response to persistent lies about voting, Secretary William Gavin said all votes are counted regardless of whether they are made at a booth on the day of the election or early on. Once on the site, enter your name, address as well as city/town/village. The site can tell voters where in the process their ballots are - en route, coun…
Litchfield
Politics
Tong Among State AGs Mobilizing To Stop Trump's 'Unconstitutional, Illegal' USPS Actions
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has become the latest elected official to vow to battle President Donald Trump’s efforts to defund the U.S. Postal Service in advance of the November election. Stating that the federal government’s efforts to gut the USPS are aimed at hindering voting in the election, Tong announced that he was joining other attorneys general to stop the “unconstitutional and illegal” actions. “Donald Trump finally admitted what we all knew to be true—he is gutting the U.S. Postal Service in order to block Americans from voting during a raging pandemic,” Tong said. …
Fairfield
Politics
Bloomberg Could Be Worse President Than Trump, Ocasio-Cortez Says
Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has issued a warning to her electorate: potentially electing presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg in November may wind up “even worse” than President Donald Trump. The 30-year-old Yorktown High School graduate, who is facing a primary challenge for her seat in Congress, cautioned her constituents about what shes sees as the potential dangers of a Bloomberg presidency. Ocasio-Cortez said it would be a bad idea to elect the former New York City mayor, even if he was the one to unseat the controversial president. “We obviously have to beat …
DV Plus - Westchester
Politics
Westchester Congressman Endorses Joe Biden, Called 'Shameless' By GOP Challenger
New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president in 2020 on Monday, Jan. 13, touting the former vice president's ability to defeat President Donald Trump in November and unify the country once in office. On Twitter, Maloney wrote: "As president, Joe Biden will deliver the local tax relief, infrastructure, clean drinking water & support for our military and veterans that the American public wants." "As voters go to the polls in the coming months, I hope they'll join me & vote for Joe," wrote Maloney, a Democrat from Cold Spring.&nb…
East Dutchess
Politics
Gillibrand Dropped Out Of Presidential Race At Smart Time, Experts Say
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand got out of the presidential race at the right time, according to experts. Gillibrand had been polling poorly following multiple Democratic debates, despite a multi-million dollar war chest for her campaign, before she dropped out of the race. The senator took to Twitter to officially announce the end of her campaign for president in this video. “Today, I am ending my campaign for president. I am so proud of this team and all we've accomplished. But I think it’s important to know how you can best serve. To our supporters: Thank you, from the bottom of my hea…
DV Plus - Westchester
Politics
Cuomo Offers His Donors To Biden Presidential Bid
Like father, like son? Just as his dad, former New York Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, opened the door for Bill Clinton to run for president in 1991, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has opened his campaign coffers to help Joe Biden become a Democratic frontrunner in the 2020 race for the White House. During an impromptu news conference 28 years ago, as the snow fell in Syracuse, the elder Cuomo announced he would not run for president. That instantly cleared the field for then-Arkansas Gov. Clinton. The current governor, Cuomo of New Castle, told political party donors that he wants to open his formidable fundrai…
Mount Pleasant
Politics
Northern Westchester Estate Owner Michael Bloomberg Rules Out 2020 Presidential Run
Another prominent New York politician has taken his hat out of the ring for a potential presidential run in 2020. Billionaire Mike Bloomberg announced on Tuesday that he will not be challenging President Donald Trump for a seat in the Oval Office, citing the difficulty of winning the Democratic nomination in such a crowded field. His announcement comes a day after Chappaqua’s Hillary Clinton bowed out of the race. Bloomberg - the former New York City mayor who owns a Northern Westchester estate in North Salem - noting that he is three-for-three in elections, said he believes he could win e…
White Plains
Politics
Ocasio-Cortez Defends Her 70-Percent Billionaires Tax Rate Proposal Over Ice Cream With Colbert
Another prominent New York politician took center stage on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” taking aim at some of the nation’s wealthiest. Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx/Queens), a 2007 Yorktown High School graduate, appeared on the CBS late night show on Monday to debunk rumors regarding her proposed 70 percent marginal income tax, which would target multi-millionaires. “When we talk about a 70 percent marginal tax rate,” she said to Colbert. “It’s not on all of your income. It’s on your 10 millionth and one dollar. So after you make 10 million dol…
Mount Pleasant
Politics
Eric Trump Says Dad's Life 'Exponentially Worse' Since Presidential Run
In an interview titled "First, Family," Eric Trump of Briarcliff Manor, the second son of President Donald Trump, insists that his father's quality of life "became exponentially worse" after deciding to run for president. Westchester Magazine spoke with Eric Trump and his wife, Lara, in an interview focused mostly on their day-to-day lives, though the president's son told the magazine how the world changed for his father (and the president's family) once he transitioned from a billionaire businessman to a public political candidate. "My father’s life became expone…
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