This edition of On Topic with John Testa covers a number of important issues for Westchester and the Peekskill, Cortlandt and Yorktown region. The latest issue discussed is the August 22, 2012 ruling by the State of New York Supreme Court that the MTA Payroll Tax that was imposed in 2009 is deemed unconstitutional. Other issues include the Federal Affordable Housing Settlement with Westchester County, extensive infrastructure improvements being done throughout District 1, senior and veterans programs and more. There are also two special guests on the show: George Oros, the Chief of Staff for Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino and RoseMarie Panio, a member of the Hudson Valley Hospital Center Foundation Board.
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This show discusses the MTA Tax ruling, latest on the Federal Affordable Housing Settlement, and much more. CE Chief of Staff George Oros and HVHC Board member Rosemarie Panio are guests.
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Seen The Town May 25, 2013 at 10:58 pm
They have been endorsed by members of their own party, which appartently partied a little too hard,…Read More and are having problems with their vision! Let's be realistic, under the Mary Foster administration alot of money was spent with nothing to show, whether it was a rebublican or democrat who spent it, nothing was spent without her nod of approval. in the event it wasn't, she knew about it, and welcomed the failure because if it was a republican failure, it made her look good anyway! All the accomplishments that this article speaks of, barely puts out the fire of the disappointments of this administration. Where there was a major drug bust her face was, where there was a new business opened her face was, where there was anything positive done in this starving city her face was...yet where all of the disaster occurred she was nowhere to be found! She had her underlings to answer for her misrepresentations, she had her scapegoats to answer for her failures. Why you think Drew Claxton is the Deputy Mayor? So when all else fails, blame it on a Claxton... do you find anywhere in this article where she has addressed her failures? Don't read it again because you won't. All of the accomplishments she speaks of, many of the great things that have happened in this city under her timeline are due to others hard work which she failed to mention in this article.
Jay Posner May 25, 2013 at 09:59 pm
Why would you want another term when you have messed up what was a pretty nice city?
shakemdown May 23, 2013 at 02:51 pm
i know what i'm talking about, i live at hudson view and i saw the whole thing unfold from the…Read More beginning to the end,unlike you who sits behind a screen and type what he or she hears, i saw first hand what went on and what didn't happen, and yes the excavator did in fact start tearing down the building before any investigation started,regardless of what you say, i know what happened, there is and old saying that goes like this, " believe less of what you hear and more of what you see", this fits you TELEMAN, if you really want to know what happened , you can ask me, hell i'll even meet you in person, but if you what to continue believing the bs that the mayor and others are putting out there, then go ahead.as far as moving on , i have and so have the people who lost everything, but what remains is a mayor who is hell bent on building a muti-million dollar firehouse and the firefighters can't even get water to fight fires. "fire houses don't save lives, water to fight fires do." once again TELEMAN, if you want the truth see me, if not continue listening to the "BS", in the long run the "BS" will run it's course, and the truth will be right there waiting.
shakemdown May 22, 2013 at 11:55 pm
yeah, but let the mayor tell it, that never happened, ( the excavator tearing down the building…Read More before the investigators even got to the scene) just like all the other lies that they have told.
joshua tanner May 20, 2013 at 07:00 pm
I never heard so much baloney. Don't let them brainwash you kids. Solar and wind are frauds. A…Read More windmill just threw off a blade that weighs tons. They break all the time and wind energy is the most dangerous and not efficient. Oh and global weather patterns are natural and not man-made
"OCOTILLO WIND TURBINE THROWS OFF MULTI-TON BLADE, PROMPTING WORLD-WIDE SHUT DOWN OF SIMILAR TURBINES AMID GROWING SAFETY CONCERNS"
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/13251
sayitsnotsojack May 20, 2013 at 04:36 pm
With all these non profits not paying taxes they have certainly made a lot of us who pay the bills…Read More for them non profit also.
Look Who's Talking May 23, 2013 at 03:00 pm
Can someone call the Planning Department and find out if Frank's sign outside of his office follows…Read More The City's sign ordinance?
Concerned Parent May 21, 2013 at 09:08 am
@w Kelly.....Ahhhhhhhhh maybe the cops are not educated about addiction?? Why not ask the neighbors…Read More of the soon-to-be closed HVHC Methadone Clinic -- the veterinarian, residents in hear-by homes, the stores and restaurants in the shopping center, etc. -- have they experienced any "problems" with the clients going to the clinic ?? Personally, I believe the "cops" should be focusing on the known areas to buy drugs -- it does not take a rocket scientist to see the dealers. What happened to the bike patrols used by the police dept ???
As said by another, thank goodness we live in the U.S. for freedom of speech.
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sayitsnotsojack May 19, 2013 at 11:37 am
The long suffering tax payer should look at it as them paying for their extravagant health care and…Read More pension plans. As for lending a hand they have had our hand outs for way too long.
Teleman May 19, 2013 at 05:09 pm
We've got the Constitution on our side. Although it is being eroded, we still have quite a large…Read More number of the population who still believes in it- 46,455 gun background checks per day since bama got in office- ( yes, we already do background checks for the majority of gun purchases)
Teleman May 19, 2013 at 04:57 pm
Let's face it- we can find niche studies to suit any position we take- but the justice department…Read More study I am citing is a large piece that goes from 1993-2010- before, during and after the 1994 assault weapons ban -and it spans a pretty large time frame in which to draw these conslusions. This is a very comprehensive look at gun crime in the US- and it shows massive decline despite rising ownership. Deny all you want, because to continue your agenda, it's your only choice.
Abby Normal May 19, 2013 at 11:27 am
Tele, I keep hearing the mantra from the right saying more guns equal less crime. The truth however…Read More flies in the face of this propaganda. A recent study actually shows that the highest homicide rates are in the states with the fewest gun controls. States like Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi and Alaska just to name a few.
Sure, there are fewer homicides in Alaska than in New York, but adjusted for population, the per-ca-pita homicide rate is significantly lower in New York.
Victoria Hochman May 10, 2013 at 06:51 pm
Thanks Liz,
We appreciate your support and I will pass your kind comments on to our staff. I'm sure…Read More it will mean a lot to them.