US News Roundup For July 10, 2018 (Compiled By RoundupNewswires.com Editor Brian Harrod)

'You shouldn't be wearing that in the United States': Man berates woman wearing a Puerto Rican T-shirt
ABC News, 2018-07-10
A 62-year-old man appears to be in need of geography lessons after he allegedly accosted a woman for wearing a T-shirt with an image of the Puerto Rican flag in an Illinois park. "You should not be wearing that in the United States of America," the man can ...

Tesla builds first factory outside United States in Shanghai
Mashable, 2018-07-10
A looming trade war with China hasn't slowed down Elon Musk or his beloved brainchild Tesla. Right after the car company was forced to raise the prices of its cars by at least $20,000 each due to China's increased import tariffs on American-made cars ...

New Zealand's Rocket Lab to open second launch pad in United States
Reuters, 2018-07-11
Rocket Lab said it was considering four sites on both the East and West coasts and would make a final decision in August. Founder and Chief Executive Peter Beck said in an emailed statement that launching from the United States "adds an extra layer of ...

The Finlandization of the United States
The New York Times, 2018-07-10
MADRID — Over the next week, President Trump will visit Europe to call on allies, get in some golf and then meet President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. He’ll no doubt feel more comfortable with the Russian leader, whom he considers “fine,” than with ...

This Day In Market History: Jackson Vetoes Charter Renewal For Bank Of The United States
Yahoo Finance, 2018-07-10
Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that happened on this date. What Happened On this day in 1832, President Andrew Jackson vetoed a bill to extend the federal charter of the Bank of the United States — a move that ...

Manchester United sign United States teenager Will Vint to academy deal
ESPN FC, 2018-07-09
Thibaut Courtois believes Marouane Fellaini is a useful player for both Belgium and Manchester United, after he signed a new two-year deal at Old Trafford. Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho gives his prediction for Serbia v Brazil. ESPN FC's Ligue 1 ...

Curbing hepatitis B in the United States will save lives and money, according to a new study
Scope Blog Stanford, 2018-07-10
Hepatitis B used to get no play. But earlier this year, it made the headlines when scientists discovered that it’s the oldest virus known to affect humans — at least 8,000 years old. And now Stanford scientists are trying to draw policymakers ...

Business Bankruptcies for United States Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg) - June 2018
The Patriot-News, 2018-07-10
The following list includes business bankruptcies that were filed in United States Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg) from June 1, 2018 - June 30, 2018. Under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code may be used by businesses or individuals.

The United States could be spared the worst in a trade war
KITV, 2018-07-10
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Mohamed El-Erian thinks a trade war will hurt the global economy. But it'll hurt the United States less than others. In a piece for Project Syndicate, Allianz's chief economic adviser wrote that "today, a trade war would damage all ...

Hemp, Inc. Launches National Tour to Expand Industrial Hemp Growing Capacity in the United States
Yahoo Finance, 2018-07-11
Spring Hope, NC. , July 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hemp, Inc. (OTC PINK: HEMP) announced today that it has launched a multi-state national tour to meet with industrial hemp farmers across the nation in order to expand the company’s hemp-growing ...

HARROD DIGITAL SOLUTIONS: The Five Best Free Press Release Distribution Services 2018 - By Brian Harrod

Free press release distribution services syndicate your press releases to a network of media outlets for free.

We looked at the available options and found only five reputable choices among the ninety-plus available.

From there, we reviewed the five options on criteria such as the size of their distribution network, level of customization, and ease of use.

Small businesses looking for a free press release (PR) distribution service typically want the widest network at no cost. However, PR services are often low in quality, and business owners need a free distribution service with a workable interface. This makes both the size and value of potential syndication, along with the ease of use, important factors to consider.

The five overall criteria we used to evaluate free press release distribution services include:

• Distribution – How many syndication partners the press release service has, and the value of those partners in terms of audience; the more partners a press release company has, or the higher the value of its readership, the better your press release will perform
• Customization – The level of customization or features allowed, including outbound links, multimedia, and images
• Timing – How much flexibility is given on timing, scheduling, or queue lengths
• Usability – Ease of use, including functionality, reporting, and customer service
• Upgrades – The scope and cost of any paid upgrades for the press release

If you want the highest levels of syndication possible, you should use all of the free services on this list, as there aren’t any mutually exclusive options. If you must use only one, select PRLog, since it will syndicate your press release to the highest number of media partners. However, you might have more success trying a paid service. 

With just one paid distribution service, you can typically get far more distribution than you would by using all the free services on this list. For the best and widest syndication, consider using a paid service
Best Overall Free Press Release Distribution Service: PRLog

PRLog is one of the oldest and most reputable press release services with the widest network of free media outlets for syndication, including Yahoo! News and Google News. PRLog also lets you customize your press release for free, adding things like a photo, logo, link, and video. It is best for businesses that want a professional-looking press release distributed to the most media outlets at no cost.

Distribution

PRLog’s distribution levels set the standard for free press release services. You can select an industry in which to list your press release, along with three keywords or tags and one location listing. This will help you get the most relevant syndication, allowing your press release to show up on leading sites. Additionally, PRLog sends an email to journalists as well as lists your press release on their homepage.

The distribution offering for PRLog includes:

Media outlet distribution – PRLog’s press release feed is picked up by all the major search engines as well as major news sites.

Email distribution – PRLog sends press releases notifications to their mailing list, which consists of journalists and media outlets.

Front page listing on PRLog.com – Since PRLog is the most well-known of the free press release services, it earns high levels of traffic from journalists looking for a story. Your press release will hit the PR.com homepage after publication, giving it extra visibility.

Customization

PRLog allows you to add one photo, one text link, a company logo, and a video embed. The press release is limited to a maximum of 500 words.

Scheduling

You can distribute your press release immediately or schedule it in advance for up to three days. Many other free services do not allow for same day publishing or advanced scheduling.

Ease of Use

PRLog has been in existence for many years, and the interface is showing its age. In spite of the clunky feel, the functionality is solid. Submitting a press release involves creating an account and uploading your release, which takes about ten minutes as long as you’ve already written the copy.

Paid Upgrades

PRLog’s paid upgrades include:

Basic ($29) – At this price point, your press release appears without ads, and you are able to add additional industry targeting, photos, and links.

Premium ($49) – The Premium distribution plan sends your press release to newspapers, news sites, and the AP, plus additional industry listings and feeds.

Premium 2 ($99) – Premium 2 provides everything that the Premium plan does, plus geotargeting options, more industry listings, more keywords, higher word count, and video embedding. 

Premium Plus ($349) – PRLog’s top-tier paid service costs $349. At this level, your press release is syndicated to 5,700 news outlets, including PR Newswire, a premier PR syndication network. Press releases at this level receive a specialized report that lists every site on which your press release appeared.

What PRLog Is Missing

PRLog’s interface is dated and cumbersome to use. Also, since thousands of users submit free releases on PRLog, your press release may not receive wide visibility among journalists or other media companies. 

Where to Find PRLog

At PRLog.org, you can read about the distribution submission process and view all the recent press releases under “Breaking News.” When you’re ready to publish your release, you can sign up for a free account and submit your free press release within minutes. 

https://www.prlog.org/

Best Free Press Release Distribution Service for Social Sharing: - Free Press Release

Free Press Release (FPR) is a good choice to gain another layer of distribution for your press release. Because FPR has excellent social sharing potential with its social sharing buttons, the service is great for businesses with newsworthy events that tend to be socially viral. However, releases published on FPR have a long queue time, which may delay the publication of your release for a week or longer.

Distribution

Free Press Release distributes your press release to major news sources, but does not share any information regarding the number of syndication partners or news channels. Where FPR stands out is that your press release has built-in social sharing buttons, which may allow for marginally better publicity. The only other free PR provider with social sharing capability is Online PR Media, but they don’t syndicate like FPR and only post to their website.

Customization

The free version is bare bones and places advertisements on your release. No images or links are allowed. Formatting is limited to boldface and bullet lists using basic HTML tags.

Scheduling

Your press release will be published according to your position in a queue. When I submitted a sample press release, my PR was in position 289,627, with an estimated wait time of seven days. This scheduling delay can be a major shortcoming for time-sensitive news stories such as openings or events occurring on a specific date.

Ease of Use

FPR is very easy to use. The interface is clean, fast, and intuitive. Creating the press release itself was as simple as filling out a form. FPR ensures that your press release is formatted correctly by indicating what should be provided in each section (e.g., headline, body, etc.). If your press release is too short (below 500 words), too long, or keyword stuffed, you will have to reconfigure it until it matches the system’s parameters.

Paid Upgrades

There are two paid plans:

Premier ($19) – Provides you with the Free Press Release mobile platform, allows you to select two categories, and permits geographical targeting.

Customized ($59) – In addition to the benefits of the Premier plan, the Customized plan distributes your press release across the company’s social media channels and RSS, and furnishes you with a report on the performance of the press release.

What Free Press Release Is Missing

FPR has very few customization options in the free version. Timing is another concern. Depending on your position in the queue, it could take days before your release is published

Where to Find Free Press Release

To submit a release with FPR, you must register a new account. Once you’ve done so, you’ll be able to submit your first press release within a matter of minutes.

http://www.free-press-release.com/members/register.php

Another Good Free Press Release Distribution Service: Newswire Today

Newswire Today is a solid, free PR provider that can add another layer of distribution to your press releases. Newswire Today claims to be the “most trusted newswire press release distribution network,” and has a ten-year history in the industry. It’s an excellent choice for getting even more syndication from a free release.

Distribution

Press releases with Newswire today are free due to advertising placement on the releases. Their syndication partners include the industry-specific media sites, PR agencies, market research reports, and other news content providers.

Since Newswire is owned by a large advertising and communications company (Limelon Advertising), they may possess a broader distribution than the other free press release providers on this list except for PRLog. Free releases are syndicated via RSS to approximately 2,000 sources.

Customization

As with most free press release providers, customization is limited. You are not able to add your logo, images, multimedia, or links. In addition, you will not be able to include any contact information in your press release. Finding the right balance between functionality, features, and syndication is challenging, which is why the best choice is often a paid service

Scheduling

Press releases are published in the order they are received. Newswire Today’s free level of service does not allow you to schedule the release to be published at a specific time. Paid upgrades allow same-day publishing or scheduling within a 30-day window.

Ease of Use

Out of all the free distribution services on this list, Newswire Today is the most difficult to use. The site is dated, the text is small, and filling out forms and information can be cumbersome and time-consuming.

Paid Upgrades

Newswire Today provides three levels of paid upgrades:

Premium Press Room and Social Wall ($99 each) – Newswire will syndicate your release to PR Today and PR Zoom, post on social media, and add it to the press release section of the website.

Premium Articles International Distribution ($129 each) – In addition to the above features, you can publish the press release the same day, schedule releases over a thirty-day period, and receive enhanced social promotion.

Site Launch Boost with Banner ($249 for one month) – This upgrade level caters to startups and new website launches. Newswire creates a banner ad to accompany your press release and gives it additional visibility on their website, social media, and with syndication partners.

What Newswire Today Is Missing

Newswire Today is challenging to use. Unless you are used to the interface, it may take some time to figure out how to send a press release. Additionally, the cost of the paid upgrades does not seem to be commensurate with their value.

Where to Find Newswire Today

To send a press release on Newswire Today, you must first set up an account. Creating an account will take some time since the form is very detailed. After that, you’ll be free to create and submit your first release.

https://www.newswiretoday.com/editor.php?action=new  

Best Free Press Release Distribution Service with Custom Features: PR.com

PR.com is a good choice for businesses that want press release features that usually cost money, including company logo, industry targeting (up to five industries), keyword listing, and a file upload. While PRLog offers some of these things, no other free press release service allows you to attach files to your release, which could be good if you have additional marketing material or a special offer. However, PR.com’s free plan provides distribution only on the company’s own website.

Distribution

Free releases with PR.com provide distribution only on PR.com’s press release page, which is the section of the website containing all recent releases. Journalists and media outlets frequently search these pages for news and stories. PR.com has additional paid distribution packages that will submit your press release to a standard array of news agencies.

Customization

PR.com has the highest level of features of all the free press release services we evaluated. These features come with a tradeoff, however, since PR.com only publishes releases to their own site.

With PR.com, you receive the following free features:

Upload a small version of your company logo. Most free PR services either do not allow images or require payment to add a logo.

Add keywords related to your topic. Keywords allow trade journals, targeted publications, and journalists to filter press releases and find those that are most aligned with their niche.

Select five industries. By selecting specific industries, you make it easier for your press release to be found by relevant readers. Any niche media company that is looking for news related to a specific industry can more easily find your release.

Attach a file (of any kind) to your release. Adding files to a press release is a major advantage since it adds interest and interactivity to the release. Press releases may include a video, a white paper, an app, or any other type of digital file.

Scheduling

The publication of the press release depends on the number of releases in the queue. In most cases, the publication of the press release will be longer than two days. Next day or instant press release distribution requires payment.

Ease of Use

The interface is dated but functional. Submitting a release is a simple matter of following each step. The challenge to submitting a press release is the aggressive upselling throughout the process, which can make it hard to figure out how to send a free release.

Paid Upgrades

PR.com allows the following upgrades for a cost:

Company profile and additional industry listing ($99/year) – Adding this feature allows your company to receive a permanent profile in PR.com’s directory, plus your press release will be tagged with an additional industry, which improves visibility.

Link in the press release ($29.95 each) – Links in press releases are a great feature to have because they allow readers to easily visit your website.

Additional images ($60 each) – Adding an image, such as a head shot for a new hire or a company logo, adds visual appeal to a press release.

Next day distribution ($30) – Press releases are typically time-sensitive, so this is a helpful feature to have.

Additional distribution channels ($50 each) – PR.com’s distribution channels can be pricey, and it’s not clear how many syndication partners are within each distribution channel. You’re better off purchasing a paid service that guarantees a certain number of syndications.

Regional distribution ($30 each) – If your business targets a specific geographical area, adding geotargeting to your press release is important. When you do so, there’s a higher likelihood that local media outlets will see your press release.

What PR.com Is Missing

PR.com does not syndicate your release to media outlets for free. PR.com’s website is itself a large and reputable press release source, but you should not expect wide syndication. Syndication may happen organically as media outlets, journalists, and search engines pick up your press release and circulate it. If you select PR.com for your free press release, be sure to use an additional service provider

Where to Find PR.com

To send your free press release, all you need to do is set up your free account. PR.com will walk you through the creation and distribution of your first press release.

https://admin.pr.com/register.php

Best Free Distribution Service for Simple Press Releases: Online PR Media

Online PR Media is the easiest free press release service to use, allowing you to make simple and shareable press releases quickly. However, press releases sent with Online PR Media are not syndicated to media agencies.

Although releases are not syndicated, they are visually appealing and easy to share socially. This is a great option for a business owner who needs to create a press release but doesn’t need a network to distribute it.

Distribution

Distribution is limited to publication as a standalone page on the site and is live for 90 days after publication. The page template includes nine social sharing buttons and is supported with banner ads on the sidebar. Paid upgrades with Online PR Media or paid services do not contain ads and will reach a much wider audience through syndication.

Customization

You are allowed one link in the media contact area and can submit one press release per day. As an added benefit, the links from the press release may provide your website with marginal SEO value. You can target up to seven industry categories with each release.

Scheduling

Free press releases are live on the site for 90 days. Press releases are reviewed prior to publication. If your press release is approved, it should be published within 24 hours of submission. If it does not meet the editorial standards, you will receive an email with information and instructions.

Ease of Use

Online PR Media is the easiest platform to use and takes the quickest to complete. Signing up takes seconds, and the process of submitting a press release is quick and intuitive.

Paid Upgrades

Paid upgrades are priced based on the level of distribution and features:

Social Media ($22) – This is the most basic level. It allows for ad removal and instant sharing on social media.

Search Engine Visibility ($79) – The next level up is the most popular according to Online PR Media. It allows images and syndicates to 40 media outlets.

New Anchor PR Coverage ($199) – This paid upgrade provides a live press release reading from OPM’s newsroom, video addition, and everything that’s included in the Search Engine Visibility Package.

Maximum Media Visibility ($389) – The Maximum Media upgrade syndicates your release to 5,300 websites, which includes print media, broadcast companies, and trade journals.

Video PR Premium Visibility ($549) – The Premium package builds on the Maximum package, but adds video capability. Videos included in the release are syndicated to 1,800 websites.

What Online PR Media Is Missing

Online PR Media does not syndicate your press release except with paid upgrades. You can distribute your press release yourself by sharing the link, but it will not receive any news network coverage. Keep in mind that Online PR Media free press releases are live for only 90 days.

Where to Find Online PR Media

Go here to create an account, which takes less than a minute. You’ll then have access to the site where you can create and publish your press release. Online PR Media’s setup and creation process are quick and seamless, and the site is intuitive and easy to use.

https://onlineprnews.com/

Complete List of Free Press Release Distribution Services

Express Press Release

Quick and easy free press releases with simple upgrades

https://express-press-release.net/free/

BetaNews

Free press releases for businesses in the tech industry

https://betanews.com/

ThomasNet

Reputable company offering free announcements for businesses in the engineering or manufacturing industries

https://news.thomasnet.com/submit-pr

CGIDir

This service is geared towards tech-related news events only

https://www.cgidir.com/submit/submitcontent.html

E-Boom News

Free PR service that allows instant publication and some custom features

http://news.eboomwebsolutions.com/addnews.php

Market Press Release

Easy-to-use free press release creator

http://www.marketpressrelease.com/

OpenPR

Allows for one free press release daily submitted from a business email (no Gmail addresses)

https://www.openpr.com/news/submit.html

PR9.Net

Simple and straightforward free PR service targeted mostly to B2C businesses

http://www.pr9.net/press/

Press Exposure

Free press releases screened by editorial staff and posted on the main website

https://app.fitsmallbusiness.com/goto/press-exposure/

PRMac

A PR distribution site only for Apple-related news such as apps and software

https://prmac.com/

PR Urgent

Free press releases syndicated to major search engines

https://www.prurgent.com/

ClickPress

Free press releases for registered charity companies

https://clickpress.com/ui/prices/

Via Brian Harrod

Roundup Newswires Editor

ROUNDUP TV: Andrew Cuomo's Yonkers Rally For Reproductive Rights

ROUNDUP VIDEO: Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order in Yonkers directing state officials to protect women's access to contraception.

YONKERS: Westchester County leaders and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo held a rally in Yonkers about protecting women's right to have an abortion. Specifically, they called on state senators to return to Albany to codify Roe v. Wade into New York State law.

The rally followed the Trump Administration's announcement Monday night nominating Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court

Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Senator Shelley Mayer
Senator Jamaal Bailey
Senator David Carlucci
Assembly Member Sandy Galef
Assembly Member Gary Pretlow
Assembly Member Ken Zebrowski
Assembly Member David Buchwald
Assembly Member Ellen Jaffee
Westchester County Executive George Latimer
City of Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano
Yonkers City Council President Mike Khader
Yonkers City Councilmember Shanae Williams
Yonkers City Councilmember Corazon Pineda-Isaac
Westchester County Legislature Vice Chair Alfreda Williams
Westchester County Majority Leader Catherine Parker
Westchester County Legislator Catherine Borgia
Westchester County Legislator Christopher Johnson
Westchester County Legislator Terry Clements
Westchester County Legislator MaryJane Shimsky
Mamaroneck Town Supervisor Nancy Seligson
Ossining Town Supervisor Dana Levenberg
Pound Ridge Town Supervisor Kevin Hansan
Yorktown Town Supervisor Ilan Gilbert
Larchmont Village Mayor Lorraine Walsh
Ardsley Village Mayor Nancy Kaboolian
Pleasantville Village Mayor Peter Scherer
Teamsters Local 456 President Lou Picani
Westchester Putnam Central Labor Body President Tom Carey
Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic CEO Vince Russell
YWCA of White Plains & Central Westchester CEO Maria Imperial
Montefiore Nyack CEO Dr. Mark Geller
NOW-Westchester Co-President Liz Zimmerman
NOW-Westchester Co-President Jon Wegeniek

THE HARROD REPORT: More Bad policy by the Trump led DoD bureaucracy.

Army Quietly Discharging Immigrant Recruits

Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned.

The AP was unable to quantify how many men and women who enlisted through the special recruitment program have been booted from the Army, but immigration attorneys say they know of more than 40 who have been discharged or whose status has become questionable, jeopardizing their futures

"It was my dream to serve in the military," said reservist Lucas Calixto, a Brazilian immigrant who filed a lawsuit against the Army last week.

"Since this country has been so good to me, I thought it was the least I could do to give back to my adopted country and serve in the United States military."

LOL... The gutless white supremacist who received five draft deferments, mocked POWs, lied about donating to veterans organizations, and insulted the families of fallen service members has ordered immigrant recruits to be discharged from the U.S. Army -- and Congress remains silent.

https://www.ctpost.com/news/texas/article/AP-NewsBreak-US-Army-quietly-discharging-13053140.php

LOL >>> TRUMP: "We don't need as much cannon fodder as we ded during Bush's unnecessary and illegal war in Iraq."

NY POST: Veterans respond to Army discharging immigrant recruits

Military veterans said it's a slap in the face that immigrant recruits have quietly been kicked out of the Army after being promised citizenship...

"They're pretty much breaking promises to these guys," said Mexican-born Army veteran Hector Barajas, who served in the 82nd Airborne Division between 1996-99 and was honorably discharged in 2001.

"They weren't actually in the service and they were receiving their adjudication from that process," spokeswoman Major Carla Gleason told The Post. "For some reason those individuals, after that suitability review, were determined to be not eligible to serve in the Army."

Margaret Stock, a a retired Army Reserve lieutenant colonel who helped create the immigrant recruitment program when she was a professor at the US Military Academy at West Point, questioned the Defense Department's explanation.

"They suddenly started discharging lots of people," said Stock, who now works at as an immigration attorney. "Before there would be one or two here or there. ... Now, there are whole bunch of people all at once with no explanation."

Over time, Stock said the vetting requirements for MAVNI recruits has gotten so extreme they are were impossible to meet. "They think that anybody who is a foreigner in the ranks is a threat," she said.

"It's totally suspicious to me. What DoD is doing is a classic thing the bureaucracy does when they are trying to cover-up wrong doing.

George Rufolo, 91, a World War II Navy vet and member of VFW Post 150 in Corona, Queens, said the recent discharges were flat-out wrong.

"It isn't fair," Rufolo said. "Why did you take them and then throw them out?"

https://nypost.com/2018/07/06/veterans-respond-to-army-discharging-immigrant-recruits/amp/ 

LOL. >>> TRUMP: "Brazil couldn't even beat Belgium why would we want them in our military?"

AOL / HUFFINGTON POST:  US Army reportedly discharging immigrants who enlisted with promises of citizenship

The U.S. Army has begun discharging some immigrants who enlisted in the military with promises that their service would lead to U.S. citizenship, according to a report Thursday in The Associated Press.

Attorneys representing at least 40 people recruited through a program meant to attract talented enlistees -- those with special language or medical skills -- say their clients have been discharged or had their military status put into doubt in recent days.

Some told the AP that they were given no reason why the discharges took place, while others said personal links to relatives living abroad led them to be labeled as security risks.

The U.S. had for years allowed skilled immigrants with legal status to enlist under the Military Accessions Vital to National Interest program, or MAVNI, and gain what President George W. Bush called "expedited naturalization" for their service.

Many were recruited to fill posts requiring medical expertise, including Army Reserve dentists, or specific language skills, including Russian and Mandarin Chinese, according to The Washington Post.

The AP noted that about 10,000 people are currently serving under the program and that, in order to gain citizenship, enlistees must be honorably discharged.

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/07/06/us-army-reportedly-discharging-immigrants-who-enlisted-with-promises-of-citizenship/23476475/

LOL... The incentives are there, mainly gaining citizenship thru honorable military service. Only Trump can screw up an already working program that helps weaken the defense of the country.

Brian Harrod Is The Editor And Publisher Of RoundupNewswires.com

YONKERS, NY: Sayegh Receives Women’s Equality Party Endorsement

YONKERS, NY — Nader Sayegh, candidate for the 90th Assembly District has received the endorsement of the New York State Women’s Equality Party. Following the official endorsement of the Yonkers Democratic Committee, the Women’s Equality Party is the second political party to endorse Mr. Sayegh’s candidacy.

“I am proud to receive the support of the Women’s Equality Party,” said Mr. Sayegh. “As the father of five wonderful daughters, I know just how important the fight for women’s rights is, and look forward to running a campaign that is pro-choice, pro-equal pay, and stands in solidarity with the Me Too movement. The Women’s Equality Party represents an essential part of the progressive democratic coalition that will propel Democrats to victory across the country in 2018, and I am honored to have their support.”

The Women’s Equality Party is another addition to a growing coalition of groups and individuals backing Mr. Sayegh’s candidacy, including the Yonkers Democratic Committee, Teamsters Local 456, the Yonkers Council of Administrators, and the entirety of the Yonkers State Legislative Delegation.

NEW YORK STATE: Marko Nikac, Congers, NY, Resident, Arrested in Green Card Scam

WHITE PLAINS, NY - On the morning of July 5, 2018, Westchester County Police detectives arrested a 48-year-old Rockland County resident in connection with a scam, in which he promised “Green Cards” in exchange for cash to undocumented immigrants residing in Mount Kisco.

Marko Nikac was arrested at his home in Congers, NY, by detectives from the Westchester County Police General Investigations Unit. The arrest followed a two-month long investigation into allegations that while impersonating a federal agent, Nikac offered to provide three undocumented immigrants with United States Resident Alien Cards (also known as “Green Cards”) for $3,000 each.  Nikac was charged with two counts of felony Criminal Impersonation in the 1st Degree, one count each of the felonies Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree and Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree, and one count of misdemeanor Scheme to Defraud in the 2nd Degree.  Nikac was arraigned later that day in Mount Kisco Village Court, and released on approximately $2,000 bail.

The scam was uncovered when one of the victims described to a retired police officer, with whom he is acquainted, how he and two of his friends had paid a combined $9,000 to Nikac for three United States Resident Alien Cards. Nikac had identified himself to the men as a federal agent and promised that the cards would be delivered within three months. After three months had passed with no cards being delivered, the victims became suspicious and asked Nikac for their money back.  Nikac initially refused and threatened the men with deportation if they persisted in asking for the return of their money, but eventually returned $2,000 of the money.

The retired police officer passed this information on to Westchester County Police who provide local police service in Mount Kisco.  County Police detectives then made contact with the victims who described the scheme in detail and identified Nikac, providing sufficient information to eventually locate and arrest him.

Acting Westchester County Police Commissioner Martin McGlynn stated that this investigation should serve to illustrate to undocumented immigrants residing in Westchester County, that they may report crimes committed against them to police without fear of immigration enforcement action against them.

McGlynn said: “It serves the entire Westchester County community well when criminals are apprehended, regardless of the immigration status of their victims.”

Westchester County Police detectives have asked area community groups to let them know if they become aware of any other victims of this or similar schemes.  Anyone who is a victim or who knows of such victims are asked to contact Westchester County Police at (914)864-7819 or by directing email to: dps-rtc@westchestergov.com.

THE HARROD REPORT: North Korea Unhappy with America's 'Robber-Like' Demands

North Korea blasted the U.S. on Saturday for making what it called "robber-like" demands in meetings between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Pyongyang officials, calling the attitude and stance of American officials "regrettable."

LOL... Diplomacy 101.... It It's interesting for world affairs students to see Trump try to bargain with North Korea.

Obviously North Korea is not going to denuclearize when it's their only bargaining chip.

Funny, but not funny ... with Trump as president, America is going to hell in a hand basket.

Democrats will probably make political hay out of this fiasco.

Almost every American knew YTrump was going to get shafted.

Why didn't Trump know?

https://abcnews.go.com/International/tension-display-pompeo-meets-kim-yong-chol-set/story?id=56422381

LOL... Even FOX News thinks Trump was played by the North Koreans.

"President Trump made a major concession simply by meeting with Kim, and then by halting joint military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea – a long-sought North Korean goal.

Once again, Pyongyang is following its tried and true diplomatic playbook of pocketing concessions and stalling for time.

This is where things get hard and the stakes jump dramatically. For there are only three possible paths for the Trump administration now, all of which are unappealing."

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/07/07/what-now-pompeo-exits-north-korea-emptyhanded-leaving-us-with-three-options-all-them-bad.html

Brian Harrod Is The Editor And Publisher Of RoundupNewswires.com

RELIGOUS NEWS >>> Losing Their Religion: Younger Adults are Less Religious, and Not Only in the US

Canada leads all countries with a 28 percentage-point difference between younger and older people on the question of whether they affiliate with a particular religion. Denmark, South Korea, Australia and Norway follow. In the United States, younger adults aged 18 to 39 years are 17 percent less likely to claim a religion than adults aged 40 and over.

The study, which examined three additional measures of religiosity in addition to religious affiliation — the importance of religion to people’s lives, daily prayer and weekly worship attendance — found some surprises.

While it is generally true that in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and Latin America the gap in religiosity between young and old is narrower, it’s not true for every measure. In Lebanon, when younger and older adults were asked if religion was “very important” in their lives, there was a 20 percentage-point difference; in Iran it was 9 points and in Nigeria 6 points.

The survey offered a number of intriguing theories, besides economic well-being, for why young people so often lag in religion.

Education also plays a role. Rising educational opportunities usually — but not always — are associated with lower levels of religious adherence....

https://religionnews.com/2018/06/13/losing-their-religion-younger-adults-are-less-religious-and-not-only-in-the-us/

WORLD NEWS: America Ups the Ante over Pastor Brunson’s Detention

The American Charge d’Affaires in Ankara has said that Turkey’s continued detention of pastor Andrew Brunson on spying and terrorism-related charges is impeding US-Turkish relations.

Philip Kosnett said there is a “strong sense of unity in Congress between Republicans and Democrats” on the need for Brunson to be released and “a similar sense of unity between Congress and the administration that in order for the relationship between Turkey and the US to progress, we need to resolve that status not only for Brunson but also for other American citizens and local Turkish employees of US missions who we feel are detained unjustly under the state of emergency”.

Kosnett said that resolving those cases would improve “prospects for progress” in other areas of co-operation, such as security in northern Syria.

He was speaking to reporters yesterday as it emerged that two senators travelled to Turkey last week to lobby Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the release of Pastor Brunson, whom they visited in prison.

Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen met President Erdoğan in Ankara last Friday (29 June) after visiting Pastor Brunson in prison in the Aliağa district of the western city of Izmir earlier that day

Following their previously undisclosed trip, Shaheen told the New Hampshire Union Leader: “Pastor Brunson has been unjustly imprisoned and kept away from his family for well over one year. The opportunity to see him and his wife, Norine, and to appeal directly to President Erdogan, were my main objectives on this trip.

“Any time an American is wrongfully detained anywhere by a foreign government, it is our country’s duty to do everything we can to bring him or her home.”

Shaheen, the senior senator from New Hampshire, is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees. She has been outspoken in calling for the US to sanction Turkey over the detention of Pastor Brunson, who has been behind bars for more than 20 months.

Shaheen and Republican Senator Thom Tillis secured an amendment in the National Defense Authorization Act that bars Turkey from buying F-35 fighter jets, because of its continued detention of Brunson.

“I am confident that the Turkish President understands this, and I appreciated the opportunity to raise my concerns. The US-Turkey relationship is of strategic importance to both countries,” Shaheen added.

The Turkish presidency did not issue a statement after the meeting.

The senators’ visit took place 10 days before Erdogan’s scheduled meeting with US President Donald Trump on the margins of a NATO summit in Brussels, Hurriyet noted.

Brunson’s third hearing is set for 18 July. Prosecutors have accused Brunson, pastor of the Izmir Resurrection Church, of having ties with supporters of Fethullah Gülen, the Muslim cleric Turkey has demanded be extradited by the US in exchange for Brunson, and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, and are seeking a 35-year sentence. He denies all the charges.

Meanwhile, a leading Turkish commentator wrote that “many” diplomats in Ankara expect his imminent release and deportation. In a column for Hurriyet, Serkan Demirtas suggested that the political fall-out of Brunson’s continued detention in Turkey was proving too costly.

“Brunson, who has been in jail since late 2016, seems to be much too costly for Turkey, and his continued detention would further complicate the situation. That is why many diplomats in Ankara expect his potential release followed by his deportation, pending trial on the July 18 hearing,” he wrote.

“Of course, it is impossible to foresee what the court’s decision will be, but his release would sure help the ongoing reconciliation process between Turkey and the US.”

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/us-expects-release-of-pastor-brunson-for-further-progress-in-ties-with-turkey-134112 

USA: Check out the National Sex Offender Registry Website

Check out the National Sex Offender Registry Website.

Do yourself a favor & check out the National Sex Offender Registry Website & find out if a Sex Offender lives in your neighborhood. Parents should use the internet to better protect their children from sex offenders.

Julie Clark & John Walsh are running this website.

To read more on the National Sex Offender Registry, Link To:

https://www.familywatchdog.us/Default.asp

CENSORSHIP: Yonkers Democratic Majority Leader Michael Sabatino Telling Facebook He Being Bullied By Seniors And Others Mad At His 6.2% Tax Hike

ROFLMAO.... Yonkers City Council Majority Leader Michael Sabatino Is Melting Down And Reporting Dozens Of Yonkers Residents To Facebook, Because They Are Going On Social Media To Complain About The 6.2% Tax Hike His Democratic Majority Gave To Yonkers Seniors

DOESN"T WANT DIALOG: Sadly, There Are REAL Cases Of Cyber Bullying That Leads Some Youth to Commit Suicide, But City Council Majority Leader Michael Sabatino Want's To Abuse The System, Because He Wants To Censor The Many Diverse Voices In The City Of Hills.

SHAME, SHAME, SHAME: Cowardly Majority Leader Michael Sabitino Has Always Demanded That His Voice And Causes Get An Equal Voice, But Secretly He Sneaks Around Trying To Manipulate Public Forums so that others Can Not Be Heard, As Brave Young Men And Women Volunteer To Put Themselves In Harms Way To Protect Our First Amendment Rights

ANOTHER CORRUPT POLITICIAN: Yonkers City Council Majority Leader Michael Sabatino needs to understand that the only ones getting bullied are Yonkers seniors who now must come up with more than $560 in property taxes, while on a fixed income

LOL... Just wait till Yonkers property owners learn that they lost their big fat STAR EXEMPTION CHECKS, because City Council Majority Leader Michael Sabatino and his dems voted to go over the 2% tax cap last month.

CAN'T TRUST SABATINO: The Truth Is That The Self Centered, Abusive And Greedy Michael Sabatino Is Intolerant Of Others And Has Been Hiding The Truth From Yonkers Seniors For Years - And Now Sabatino The Censor Is Melting Down, Because Real Reporting In The City Of Hills Is Pointing Out His Failures.

BTW: There wont Be Any News Updates On The Hyper Local "Yonkers Newswire" For Three Days, Because Of Michael Sabitino's Dirty Democratic Party Tricks

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/

Please Read The Post Above And Decide If City Council Majority Leader Michael Sabatino Is Being Bullied Or Just Trying To Hide The Truth From Yonkers Homeowners Who Just Got Their Taxes Increased By 6.2% And Lost Their Star Exemption. 

BREAKING NEWS VIDEO: : New York Senate Dems to block GOP child sex abuse bill they say protects predators

YONERS QUOTE: "New Yorkers overwhelmingly support the Child Victims Act that Senate Democrats have fought for years to advance  and we will not allow a watered down version or a bill that lets predators avoid justice  pass through the state Senate " said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers)

ROUNDUP VIDEO: Senate Democrats say they won't provide a single vote for the bill pushed by Sen. Catharine Young (R-Cattaraugus County).

ALBANY: The Child Victims Act bill is now doomed, because Senate Republicans control the chamber by a razor-slim majority — and are hampered now by one senator's absence for military service. 

he GOP bill would create a $300 million state fund using asset forfeiture money currently controlled by the Manhattan district attorney's office to provide restitution to those found by hearing officers to have credible claims of abuse. 

Supporters say it would help a broader range of survivors  not just those attacked in places like schools and religious institutions.

But Senate Democrats and many advocates say it would let predators off the hook and is designed to make it look like the GOP is doing something on the issue as they head into the fall elections. 

"This is like a half-hearted attempt to push the issue off their plate " said Sen. Brad Hoylman  a Manhattan Democrat who is pushing a more comprehensive version of the Child Victims Act. "It's cynical beyond because it is really toying with people's personal tragedies."

The Hoylman bill that already has passed the Democratic-controlled Assembly the past two years would extend the time survivors have to bring criminal and civil cases while opening a one-year window to revive old cases time-barred under current law. 

"New Yorkers overwhelmingly support the Child Victims Act that Senate Democrats have fought for years to advance  and we will not allow a watered down version or a bill that lets predators avoid justice  pass through the state Senate " said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers). 

With just three scheduled days left in the legislative session  the stalemate likely dooms chances of passage of a Child Victims Act survivors have sought for about a dozen years. 

Some advocates say they will take their chances that the Democrats can win the Senate majority in the November elections and pass a full Child Victims Act when the new legislative session begins in January.Senate spokesman Scott Reif said the GOP conference is still discussing how to move forward on the issue. 

 https://youtu.be/l-0QbMEJp70

VIA: Brian Harrod / Editor-At-Large

RoundupNewswires.com

YONKERS VIDEO: The Resources And Classes That Tech Center Coordinator Christine Bitetti Have Available To Yonkers Teens And Adults Is Cutting Edge

TRY SOMETHING NEW: Christine Bitetti Is Inviting #Yonkers teens to make an appointment and play with the #YPL's newest laser engraver in tech central lab where teens can learn 21st century tech by doing fun things things like make a key chain.  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/permalink/2120975844826649/

YONKERS RESOURCE: High Tech 3D Printing is offered for free at the Riverfront Library, provided you have a Library card.

You can attend one of our 3D Printing classes and create your own key chain OR you can design or download a 3D file and email it to us (3dprinting@ypl.org) or bring it to the 3rd floor reference desk on a flashdrive.

The file should be in *.stl format.

3D Printing Policy

1. Staff will review and prepare all project files, and they have the right to refuse projects deemed harmful or otherwise objectionable.
2. Items must adhere to copyright restrictions.
3. No more than 3 requests per month.
4. We cannot promise specific colors will be available.
5. Please allow up to 5 business days to have objects printed. If there is a delay with your object, you will be notified.
6. You will be contacted when object is ready to be picked up. Items not picked up will become the property of the library and placed on display after 30 days.
7. If the object is delicate, you must remove your own rafts and supports.
8. File must be able to print in 5 hours or less.
9. Currently there is no cost for 3D printing at the Library.
10. This policy may change at any time. If you have questions, please speak with a staff member prior to undertaking your project or send an email to 3dprinting@ypl.org.

Designing: Free 3D design programs are available online, such as tinkercad.com, sketchup.com and autodesk.com.

Downloading: 3D objects can be downloaded from tinkercad.com or thingiverse.com.

Our printers: We have two 3D printers: a Makerbot Replicator 2 (5th gen) and a FlashForge Creator Pro. Our printers use PLA (polylacticacid) filament, a bio-plastic made from cornstarch and sugar cane.

Colors: Colors change on a regular basis. If you have a specific color request for your item, we will do our best to accommodate you. Objects print in one solid color.

3D Printing classes are offered. Check our Tech Central calendar for dates and times.

For questions regarding 3D printing, contact the 3rd Floor Reference Desk at 914-375-7966.

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Yonkers Newswire Facebook Group

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YONKERS CITY HALL VIDEO: Amended City Budget With No #Yonkers Families Laid Off And A 6.2% Tax Increase.

DEM MAJORITY WINS OUT: This translates into an increase of about $560 for the average homeowner, but preserves essential city and school services.

STATE AID: Gov. Andrew Cuomo's increase in state education aid of about $8.8 million allowed the school district to call off its more than 200 proposed layoffs 
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TAX INCREASE NEEDED: The city's additional 200 plus layoffs were averted by the property-tax increase.

WHAT TAX CAP: The property-tax increase breaks the state tax-increase cap of 2 percent, which the City Council voted to do last month  

https://www.facebook.com/yonkerscouncil/videos/1763115700443068/

SNOOZE 12 Wont Tell You This, But.....

SCREW THE SENIORS: #PatronageJobsMatter In Yonkers 

IT GETS WORSE: Since City Council Majority Leader Michael Sabatino and his dems went over the tax cap now Yonkers homeowners do not get the star rebate. 

So now thanks to Michael Sabatino and his democratic majority Yonkers taxpayers get taxed more and then we lose the star rebate check

It is incredible, but City Council Majority Leader Michael Sabatino is making sure yonkers seniors get screwed twice so his husband Robert can keep his patronage job.

The property owners are paying for all of the Mayor’s family and friends “hires” like Michael Sabatino's husband.

Nothing happened at all to them and it will stay the same.

Be prepared again for next year.

The good news is that Michael Sabatino has been promised a patronage job when he terms out of his city council seat next year.

So what really happened with all of City Council Majority Leader Michael Sabatino's meetings – NOTHING. It is disgraceful!!

http://www.yonkersny.gov/government/city-council/city-council-members/majority-leader-michael-sabatino 

LOL... The problem is that for some mysterious reason, Michael Sabatino doesn't ink slips to all the patronage freeloaders are in order. 

Michael Sabatino refuses to say that nepotism and the connected jobs have to end, because city hall insiders say he has been promised a patronage job when he is termed out next year.

Michael Sabatino often says he wont raise taxes on his senior citizens, but when it comes time to vote he does exactly what the mayor's office tells him to do.

The truth is that Michael Sabatino's political career is done, because he stabbed Yonkers seniors in the back.

Right now Michael Sabatino is just working to make sure his husband's Yonkers patronage job will remain secure, until he is appointed to his own "friends and family" job next year.

http://www.yonkersny.gov/government/city-council/city-council-members

ROFLMAO..... Why are Yonkers seniors so mad at City Council Majority Leader Michael Sabatino? 

LOL... Didn't Michael Sabatino help cut countless ribbons, give out proclamations, raise flags and try to get as many photo opportunities as possible? 

All Michael Sabatino's personal, beneficial political pandering PR is making seniors sick now that their taxes went up 6.2% and Yonkers homeowners lost their star exemptions.

Michael Sabatino's duties should have been focused on fiscal management and making sure that the taxpayers money is being spent efficiently and wisely, but he was focused on creating yet another taxpayer funded festival.

After all the line by line budget analysis Michael Sabatino claims to have done, where is the savings?

During the budget hearings, Michael Sabatino basically came off looking like a Spano puppet, who was only focused on saving his husband Robert's patronage job.

In the hearings Michael Sabatino said little and seemed to be counting days to his term ends, so he can collect his promised patronage job.

Are any of the patronage or nepotism jobs eliminated by City Council Majority Leader Michael Sabatino and his dems?

NO!

Was anywaste or inefficiency, eliminated by City Council Majority Leader Michael Sabatino and his dems?

NO again, #disgusting!!

Michael Sabatino is the one of the biggest reason homeowners have a $560 tax increase and have lost their star exemption, because the city went over the tax cap.

Year after year after year Michael Sabatino voted for all of the budgets and patronage that created this fiscal crises that gave third district seniors a 6.2% tax increase.

The budget was the one job Michael Sabatino was elected to do, but he #FAILED, because he did not want his husband Robert to lose his patronage job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPsZhHplbn0

Democratic City Council Majority Leader Michael Sabatino is pushing out honest hardworking families and senirs, just to protect his husband Robert's job.

This budget was inherited from years of Michael Sabatino's failed democratic leadership.

Michael Sabatino-is just a Spano soldier, who doesn't give a crap about seniors in the third district, because he has been promised a patronage job, when his term ends.

Just wait till the poorer members of democrat Michael Sabatino's third district figure out that their rents are going up 6.2% as well, landlords cannot afford to absorb this kind of tax increase.

City Council Majority Leader Michael Sabatino should go get his democratic funded "Yonkers Voice" Pedo Pal #RuiBenros and Anthony Nicodemo have a "Parade Of Lunatics" saying, "Hooray! We screwed Yonkers seniors again!!!!"

It is horrible to see everything that Yonkers taxpayers detested in the past coming back wearing the colors of Michael Sabatino's Yonkers democratic party.

Let’s not forget that this is not just a one time tax from City Council Majority Leader Michael Sabatino

Yonkers seniors will be paying this each and every year that they stay in their homes, plus any new taxes City Council Majority Leader Michael Sabatino wishes to bestow on them next year.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/permalink/2120222404901993/

Typical Yonkers Corruption!!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/permalink/2117960098461557/

The Yonkers NewswIre - RoundupNewswires.com Editor Brian Harrod

ROUNDUP TV: "Yonkers Roundup" Public Access Program With Samer Marji The Owner Of Animals MMA Academy

https://youtu.be/L0o0pPASC04

"Yonkers Roundup" Editor Brian Harrod Interviews Yonkers Entrepreneur And Martial Arts Instructor Samer Marji of Animals MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) Academy

PLEASE NOTE: The "#YonkersRoundup" Public Access Program producer London Reyes was not available for this episode and the video was recorded on the Sony ..mts video format, which had to be converted to mp4 video for YouTube upload. Some video quality was lost in the conversion.

Samer Marji Says There are many reasons people train at Animals MMA:

• #SelfDefense
• Confidence
• #WeightLoss
• Getting in Shape
• Discipline
• #MMACompetitions
• Grappling Tournaments
• Social and Community Events

Animals MMA's and Samer Marji's mission is always to allow the student to set their own goals, to develop their own vision of what they want to achieve.
Does Animals MMA make #champions?

Yes, Samer Marji and his team of trainers have several belt holders in various weight classes.

Animals MMA and Samer Marji also recognizes that not everyone wants to get in a cage and become the next Mixed Martial Arts Champion of the world
Animals MMA owner Samer Marji will never put any of his students in a situation they do not want to be in.

However; Samer Marji will challenge you.

Samer Marji will push you out of your comfort zone at times, when he feelsyou need it, because that is where personal growth happens.

The facility is a 10,000 square foot facility with a full cage, full #boxing ring, about 3000 square feet of mat space, showers, lockers, and sauna.

#AnimalsMMA has designated parking spaces and they are within a mile and a half from all major parkways.

Animals MMA Yonkers
16 Tuckahoe Rd
Yonkers, NY 10710
914-623-7295
1-844-MMA-LIFE

AnimalsMMAYONKERS@gmail.com

Monday - Friday: 9am - 10pm
Saturday & Sunday: 9am - 12pm

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/permalink/2119981204926113/

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TOP STORY: As Yonkers' Getty square homelessness grows, the crisis may emerge as a major issue in the next mayoral race

This problem has been left unaddressed for decades in #Yonkers.
However, Yonkers City Councilwoman Shanae Natalee Williams is now heading a city council committee on homelessness.

Among the Yonkers' progressives and the progressive wing of the local Democratic Party, homelessness is rising on the agenda.

With about one quarter of Westchester County's homeless population, the problem could emerged as major issue in next year's mayoral race
The homeless problem could even effect county legislator races, and local city council races.

Most of the candidates agree that the Yonkers' chronic shortage of affordable housing and Westchester County poorly run bare bones homeless programs contributing to the increasing homeless population.

Today, homeless individuals sleeping on benches, doorways, sidewalks, in parks and in ATM lobbies are common sights in Getty Square.

Some of those people get off the street and into homeless shelters, but hurdles to building more and a chronic shortage of affordable housing in Yonkers is only exacerbating the situation.

It's about time Westchester County steps in and takes its proper role to take care of Yonkers' most vulnerable and to clean up the streets in the city of hills.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/permalink/2121057694818464/

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IN THE STUDIO: "Yonkers Newswire" Editor Brian Harrod Will Be Interviewing Yonkers Entrepreneur And City Councilman John Rubbo On The "Yonkers Roundup" Public Access Program.

John Rubbo is a lifelong resident of Yonkers and was was elected to his first term as Yonkers City Councilmember and was sworn in January 1, 2018 to represent the 4th Council District.

John Rubbois a small business owner who operates Yonkers Brewing Co. located on the Yonkers Waterfront.

John Rubbo, continues to support many local organizations in Yonkers and across the region.

John Rubbo has previously served on the Board of Directors’ of the Police Athletic League of Yonkers as well as the Yonkers Downtown/Waterfront BID.

John Rubbo and his wife Dawn, also a Yonkers native, live off of McLean Avenue with their two children, Dominic and John

John Rubbo's family and my own family also attend St John The Baptist Church On Yonkers Avenue.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/permalink/2121083734815860/ 

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HELP WANTED IN YONKERS: Kitchen Manager - Ridge Hill (Yonkers) - Cheesecake Factory

https://www.snagajob.com/job-seeker/jobs/job-details.aspx?postingid=58289367 

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YONKERS VIDEO: Its Good To Be Young - Freddy Coyotl Gets Ready And Takes Some Pictures In Yonkers Before Going To His First Prom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmVX5PAsRQw

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YONKERS FLASHBACK: Victor Earl Runs As The For Mayor And Says Democrats Tried To Bribe Him

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/permalink/2121099951480905/

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YONKERS HISTORY: : Cross County Shopping Center, also known as Cross County Center, is an open-air shopping mall located in #Yonkers.

The mall hosts over 100 stores and restaurants, including anchor stores Macy's, Old Navy and Sears.

The Cross County Shopping Center abuts the smaller Mall at Cross County.
Cross County Shopping Center opened in 1954 as the first mall in Westchester County. Its parking lot was built atop a former peat bog.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/realestate/commercial/westchesters-cross-county-shopping-center-gets-a-makeover.html

The 72-acre site included a hospital in the middle of the mall campus complete with a rooftop helipad the Cross County Hospital closed in the early 1980s.

https://web.archive.org/web/20070208101650/http://www.lohud.com/LivingHere/westchester05/features/sh opping.htmll

The original anchor stores were Gimbels (later Stern's, now Macy's), John Wanamaker (now Sears), and F. W. Woolworth Company. Woolworth operated a main store and a garden store in the mall (the former is now mall space, while the latter was converted to Odd-Job Trading before becoming Old Navy).

Starting in 2008, the Cross County Shopping Center underwent a new development and upgrade, which was completed in 2012

http://www.johnmeyerconsulting.com/crosscounty/

The huge building that now houses Macy's Department Store (that was initially Gimbel's and then Stern's) has been enlarged by one third. It also features a new covered parking lot that is almost as large as the store; the underground loading complex has also been enlarged.

The former Cross County Hospital and Office Tower was converted into a Hyatt Place Hotel.

The eight floor, 155 guest room, 60,000 square foot lodging opened 2015.

http://www.crosscountycenter.com/hyattplace

In 2011, Red Lobster opened, and in 2015, Olive Garden, and Longhorn Steakhouse restaurants opened

The Cross County Shopping Center was originally named "Cross County Center"; the shorter name can still be seen on older signs. However, newer signs now say "Cross County Shopping Center" as does the mall's official website

http://www.crosscountycenter.com/

Adjacent to the Cross County Shopping Center and to its south (at 750 Central Park Avenue) is an indoor, air conditioned mall called The Mall at Cross County, which hosts a variety of stores and restaurants, and a large covered parking garage.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/permalink/2121063898151177/

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YONKERS PROUD: Best of luck on the Nursing Boards to these young professionals.....

CONGRATULATIONS: To The Yonkers Class of 2018 At The St. John's Hospital's Cochran School of Nursing

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/permalink/2119677448289822/ 

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YONKERS PIC: Yonkers' Nepperhan Community Center Executive Director Jim Bostic Was Selected As A Grand Marshall In The Juneteenth Parade In Harlem

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/permalink/2121032401487660/

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HELP WANTED IN YONKERS: Facilities person needed - Whole Body Wellness Plus wbwplus - 10 Tuckahoe Road - Yonkers, NY

Light facilities work at the fitness studio is needed. Part Time - Monday through Friday 3pm till 5pm - $10 / Hour

https://www.facebook.com/pg/wbwplus/jobs/2036511456598574/

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IN THE STUDIO: Today CSEA President Lionel Turner Turner Will Be In The Studio To Update His 1500 Yonkers Union Members And The Community On The Recent City Of Yonkers Budget Crises

TRUE LEADERSHIP: Lionel Turner Was Able To Save Each Every CSEA Union Job That Was Threatened By Mayor Mike Spano And The City Council's Budgets Without Having To Give Up One Benefit Or Or Previously Negotiated Right.

YONKERS MAN: Lionel Turner was raised in #Yonkers since 1966. He went to P.s 25 and the to Gorton jr high school graduated 1977 and went to Delaware State College and then City College.

Lionel Turner is former entrepenuer who owned the Hideaway bar and has worked at the Yonkers Board Of Education for 22 years.

For the last 5 years Lionel Turner has been the President of Yonkers CSEA 9169 and the 1st Vice president CSEA local 860.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/permalink/2118786015045632/  

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Brian Harrod - Editor / Publisher

The Raw Yonkers Newswire

http://roundupnewswires.com/city/yonkers-ny/

IN THE STUDIO: City Council President Mike Khader, Is Tentatively Scheduled To Be On The "Yonkers Roundup" Public Access Program If The Budget Is Finalized This Week

"I want to collaborate and we're going to work across the aisle." - City Council President Mike Khader

PUBLIC ACCESS TV: Local Attorney Former CIA Intelligence Official And First Time Elected Official, Mike Khader, Will Discuss The Contentious Budget Process And Give A Full Update To #Yonkers Residents  

City Council President Mike Khader was scheduled to hold a budget adoption meeting Thursday night, but he and the other council members called new budget hearings to be added.

Council President Mike Khader may hold a budget vote on Wednesday if a deal can be made to save some or all of the city jobs.

But Wednesday, is not a hard and fast deadline, if City Council President Mike Khader thinks more budget reviews and negotiations are needed.

10 years ago when Yonkers faced similar financial crises during the "2008 #GreatRecession", the City Council didn't adopt the budget until late June

In a packed city council budget meetings city employees spoke out against the cuts before Council President Mike Khader, Majority Leader Michael Sabatino and Minority Leader Mike Breen

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/permalink/2110094709248096/

As of right now, every department is on the chopping block with 30 #firefighter jobs, and as many as 70 Yonkers Police Department police officers.

Council President Mike Khader has been holding public forums to try and find a better plan for the city, but some officials have not been truly forth coming in the hearings.

"It's a balance between raising revenue and giving quality service to our residents. You can't get blood out of a stone. We have to collaborate and think outside the box and come up with solutions. I've said it many times, one layoff is one layoff too many," says Mike Khader

Yonkers City Council President Mike Khader and Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano say it’s not going to be easy closing the budget gap.

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Two weeks ago, the state comptroller's Local Government and School Accountability division reviewed the original version of Mayor Mike Spano's proposed budget.

State officials expressed a number of concerns related to a $5 million structural imbalance in the city's numbers, underestimated police and fire overtime, unappropriated money for textbooks and a reliance on draining reserve funds to close gaps in the budget.

Last Thursday, Board Of Education Trustee Edgar Santana, reported on Facebook that the Board of Education acted on a state recommendation and voted to empty the district's reserve fund by withdrawing $24 million to close a budget deficit.

Mike Khader, an attorney for the past 16 years, lives near Welty Park with his wife Rana and three children ages 7, 6 and 5. Two of his children attend the Casimir Pulaski School and a third attends a special-needs school.

Mike Khader was born in Yonkers and is the son of Jordanian immigrants, who came to the United States in 1964 and immediately settled in Yonkers.

Mike Khader calls himself a "moderate, middle-of-the road" Democrat. Whether there is a Democratic or Republican majority, Khader said he will lead the council in a bi-partisan fashion.

"You can govern two ways. You can govern partisan, saying that's a Democratic issues, that's a Republican issue, or you can govern by putting people first, putting taxpayers first," Mike Khader says

Please Read The Previous Story To Understand How Mike Khader Has Been Reaching Out During This Budget Crises

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VIA - "Yonkers Newswire" Editor / Publisher Brian Harrod

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