Jon Bandler reports:

A week ago, Tony Castro was touting himself as the real Democrat in the race for Westchester District Attorney.

Tonight, he hopes for a nomination to run for state Supreme Court on the Republican ticket.

If he gets the nod, it will end his third bid for District Attorney. He would [...]

BEDFORD — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi may be calling Bedford home while at the United Nations General Assembly this week, setting up his famous Bedouin style tent down the road from Martha Stewart, ABC News reported today.

He was barred from setting one up in Manhattan’s Central Park, and Englewood, N.J., after officials and [...]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s top court has upheld Gov. David Paterson’s power to appoint a lieutenant governor, reversing a lower court’s decision.

Paterson’s lawyers argued that a provision of state law allows the governor to fill vacancies, including Paterson’s July 8 appointment of Richard Ravitch.

Paterson tapped Ravitch to help break a monthlong Senate leadership [...]

Our colleagues in Gannett report that Gov. David Paterson was the first person to shake hands and speak with President Barack Obama after Obama landed in Albany to give a speech at a local community college.

Over the weekend, reports had surfaced that Obama – through emissaries – had urged Paterson not to seek election. U.S. [...]

Assemblyman Mike Spano, D-Yonkers, and Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, say Gov. Paterson has signed “Jimmy Nolan’s Law”, which extends the time that 9/11 workers can file compensation claims for injuries suffered from participating in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup operations.

The law, according to the legislators, “allows an additional one-year period for eligible [...]

With the primary election fast approaching, the Mt. Zion Christian Baptist Church has sent us an announcement for an ask-the-candidates night to be held at 6:30 p.m. next Friday, Sept. 4.

“Mount Vernon is faced with a conundrum of issues and perplexing problems. We want to have a face to face meeting with those who seek [...]

The “listening tours” of Organizing for America, the current incarnation of what was Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, will come to Westchester and Rockland next week. The official purpose is to “reengage and mobilize the grassroots movement in support of President Obama.” Organizers say attendees will be able to meet state staff members, discuss “lessons learned” [...]

Guest blogger Ernie Garcia writes:

Yonkers Councilman John Murtagh, R-5th District, is accusing City Council President Chuck Lesnick of holding a secret council meeting tonight at his Yonkers law offices with developers who want to remake downtown.
Murtagh said today that when he was informed of the meeting with representatives of the SFC development partnership, he assumed [...]

County Legislator Jose Alvarado, D-Yonkers, and 2nd District Council candidate Wilson Terrero were expected to officially open their joint campaign headquarters today in Yonkers, on the second floor of 435 South Broadway, above the old Park Avenue Theatre. A host of dignitaries were expected to be on hand.

Meanwhile another candidate for city council in the [...]