Twice in two weeks the Yonkers City Council declared its support for bringing red-light cameras to the city, but the success of that legislation could have come down to whether a mayoral aide successfully reached Albany by noon today. The City Council last night voted to back a bill in the state Legislature that was [...]

Former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer underwent surgery for tonsil cancer five weeks ago and will soon undergo radiation treatment, he and his doctor said this afternoon. His doctor told the Journal News that Spencer has an excellent chance of full recovery.
The 61-year-old Republican, who lost a 2006 bid to unseat Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, is [...]

There was a time when raucous Yonkers City Council meetings were the best show in town. But what made for good for political theater, probably didn’t contribute much to good governance. Last night’s City Council meeting was a bit of a throwback. The meeting was enlivened by an unusual appearance there by Mayor Phil Amicone, [...]

Mayor Phil Amicone delivers his fifth State of the City speech tomorrow night,  an address to be televised live from City Hall. The speech comes two weeks after Amicone proposed a budget calling for an 8.5 percent real estate property tax and warned  that the following year’s budget could contain significant layoffs. There’s been more [...]

Spurred on by anger over high taxes and proposed raises for County Legislators, the move to abolish Westchester County government may not be rolling yet, but it’s at least at the starting line.  Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner and Yonkers City Councilwoman Joan Gronowski hold their first joint meeting of the Committee to Abolish County [...]

It might be easier to keep track of the public officials and municpalities not being sued by Sam Zherka. This time it’s Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore who is being charged with violating the First Amendment rights of the Westchester Guardian publisher and owner of a real estate empire that includes a Manhattan strip [...]

The Westchester Guardian’s federal court win over Yonkers City Hall earlier this month  will cost Yonkers taxpayers nearly $50,000 – a payment that has nothing to do with the tens of millions of dollars publisher Sam Zherka is seeking from the city in series of other lawsuits. U.S. District Judge Charles Brieant ordered the city to [...]

Publisher Sam Zherka is opening a new front in his continuing war with Yonkers. Last month a federal court ruling found City Hall had violated the first amendment rights of the Westchester Guardian, when it swept its news racks from city streets and issued summonses to its employees who were handing out the free weekly [...]

Westchester Democratic Assemblyman Richard Brodsky said look for two big changes when Lt. Gov. David Paterson fills the seat vacated by Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Speaking on Brian Lehrer’s program on radio station WNYC this morning, Brodsky said Paterson first would change the tone in Albany. Known for his conciliatory manner, Paterson would reverse the confrontational [...]

The controversial publisher of the Westchester Guardian has filed a federal lawsuit charging that he was defamed by readers who posted derogatory remarks about him on Politics on the Hudson, the political blog published on The Journal News’s Web site.

Among those cited in the lawsuit filed by Sam Zherka are â€Å“Mob Buster,â€? â€Å“Ethan Edwards,â€? and [...]