MOUNT VERNON - A measure to retract a raise for Mayor Clinton Young's sister, the new commissioner of management services, once again did not get enough votes to pass today. More
A 90-minute meeting of the Democratic governor and legislative leaders was filled with accusations and some name calling. But they failed to approach any agreement on Paterson's proposed $5 billion in spending cuts. More
Thomas Reddy, an assistant Ossining fire chief, was reprimanded by village officials for violating an anti-harassment policy when he e-mailed racially offensive cartoon slideshow about Barack Obama.
Citigroup Inc. said yesterday that it would cut about 52,000 additional jobs in the months ahead, the worst single downsizing in the financial industry since the credit crisis began a year and a half ago. More
Anyone naive enough to believe that Barack Obama's landmark victory would mean an end to racial bigotry and stupidity need look no farther than Ossining for proof positive that we still have a ways to go. More