Westchester Gets in the St. Pat's Spirit Eastchester GOP Endorses
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WESTCHESTER’S OLDEST AND MOST RESPECTED NEWSPAPERS Vol 38 Number 10 www.RisingMediaGroup.com Friday, March 8, 2019 AOC & Ga Ga Not Proud Cuomo & Stewart-Cousins at of Westchester Roots Odds Over Amazon & More Two photos of Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez from the 2007 Yorktown High School yearbook. By Dan Murphy City. Her name was Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, both from Westchester County homeowners pay the Last year I wrote: My family first moved to Westchester. highest property taxes in the country and several Westchester in 1972, from the same Parkches- By Dan Murphy ing up to $150,000 per year. Westchester villages were named on Bloomberg’s ter neighborhood in the Bronx as Alexandria Gov. Andrew Cuomo is backing away from Cuomo’s comments and actions come as top 100 wealthiest communities. Clearly, for al- Ocasio-Cortez, who shocked the political world far-left progressive democrats who he says killed the state faces a $3 billion revenue shortfall in its most all of us who grew up in Westchester and last month when she defeated Congressman Joe a deal to bring an Amazon headquarters to New $178 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, still call it home, we feel proud and grateful to Crowley in a democratic primary in Queens and York City. And, in a recent speech in Mt. Kisco, which begins April 1. In the middle of all discus- reside here and raise our families. the Bronx. Both Ocasio-Cortez and I attended Cuomo, in response to the new federal tax limits sions on Amazon, tax cuts and the state budget But not all of us with Westchester roots are Yorktown High School; I graduated in 1985; she on deductions of state and local taxes, called for will be Westchester State Senator and Senate Ma- proud to call our county home. Last summer I graduated in 2007. making the property tax cap permanent, and for jority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. wrote a story about a democratic candidate who I remain in the same area of northern West- cutting state income taxes for New Yorkers earn- Continued on Page 8 had just shocked the political world in New York Continued on Page 8 Eastchester GOP Endorses Westchester Gets in Colavita for Re-Election The St. Pat’s Spirit Eastchester Supervisor Anthony S. Colavita The sounds of the Westchester County Emerald Society Pipe Band will soon be in the air. One of the great republican political families and the entire 2019 ticket and are fully commit- By Dan Murphy Patrick’s Day parade of them all, the New York in Westchester wants to continue its public service. ted to working with them so that the town and its It’s that time of year again, when winter is City parade, which is held March 17. In the Town of Eastchester, incumbent Supervisor two villages may continue progressing in the right ending (hopefully) and Irish-Americans and West- Along the sound shore of Westchester, the Anthony S. Colvaita was recently endorsed by the direction.” chester residents join together in the spirit of com- 2019 Sound Shore St. Patrick’s Day Parade Com- Eastchester Republican Town Committee for an- Joining Colavita on the republican ticket in munity and host Saint Patrick’s Day parades in mittee will hold its parade March 17 along Mama- other term leading the town. Eastchester will be Town Councilmen Glenn Bel- five different cities and towns in the county. roneck Avenue. This is the eighth annual Sound According to Eastchester GOP Chairman litto and Joe Dooley, Town Clerk Linda Doherty Note that most Saint Patrick’s Day parades Shore parade, and this year’s grand marshal is Louis Red, “The entire Town Committee, includ- Laird, Receiver of Taxes Rocco Cacciola and are not held on St. Patrick’s Day. That is because Christopher O’Callaghan of Rye. ing the Bronxville and Tuckahoe committees, Town Justices Janet Calano and Fred Salanitro. nobody wants to compete with the Big Daddy St. Continued on Page 7 showed enormous support for Supervisor Colavita Continued on Page 8 Happy 102nd Birthday, Engel Votes For Background Checks Alberta Tillman! in Memory of Nolan, Mackenzie Rep. Eliot Engel, holding the photos of Michael Nolan from Yonkers and Shamoya McKenzie from Mount Vernon, who were both killed by gun violence. Congressman Eliot Engel remembered the he is happy to see H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Back- New Rochelle’s Alberta Tillman is surrounded by the team from Dumont Center for Rehabili- tation and Nursing Care as she celebrates her 102nd birthday. shootings of two young Westchester residents ground Checks Act of 2019, pass through the whose lives were cut short by gun violence. In House. Another year, another milestone for long- Road in New Rochelle. 2015, Michael Nolan was fatally shot in Yonkers, “Today’s passage of H.R. 8 marks a signif- time New Rochelle resident Alberta Tillman, “I am surprised to see so many people and in 2016, 13-year-old Shamoya McKenzie icant shift in how the House does business un- who celebrated her 102nd birthday last month here,” said Tillman, who received a certificate was shot and killed. der new Democratic leadership,” he said. “After with friends and family at Dumont Center for of appreciation from New Rochelle Mayor Congressman Eliot Engel, a member of the years of obstinance and inaction from Republican Rehabilitation and Nursing Care on Pelham Continued on Page 8 House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, said Continued on Page 9 PAGE 2 - SOUNDVIEW RISING - FridaY, MARCH 8, 2019 Burke’s Brain Bee Another Victory for STEM Student Winners 2019 Alliance’s Robotics Team The eighth annual Brain Bee competition, are, from left: first-place winner Lori Saxena, hosted by Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, took a sophomore at Horace Greeley High School in place on Burke’s campus in White Plains on Chappaqua; second-place winner Bianca Vama, Photo by Sara Siegel. STEM Alliance’s Roaring Robots Team Orange from Hommocks Middle Feb. 27. Ambitious high school students who a junior at Bronx High School of Science; and School with coaches Stefan Birek and Jessica Gordon. aspire to careers as brain surgeons or neurosci- third-place winner Sonia Seth, a junior at Edge- ence researchers showcased their skills at the mont High School in Scarsdale. The STEM Alliance’s Roaring Robots Team Orans, who served as role models and mentors. event, which Burke hosts as one of its initiatives From Burke’s and other regional competi- Orange, one of two middle school teams to par- The FIRST Lego League Robotics teams at to foster the next generation of neuroscientists. tions, Brain Bee culminates in an international ticipate in the Hudson Valley First Lego League the elementary and middle school level are led The winners of this year’s competition world championship. Regional Championship, took home a first-place by the STEM Alliance in partnership with the trophy for its innovative project solution. With school district. The FLL competition is an inter- overall great scores in core values and project, national robotic competition league that is de- and a solid robot performance, these veteran signed around innovation, STEM skills and ap- team members and young rookies were a force plied scenarios. Robotics and coding are just the to be reckoned with. vehicle through which FIRST teaches students Coaches Stefan Birek and Jessica Gordon, the core values of team work, student-centered KIDS both educators at Hommocks Middle School, led answers, mutual respect in the form of “gracious Team Orange and Team Black through a chal- professionalism,” and having fun. lenging season! Beyond being graded on the Robot Game The STEM Alliance also recognizes the challenge and on its commitment to the core BE work of Hommocks Roaring Robot’s Team values, the teams need to research and design an Black, and the elementary Mamaroneck Cy- innovative solution to an annual challenge. The ber Tigers, which were led by new coach Ali- STEM Alliance hosts tryouts for teams on an an- KIDS cia Ricks, Murray’s technology educator. This nual basis. The district runs a high school level young team reached new heights while compet- team, as well as an underwater robotics team. ing in the same league as its older counterparts. 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