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Hotel Pays $515K Penalty for Housing Migrants For Almost 2 Years In Westchester: Officials Hotel Pays $515K Penalty for Housing Migrants For Almost 2 Years In Westchester: Officials
Hotel Pays $515K Penalty for Housing Migrants For Almost 2 Years In Westchester: Officials Over 100 asylum-seeking families have vacated a Yonkers hotel after the city successfully sued the business for violating zoning and occupancy laws, officials announced. The families, housed at the Ramada by Wyndham on Tuckahoe Road since May 2023, have transitioned to permanent housing or shelters operated by New York City’s Department of Homeless Services (DHS). Their departure follows a legal battle in which the City of Yonkers took action against the hotel for failing to comply with city zoning, housing, and fire ordinances, Mayor Mike Spano announced on Monday, Jan. 27.  "While th…

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by Ben Crnic
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Alex Jones Sues Sandy Hook Families In Fight To Keep Control of Media Empire: Report Alex Jones Sues Sandy Hook Families In Fight To Keep Control of Media Empire: Report
Alex Jones Sues Sandy Hook Families In Fight To Keep Control of Media Empire: Report In a case that reads like dark satire itself, Alex Jones is suing the comedy website The Onion and the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre claiming they colluded to buy his right-wing conspiracy theory show "InfoWars" in a bankruptcy auction, reports said. Lawyers for Jones, who owes a $1.5 billion judgment to Sandy Hook families after spreading false claims that the 2012 school shooting was a hoax, argued in court documents that The Onion's winning $1.75 million bid was "flagrantly non-compliant" and designed to "rig the process," according to NPR. Earlier Report: Back…

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by Josh Lanier
Lifestyle
50 Cent's Docuseries On Westchester's Sean 'Diddy' Combs Coming To Netflix: Report 50 Cent's Docuseries On Westchester's Sean 'Diddy' Combs Coming To Netflix: Report
50 Cent's Docuseries On Westchester's Sean 'Diddy' Combs Coming To Netflix: Report Amid hip hop mogul and New York native Sean "Diddy" Combs' ongoing legal battles, fellow rapper 50 Cent has found a new way to take a shot at his longtime rival.  In a social media post on Wednesday, Sept. 25, famous rapper 50 Cent hinted at his upcoming docuseries focusing on Combs' alleged criminal activity, according to a report by Variety. The outlet reported that the series, directed by Alexandria Stapleton, is now in production and will go over sex trafficking and racketeering allegations against Combs, who grew up in Westchester County in the city of Mount Vernon. It will eventu…

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by Ben Crnic
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Alex Jones' InfoWars Up For Auction To Pay Sandy Hook Victims' Families: Report Alex Jones' InfoWars Up For Auction To Pay Sandy Hook Victims' Families: Report
Alex Jones' InfoWars Up For Auction To Pay Sandy Hook Victims' Families: Report The tools Alex Jones used to build his conspiracy theory and supplement-hawking empire could soon be yours, NPR reported.  A court-appointed trustee will soon begin to auction off pieces of Free Speech Systems, the parent company of InfoWars, to pay back the families of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting victims, the report continued.  Jones owes them $1.5 billion in a defamation judgment after he claimed the massacre, which killed 26 people — 20 of them children – was a hoax.  The trustee will sell everything from chairs and production equipment to the InfoWars brand name, th…

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by Josh Lanier
Politics
Richard Thomas Seeks Restraining Order In Battle Over Who's Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas Seeks Restraining Order In Battle Over Who's Mount Vernon Mayor
Richard Thomas Seeks Restraining Order In Battle Over Who's Mount Vernon Mayor The battle over who is in charge of Mount Vernon is heading to the State Supreme Court. Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas and Andre Wallace, who was appointed acting mayor by the city council, will have their fates determined by a judge as they continue debating who is the actual mayor of one of New York’s largest cities. Thomas is currently seeking a restraining order that would block Wallace from performing mayoral duties and would nullify any actions taken by him, the City Council and City Comptroller Deborah Reynolds in the weeks the two have been jostling for power. On Monday, July 8…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Flyers Posted About Ex-Westchester Teacher Busted For Sexually Abusing Students Flyers Posted About Ex-Westchester Teacher Busted For Sexually Abusing Students
Flyers Posted About Ex-Westchester Teacher Busted For Sexually Abusing Students The former Westchester high school drama teacher who was forced to resign in shame and register as a sex offender for abusing students is back in the news as the 2018-19 school year starts. Flyers have sprung up around Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua lambasting the school district and former Horace Greeley High School educator Christopher Schraufnagel, who was assigned the highest degree of sexual offender status earlier this year after admitting to sexually abusing three 15-year-old students. According to lohud, one of the flyers states “HGHS continues to pay legal counsel to battl…

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by Zak Failla