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Democratic Voters Want Fresh Face In 2020, Poll Reveals Democratic Voters Want Fresh Face In 2020, Poll Reveals
Democratic Voters Want Fresh Face In 2020, Poll Reveals Out with the old, in with the new. That's what voters are telling political pollsters in the latest public opinion surveys. While Westchester County's Hillary Clinton, Vermont's Bernie Sanders and Delaware's Joe Biden are considered presidential contenders in 2020, three-out-of-four Democratic voters think their party needs to back someone new. Some top media pundits are touting former Vice President Biden as a likely frontrunner, as seen in this Tweet.  However, a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 73 percent of likely Democratic voters believe their pa…

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by Jon Craig
Politics
NY Judge: Trump Admin Acted In 'Bad Faith' By Adding Citizenship Question NY Judge: Trump Admin Acted In 'Bad Faith' By Adding Citizenship Question
NY Judge: Trump Admin Acted In 'Bad Faith' By Adding Citizenship Question Citing “bad faith,” a federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to disclose additional information regarding its decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Judge Jesse Furman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York announced on Tuesday that lawyers representing the government must produce a log of documents that were being withheld, as well as provide an explanation for why the administration did so.  Furman further demanded that the government include documents from the Commerce and Justice Departments in their disco…

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by Zak Failla
News
New Charges In Woman's Fatal Shooting That Caused School Lockdowns New Charges In Woman's Fatal Shooting That Caused School Lockdowns
New Charges In Woman's Fatal Shooting That Caused School Lockdowns A 28-year-old man recently caught after fleeing by Port Authority police attempting to board a bus to Delaware is facing life in prison following his arraignment for murder in connection to the shooting of a woman in a Tarrytown housing complex that led to numerous school lockdowns in Westchester. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced the arraignment of Cynell Brown, who has been charged with felony counts of second-degree murder, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a controlled substance and tampering of physical evidence following the shoo…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Effort Underway To Save Lives On I-95 Effort Underway To Save Lives On I-95
Effort Underway To Save Lives On I-95 Law enforcement agencies up and down the east coast are teaming to protect motorists on I-95 as part of the National Drive to Save Lives Campaign. State police agencies from 15 east coast states - including New York and Connecticut - are teaming in an effort to “keep one of the country’s most highly-traveled interstates, I-95 safe and fatality-free" Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21. There will be an increased police presence on the interstate during the two-day detailed effort, with officers and troopers focusing on seat belt violations, safety restraint use, speeding, impaired …

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by Zak Failla
News
NY AG Files Suit Against Trump Administration Over Citizenship Question NY AG Files Suit Against Trump Administration Over Citizenship Question
NY AG Files Suit Against Trump Administration Over Citizenship Question A multi-state coalition of elected officials, led by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, officially filed a lawsuit in district court to block President Donald Trump and the federal government’s to bring back a question asking about citizen status in the 2020 United States Census. Schneiderman - leading a coalition of 18 state Attorneys General and six cities and the bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors - filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from demanding citizenship information in the census, stating that “demanding citizenship information from the census would …

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by Zak Failla
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NY AG To Sue Trump Administration Over Citizenship Census Question NY AG To Sue Trump Administration Over Citizenship Census Question
NY AG To Sue Trump Administration Over Citizenship Census Question New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is leading a multi-state coalition of elected officials who are intending to challenge President Donald Trump and the federal government’s decision to bring back a question asking about citizen status in the 2020 United States Census. On Monday night, the Commerce Department announced it would indeed reintroduce the question, which had been asked until 1960. The lawsuit was filed by Attorneys General in New York, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New…

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by Zak Failla
Business
Remington, Maker Of Rifle Used By Newtown Shooter, Files For Bankruptcy Remington, Maker Of Rifle Used By Newtown Shooter, Files For Bankruptcy
Remington, Maker Of Rifle Used By Newtown Shooter, Files For Bankruptcy Remington, a rifle company founded in Utica, N.Y. 202 years ago, filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday, March 25 due to declining sales. One of its rifles was used in the notorious school shooting at Newtown in 2012. The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in left 26 people dead, including 20 children. In its Chapter 11  filing in Delaware federal court, Remington said it was $100 million to $500 million in debt and hoped to continue to operate while under bankruptcy protection. It estimated its assets were as between $100 million and $500 million, according to this report.  Now …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Suspect Caught In Killing That Led To Westchester Manhunt, Lockouts Suspect Caught In Killing That Led To Westchester Manhunt, Lockouts
Suspect Caught In Killing That Led To Westchester Manhunt, Lockouts A suspect in the fatal shooting of a woman at a Tarrytown housing complex was captured Tuesday night in Manhattan by Port Authority police as he tried to board a bus for Delaware, authorities said. Cynelle Brown, 28, was spotted by PAPD Sgt. Kevin Cottrell and Officers Brandon Kubic and James Herkenham, in plainclothes, on the lower level of the terminal's north wing at the Greyhound ticketing area, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Brown was waiting on line to buy bus tickets to Wilmington, Delaware with "a woman identified as his aunt and the aunt's child" waiting on onlin…

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by Jerry DeMarco