Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is pressuring House Democrats to “move forward” with impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, stating that it could be considered a “politically motivated” decision if they failed to do so.The 2007 Yorktown High School graduate took to Twitter on Tuesday, May 21, saying “Congress swore an oath to uphold the Constitution. ...

New York is home to some of the nation’s finest schools and school districts, but which are spending the most and least to educate students? A newly released report from syracuse.com evaluated the upcoming budget numbers for hundreds of districts in the Empire State to determine how much each is proposing to spend on each student.The report found that the average spending is ...

The overwhelming majority of voters in the Hudson Valley approved school budgets and bond proposals, though one area district went the other way.Voters in Minisink Valley in Orange County rejected both the proposed $97.46 million budget - which came with a 7.97 percent tax levy increase, exceeding the state’s cap - and a request to purchase 10 new school buses for more than a million ...

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, and a near record-breaking number of Americans are expected to hit the road to kick it off this year, according to AAA.Nearly 43 million Americans are expected to mark the unofficial start of summer on a high note with a Memorial Day weekend jaunt, making it the second most traveled since AAA began tracking travelers in 2000, only ...

Two gang members from Westchester will spend time behind bars after being convicted on assault and weapons charges for repeatedly stabbing a man following a verbal confrontation in Mount Vernon.Joseph Ogilvie and Tremaine Gordon, both 27 and from Mount Vernon, have been sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by five years post-release supervision following their convictions earlier ...

A busy road in Congers was temporarily closed following a two-car crash that took out a utility pole.Officers from the Clarkstown Police Department shut down Lake Road between South Conger and South Grant at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Monday, May 20, following reports of the crash.During the crash, two vehicles were totaled and a utility pole was snapped off, perched atop one of the two ...

With Memorial Day Weekend on the horizon, local and state law enforcement agencies are teaming up for a border-to-border enforcement effort targeting motorists.Beginning on Monday, May 20, law enforcement agencies throughout the country will be participating in a “click it or ticket” campaign that will last through Sunday, June 2. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway ...

Voters in Orange County will head to the polls to vote on local school budget and bond proposals. More than a billion dollars in spending will be up for a vote on Tuesday, May 21, as voters determine the fate of more than a dozen school district budgets and candidates vying for Board of Education seats. Budget proposals range from $17,186,749 in Livingston Manor to a whopping ...

It pays to be one of New York’s finest, according to a recently released report that determined the Empire State is the best place to be a police officer.Wallethub released a new report that factored in 27 “key indicators of police-friendliness” in three “key dimensions:” opportunity and competition; job hazards and protection and quality of life to determine the best states to be a ...

Target stores like to tout that you can “expect more, pay less.” Now, the retail giant is taking “more” to the next level and is extending its Drive Up curbside pickup service.Available coast-to-coast, Target officials announced this week that it is giving more shoppers the option of ordering online and picking up their items within an hour, calling the service the company’s “top ...