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Peekskill Portrait Project Captures Character Of City Peekskill Portrait Project Captures Character Of City
Peekskill Portrait Project Captures Character Of City PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- A Peekskill painter’s attempts to bring portraiture to the people will be celebrated at a reception downtown this weekend. Christopher Rigney’s project, said sponsors, not only captured the city’s character but its peoples' imagination as well. It was all done as part of the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art’s Peekskill Project 6. An ad hoc portrait studio was set up in the window of Westchester Community College’s satellite on North Division Street and, from October to December last year, folks could wander in and have their likeness put down on canvas for free.…

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Police & Fire
Bridgeport Police Seek Suspect In Chicken Restaurant Robbery Attempt Bridgeport Police Seek Suspect In Chicken Restaurant Robbery Attempt
Bridgeport Police Seek Suspect In Chicken Restaurant Robbery Attempt BRIDGEPORT, CONN. – A ski-mask-wearing man who police say was trying to rob a chicken joint in Bridgeport was chased off by employees -- apparently before he could grab any cash. Police released a video on YouTube that showed the suspect bursting through the door of the Crown Fried Chicken at 300 Boston Ave., on Saturday, March 26, and confronting a worker while several customers waited for their food. It wasn’t clear from the video if the man had a weapon, but he kept his right hand in his waistband while he clawed at the cash register with his left. Police are still calling it an armed ro…

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Pleasantville Planners Say Marble Avenue Project Can Move Forward Pleasantville Planners Say Marble Avenue Project Can Move Forward
Pleasantville Planners Say Marble Avenue Project Can Move Forward PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- The Pleasantville Planning Commission has approved plans to raze a former fast-food restaurant and erect a mixed-use building in its place, according to a report by The Examiner News. Owner Damiano Barile Engineers P.C. wants to build a two-story structure on the Marble Avenue site with retail space on the first floor and offices above, The Examiner News reported. The building to be torn down once housed a Pizza Hut, but if the developers want to include another fast-food joint, they may have to seek additional variances, village officials told The Examiner News. To …

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Police & Fire
Yonkers Police Seek Suspect In City's Latest Shooting Yonkers Police Seek Suspect In City's Latest Shooting
Yonkers Police Seek Suspect In City's Latest Shooting YONKERS, N.Y. – A 20-year-old man was recuperating Wednesday after he was shot in the chest on Woodworth Avenue in Yonkers, police said. The unidentified victim was wounded Tuesday evening, police said. His injuries were non-life-threatening and he is expected to make a full recovery, police said. No arrests had been made as of Wednesday and authorities are still trying to determine the motive for the shooting, police said. To view a yonkersvoice.com video of the scene, click here.

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Feds Shut Sham Cancer Charities That Stole Millions Feds Shut Sham Cancer Charities That Stole Millions
Feds Shut Sham Cancer Charities That Stole Millions Two nationwide sham charities that bilked donors out of $75 million have been shut down by the federal government, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said Friday, March 25. In announcing the settlement, Schneiderman said that his office and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission have successfully concluded the “largest multistate charity fraud action to date.” He dubbed the shutdown as “historic.” The Cancer Fund of America Inc. (CFA) and Cancer Supports Services Inc. (CSS) are being dissolved and their president, James Reynolds Sr., has been banned from profiting from any charity fundraisin…

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Politics
State Budget Deal On Minimum Wage, Family Leave Near, Cuomo Says State Budget Deal On Minimum Wage, Family Leave Near, Cuomo Says
State Budget Deal On Minimum Wage, Family Leave Near, Cuomo Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo expects the state to have a budget in hand before the Friday deadline, according to multiple reports. Cuomo told reporterss Tuesday that he and legislators were nearing an agreement that would hike minimum wages and expand paid family leave for workers. Cuomo also said that lawmakers would likely give the thumbs-down to tuition increases at SUNY, The Albany Times-Union said. Click here to read The Albany Times-Union story.

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Police & Fire
Suffern Police Make Arrests In What They Call 'Problem' Areas Suffern Police Make Arrests In What They Call 'Problem' Areas
Suffern Police Make Arrests In What They Call 'Problem' Areas SUFFERN, N.Y. -- Suffern police say their focus on “a few problem locations” in the village has resulted in several arrests. Among those arrested this week were, police said: A 51-year-old West Haverstraw man who was charged with driving with a suspended registration on Washington Avenue. A 27-year-old Suffern man who was charged with driving with both a suspended registration and driver’s license on Lafayette Avenue An 18-year-old Congers man was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana by an officer who was checking a suspicious vehicle in Brooklands Park. Police also issued numerou…

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Yorktown Resident Charged With Interfering In Police Investigation Yorktown Resident Charged With Interfering In Police Investigation
Yorktown Resident Charged With Interfering In Police Investigation YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- A Yorktown man is facing charges after he interfered with officers investigating a domestic dispute, police said. Connor M. Sweeney, 20, was arrested on Saturday, March 26, at his home on Longvue Street after someone at the home called police to report a fight. Police said Sweeney interfered with the investigation by threatening members of his family and by refusing to comply with the officers’ directions. He was taken to police headquarters, arraigned, then released, police said. He is to appear in court to answer the charges on Tuesday, April 12, police said.

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Westchester Native Indicted In $17M Pump-And-Dump Scheme Westchester Native Indicted In $17M Pump-And-Dump Scheme
Westchester Native Indicted In $17M Pump-And-Dump Scheme A Putnam Valley man has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with carrying out penny stock schemes. Guy Gentile, a 39-year-old who grew up in Mount Vernon and, who operates a registered brokerage firm in Carmel, was indicted in federal court in Newark, N.J., on charges of securities fraud last week, the SEC complaint said. Penny stocks are common stocks that are valued at less than one dollar and are, therefore, highly speculative. According to the SEC complaint, the pump-and-dump scams generated more than $17 million in illegal proceeds and "substantial profits"…

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Driver Pleads Guilty In Bardonia Crash That Injured Five People Driver Pleads Guilty In Bardonia Crash That Injured Five People
Driver Pleads Guilty In Bardonia Crash That Injured Five People CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. – A Pearl River man has pleaded guilty to vehicular assault and other charges in an accident that hurt five people, according to a report on lohud.com Matthew Beckerle, 50, was drunk when he plowed his truck into the back of another vehicle on Route 304 in the Clarkstown hamlet of Bardonia in summer 2015, the lohud.com report said. He entered his plea in Rockland County Court Monday, March 28, lohud.com reported. When Beckerle is sentenced in June, he is expected to get six months behind bars and several months of probation, the lohud.com article said. To read the lohud.c…

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