The Yonkers Insider writes this article about the positive event of the 1st McLean Avenue – St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which will be held on Saturday March 24th, starting at 1:00 P.M. We hope this will be a yearly occurrence and we will keep you updated on this great parade.

We have learned that former Yonkers City Court Chief Judge Arthur Doran will be the Grand Marshall of the Parade and we are told that aides will be announced in the coming days. Also we are told that a Mass will start the day at St Barnabas Church followed by a fundraising breakfast and then the parade will happen.

We will continue to keep our readers updated on this parade and we give great credit to Deirdre O’Mara, Parade Chairman of the McLean Avenue St Patrick’s Parade and also her great committee as well.

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“Bernice’s hard work and dedicated service to Yonkers as an elected official, community advocate and long-time resident has improved the quality of life of so many residents in our city,” says Mayor Spano. “She is a leader who has always stood as a strong voice for the issues important to our seniors and I am honored to have the opportunity to work with her.”

Legislator Bernice Spreckman says, “I am excited and deeply honored to join Mayor Spano in helping bring about a new direction for Yonkers and look forward to continuing my efforts to improve the quality of life of our senior residents.”

Legislator Spreckman was inducted into the Westchester County Senior Citizens Hall of Fame in 2002 and was designated “Woman of the Year” by the Westchester County Federation of Women’s Clubs in 2003. She was also selected as the 2004 recipient of the Rose Kryzak Advocacy Award by the New York State Senior Action Council.

For Immediate Release:  January 27, 2012.

PJS Jazz Society to Present Versatile Jazz Vocalist Lynette Washington on February 12.

Mount Vernon, NY – The PJS Jazz Society will present the popular and versatile jazz vocalist Lynette Washington at its next Second Sunday 
Jazz Series concert on Sunday, February 12 at the First Presbyterian Church on North Columbus Avenue here in Mount Vernon. Doors open at 5 PM, there is an opening set by younger jazz musicians at 5:15, and then Washington will perform from 6-9 PM.

Tickets are $18 for non-members; $10 for PJS members; and $12 for students. Concerts are held in a cabaret setting, with food and beverages available for purchase.

Washington is a Brooklyn, NY native whose extensive music career in jazz, R&B, and gospel has taken around the globe. Winner of the 2005 Grand Prize Winner of the Jazzmobile / Anheuser Busch Jazz Vocal Competition, she was featured on WBGO’s “Singers Unlimited” show. She is an accomplished songwriter and arranger, as well, and has worked with many well-known artists, including Aretha Franklin, U2, Peter Gabriel, Celia Cruz and Clifford Jordan. She was a featured lead singer and musical arranger with New Voices of Freedom, the singers who appeared in U2’s documentary film Rattle & Hum and then later shared the stage with the famed Irish rock band at Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Washington was also featured in a Special Olympics live telecast and the “Give Peace a Chance” video with Lenny Kravitz. In 2008, Washington paid tribute to Nina Simone at a solo performance held at Harlem Stage/Aaron Davis Hall. She is currently touring in the Off-Broadway production of Regina Taylor’s Crowns. Washington has released three CDs to date—Smoky Dawn, Live! At the Kennedy Center and Long, Long Ago.

The PJS Jazz Society presents the best in jazz every Second Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church, September through April. Area music fans know well enough that the PJS offers one of the best jazz “hangs” in Westchester. Held in the parish hall of the First Presbyterian Church, there is a decent break in the proceedings after the headliner finishes the first set, and often during the second set, many of the jazz musicians in attendance make their way to the bandstand for a jam session.

Each April the PJS Jazz Society honors a particular jazz artist or two at its special “Tribute to a Legend” concert, and the 2012 honoree will be pianist Barry Harris. Last month’s concert featuring rising Hammond B-3 organ star Akiko Tsuruga included trumpeter Joe Magnarelli and tenor saxophonist Jerry Weldon.

Additional parking for the PJS Jazz Society concerts is available at the Holmes School adjacent to the First Presbyterian Church. PJS concerts are made possible, in part, by ArtsWestchester with support from Westchester County.

Who: Jazz Vocalist Lynette Washington

What: PJS Jazz Society’s Second Sunday Jazz Series concert

Where: First Presbyterian Church
199 North Columbus Ave.
Mount Vernon, NY

When:  Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 5:15-9:00 PM

Tickets: $10 members; $18 non-members; $15 students

For more information call Greg at (914) 793-7179 or visit www.pjsjazz.org

 Moran comes to the YWIB following 20 years of service at the Westchester County Department of Social Services where he served as Deputy Commissioner and is currently the Assistant Director of Employment and Training.

We are off to a great start in the State of New York in 2012. We’re building on the real progress we made last year in transforming our economy, balancing our state budget and reducing income taxes for the middle class to the lowest level since 1953.

Most importantly, our government is performing and has regained the public trust. I believe the key to reforming Albany is mobilizing the public to get involved and express their views to elected officials. Special interests only win in a vacuum. Democracy works when every voice is heard.
                   

We have proposed a bold agenda for the upcoming year. It includes reforming our education system with real teacher evaluations, ending the practice of fingerprinting working families on food assistance, creating tens of thousands of jobs through major infrastructure investments, building a DNA databank to stop crime and protect all New Yorkers, and lowering the tax burden on localities through pension reform and eliminating state laws that drive up the cost of local government.

Without a doubt, this is an ambitious reform plan, but we cannot move forward without you.

Make your voice heard and encourage your friends and family to join us at www.NYGetInvolved.com.

Only by working together can we move New York forward.

Sincerely,

Andrew M. Cuomo

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Settlement talks with the Big Banks that caused our mortgage crisis are ongoing. And the Obama administration is a big part of those talks. The President and administration officials can either let Big Banks and mortgage fraudsters off the hook with a slap on the wrist—or push for real accountability.

Big Banks and mortgage fraudsters have a lot to answer for. They abused and defrauded consumers—and their greed and recklessness caused a devastating financial crisis. There are 7.5 million homes that have entered the foreclosure process, with another 4.8 million homeowners at risk.

Now, it’s time to set things right. The Obama administration should reject any weak settlement that amounts to a slap on the wrist for bankers and fraudsters and push for a robust settlement that provides relief to millions of underwater homeowners.

Tell President Obama: It’s critical that the Department of Justice lead a comprehensive investigation. We need you to fight to hold Big Banks and mortgage fraudsters accountable and keep millions of Americans in their homes.

State Attorneys General from coast to coast have been investigating bank fraud. And a group of them—including New York’s Eric Schneiderman and Delaware’s Beau Biden—have stood up for working families by working for a robust settlement that provides real accountability and has the potential to keep millions of underwater Americans in their homes.

This work must not be undermined by a premature and inadequate settlement. Wrongdoing was committed on a massive scale. That’s why it’s time for the Obama administration and the Justice Department to lead a full investigation—and work with the bravest state Attorneys General like Schneiderman and Biden to fight for real accountability and a tough settlement.

A key to getting our economy moving again is providing relief to underwater homeowners and making sure this kind of abuse never happens again. President Obama has to get this right. Let’s help him do the right thing.

Thank you for all the work you do.

In Solidarity,

Richard L. Trumka
President, AFL-CIO

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