White Plains and Valhalla

Nikole Hannah-Jones, a reporter with ProPublica, a non-profit investigative news organization, has published her year-long investigation of the federal enforcement of fair housing legislation from the 1960s.The first story looks at the history of enforcement and the second zeroes in on Westchester County and the federal government’s failure to enforce… Read More →

The Editorial Board will host an Editorial Spotlight interview 1 p.m. with Westchester Residential Opportunities officials Geoffrey Anderson, executive director; Marlene Zarfes, fair-housing director; and Laura Neil, communications director, on fair housing in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam. WRO released a study last week that revealed discriminatory conduct in all three… Read More →

The Editorial Board will host an Editorial Spotlight interview 1 p.m. Thursday with Westchester Residential Opportunities officials Geoffrey Anderson, executive director; Marlene Zarfes, fair-housing director; and Laura Neil, communications director, on fair housing in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam. WRO released a study last week that revealed discriminatory conduct in all… Read More →

Here’s a look at opinion content published in The Journal News on Saturday, Jan. 29, Sunday, Jan. 30 and today, Monday, Jan. 31: Saturday, Jan. 29 Egypt: Commentary Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Trudy Rubin assesses the unrest in the Middle East and what it may mean for the development of a… Read More →