THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY PRESS

“After decades of struggle and a year of our leaders choosing the Jim Crow filibuster over our voting rights, our time is now. On this day of action, I call on Congress and the White House to eliminate the filibuster and pass voting rights to protect millions of Black and Brown voters. The arc of the moral universe is long. Join me on January 17 to demand that it bends toward justice.” -- Martin Luther King III More than five and a half decades ago, Martin Luther King, Jr., l

White Plains, NY -- Westchester County Board of Legislators Chair Ben Boykin (D – White Plains, Scarsdale, West Harrison) has issued his end-of-term report, looking back on the Board’s achievements over the two terms. Boykin said, “The last four years have been historic and consequential for this Board. As Westchester County elected officials, our greatest responsibility is to work towards a County that is improved in every way from the one we inherit. When people look back o

YONKERS, NY -- Yonkers was established as a City in 1872, and the City Council was established in 1877. In the last 144 years we have only seen a majority of women serving on the City Council twice. On January 1st, when Lakisha Collins-Bellamy is sworn in, it will mark the third time the aforementioned will be true. In addition, it will mark the first time in Yonkers history that a majority of the City Council is Black people or People of Color. The current Majority Leader Co

WHITE PLAINS, NY, December 14, 2021 -- The White Plains/Greenburgh NAACP Branch announced today the adoption of the “Support of Black Lives” Resolution by the Town of Greenburgh Town Board at its Nov. 22nd, 2021, meeting and enacted at the Dec. 8th signing ceremony. The “Support of Black Lives” Resolution proposal was authored by the White Plains/Greenburgh NAACP Branch and was presented to the Town of Greenburgh work session on November 6, 2021. The Resolution cites a histo

It’s a curious thing. The death of George Floyd re-energized those of us who have been fighting for Black freedom since the middle of the last century. It ignited the passions of young people, who are new to an organized fight, but sadly, not new to experiences of oppression. It re-configured the movement for equality and justice, even bringing some white allies and mainstream politicians into this, our most recent battle. Why George Floyd? There are so many before and since,