The Journal News/LoHud.com Editorial Board holds endorsement interviews with candidates in key contests on the Nov. 8 ballot. Voters may watch LIVE online at www.lohud.com/editorialspotlight; questions can be submitted via our CoverItLive live-blogging feature. The following endorsement hearings are scheduled: Tuesday: 2 p.m. Stony Point supervisor (Geoffrey Finn vs. William… Read More →
Hurricane Irene is gone but not forgotten along the East Coast, where it shattered lives and property. The bad news is, due to climate change and rising sea levels future storms could prove just as challenging and exceedingly worse. Join an Editorial Board discussion about big storms and their nexus… Read More →
Rep. Nan Hayworth, R-Mount Kisco, defeated a two-term incumbent in November, helping the GOP gain a majority in the House. She has been in the thick of her chamber’s summer battles with the Obama administration. Hayworth discusses the issues on Editorial Spotlight at 11 a.m. Thursday. To watch the Editorial… Read More →
Join an Editorial Board discussion on the economy in the Lower Hudson Valley at 2 p.m. Thursday LIVE on LoHud.com. Investment experts, academics, business leaders and people who work with job-seekers weigh in on where we are, and where we’re going, as the economy heads down a bumpy road. To… Read More →
At 2 p.m. today on Editorial Spotlight, health advocates discuss how New York lags in establishing a “health insurance exchange,” as required by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The exchanges provide a “marketplace” for individuals and small groups to compare and join health plans. Blair Horner of… Read More →
The Editorial Board will host two Editorial Spotlights this week: • Proponents of marriage equality promise a full-court press in 2011 to make same-sex marriage legal in New York. An interview on the battle is set for 2 p.m. Tuesday. • Rep. Nan Hayworth, R-Mount Kisco, defeated a two-term incumbent… Read More →
Drs. Lynn Sykes and Klaus Jacob of Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades will discuss earthquakes and Indian Point in an Editorial Spotlight today at 1 p.m. Sykes was the lead author of a 2008 report that outlined the risk of earthquakes in the greater New York area, including… Read More →
The Editorial Board invites readers to watch and participate in three Editorial Spotlight interviews next week: • 1 p.m. Monday: White Plains mayoral candidates in Thursday’s special election meet with the Editorial Board. The election was called after Mayor Adam Bradley resigned amid two scandals. Running are: Democrat Thomas Roach,... Read More →
Watch an Editorial Spotlight interview at 1 p.m. today with John Conrad and Chris Brown, principals from The TriCarb Consortium for Carbon Sequestration LLC. TriCarb will be conducting tests in Rockland County on the possibility of using carbon sequestration in the Newark Basin. The partnership includes Poughkeepsie-based Conrad Geoscience Corp…. Read More →
The Editorial Board will host Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic Inc. officials in an Editorial Spotlight to discuss the impact of U.S. House-backed funding cuts to the organization at 1 p.m. today. Participants include Reina Schiffrin, president/CEO; Lisa Winjum, director, public affairs and advocacy; and Jessica Baily, communications manager. To watch,... Read More →