Woman tried to bring gun into courthouse

The Patent Trader - Fri Nov 20

A Greenburgh woman was arrested after she tried entering the Westchester County courthouse with a handgun Friday afternoon, police said.

Ringleader pleads guilty in Westchester home-invasion spree

The Patent Trader - Fri Nov 20

The leader of a home-invasion ring that brutalized a Harrision family pleaded guilty today on the promise he'll get 10 years in state prison, authorities said.

Visiting priest pleads guilty to fondling parishioner at St. Vito's in Mamaroneck

The Patent Trader - Fri Nov 20

An Ecuadorean priest who had been visiting a Mamaroneck church pleaded guilty today to a charge that he groped a parishoner who sought marriage counseling from him in 2004.

Married gay couples entitled to some benefits, court rules

Journal Gazette - Thu Nov 19

ALBANY, N.Y. New York's top court on Thursday rejected a Christian legal group's challenge to some government benefits provided to gay couples legally married elsewhere and now living in New York.

Judges Stake Out Narrow Grounds In Upholding Same-Sex Benefits

The New York Law Journal - Thu Nov 19

The state Court of Appeals yesterday affirmed on narrow grounds the recognition of same-sex marriages by a county executive and a state agency, but by a bare 4-3 margin declined to extend full recognition to all such marriages contracted in other states and countries where they are legal.

Narrow Ruling on Gay Marriages

The New York Times - Thu Nov 19

Judge Eugene F. Pigott Jr. wrote the majority opinion. New York State's highest court rejected unanimously a challenge on Thursday by opponents of same-sex marriage to policies that recognize such unions performed in other states, though the decision gave gay advocates a small victory because it was narrowly written and applied to a relatively ...

Owners of 2 Island businesses swept up in big mob bust

SILive - Wed Nov 18

William Cosidente Jr., swept up in mob bust, is led from 120th Precinct station in St.

Just Say Yes to Education

Syracuse New Times - Wed Nov 18

It was no coincidence that when Vice President Joe Biden came to Syracuse on Sept.

New Rochelle Plumber Is Westchester's First "Sweet Million" Lottery Winner

Westchester - Wed Nov 18

Just in time for the holidays, a self-employed New Rochelle plumber is the first Westchester winner of the aptly-titled "Sweet Million Jackpot." The lucky winner will be presented with a $1 million check on the first level of the Westchester Mall tomorrow, Thursday, November 19, at 10:30am. See the story .

U.S. charges 43 members of major Westchester cocaine trafficking ring.

Federal Bureau of Investigation - Tue Nov 17

United States Charges 43 Members of Westchester County Cocaine Trafficking Ring Coordinated Law Enforcement Action Dismantles Drug Ring Accused of Distributing $1 Million Worth of Cocaine in Yonkers and Peekskill PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; JOSEPH M. DEMAREST, JR., the Assistant ...