Yorktown News 11.17.2022

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Mr. Slater goes to Albany!Vol.11No.35

BY CAROL REIF ‘I am so which makes up the majority of Assemblyman-elect Matt Slater “I believe our message reso-
STAFF WRITER honored and the district, came in with 62 per- with Kellie, Charlie, Elizabeth, nated strongly with voters be-
humbled by cent of the vote. and mother Kathy Slater. cause they know New York state
Yorktown’s  Matt Slater  is the outpouring is entirely too expensive to live
heading to Albany to represent of support we He had campaigned on his the local economy, supporting in and Albany’s cashless bail
the state’s 94th  Assembly Dis- received in record as Yorktown supervisor, law enforcement, and enhancing system and pro-criminal poli-
trict. this election.’ pointing to accomplishments the environment.” cies have made us less safe. I am
such as “cutting taxes for the rst proud of the campaign we ran,
According to uno cial results Matt Slater time in a generation, growing He also credited the strong the broad coalition of support
released by the New York State numbers to “an organized cam- we built, and I am ready to hit
Board of Elections, the Republi- Saying that he appreciated the paign focused on the issues of the ground running on Jan. 1,”
can/Conservative candidate won “spirited campaign” by his op- the high cost of living for the re- he wrote.
the Nov. 8 race with 32,063 votes ponent, Kathleen Valletta, Slater gion and concerns of crime.”
to Democratic challenger Kath- wished her well. Following the election, Val-
leen Valletta’s 17,607.  letta released a statement on her
According to his website, Facebook page, saying: “ ank
Slater was looking forward to Slater carried his home county you all for your energy, support
“rolling up his sleeves” and being of Westchester with more than and hard work. e campaign
a “strong voice” in Albany for his 63 percent of the vote. Putnam, was exhilarating and exhaust-
constituents. ing. I am honored to have run
on the Democratic ticket. And,
“ e voters made it pretty although I did not prevail, I
clear that there are still impor- have gained so much from this
tant issues such as in ation and experience and met some stellar
crime to be addressed,” said the people. So, if you haven’t already,
assemblyman-elect last week, join a committee, I’ll introduce
adding that it will be “interest- you!”
ing” to see how Gov. Kathy Ho-
chul responds to them. Slater will remain Yorktown’s
supervisor until the end of the
In a message posted on his year, and Deputy Supervisor
campaign website, Slater wrote: Tom Diana will take over on
“I am so honored and humbled Jan. 1. e Town Board will have
by the outpouring of support we 30 days to formally appoint him
received in this election. We ran for the rest of the current term
a strong grassroots campaign fo- which ends in 2023. A special
cused on the issues facing fami- election could also be called.
lies, seniors, and businesses of
the Hudson Valley.”

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BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE 31 HONOR
CLASSIFIEDS 30
LEGAL NOTICES 27 Veterans Day Parade
LEISURE 23 pg 16
OPINION
SPORTS 8
TOWN GREEN 18

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Congressman-elect Lawler lays out agenda

Assemblyman’s win receives national attention after beating DCCC chair

BY BRETT FREEMAN is why I ran. And that is why we

PUBLISHER won.”

Lawler said that his voters, re-

In a local race that garnered gardless of their race, ethnicity,

national attention, Assemblyman gender, religion and political be-

Mike Lawler beat Democratic liefs, wanted to restore “balance

Congressional Campaign Com- and common sense” at every level

mittee  (DCCC) Chair Sean Pat- of government.

rick Maloney to become the next “I will do everything in my

member of the U.S.House of Rep- power, and everything to the best

resentatives from New York’s 17th of my abilities, to represent all of

Congressional District. the people of this district - from

A Rockland County resident, every community, from every walk

Lawler beat Maloney, 140,883 to of life, whether you voted for me

137,633, or 50.6% to 49.4%.  or not, whether you agree with

“I am honored by the opportu- my politics or not, I will do my

nity to serve as the next Congress- level best to ght for your fam-

man for the 17th Congressional ily, to ght for your children, and

District,” Lawler said at a press to make sure that our voices are

conference last Wednesday. Congressman-elect Mike heard.”
Lawler outside the Rockland
During the press conference, County Courthouse Lawler also thanked several
Lawler emphasized his bipartisan of his team members, including
bona des, and said he would not SCREENSHOT FROM YOUTUBE Lauren Wohl.
participate in “partisan food ghts”
“She also is the one who dis-

in Washington. covered the Chef Boyardee com-

“I am not looking to immedi- ‘And unfortunately, as a result of the policies that have been ment that happened to make
ately commence investigations,” national news over the nal week

Lawler said in response to a ques- enacted, we’ve experienced a 41-year record high on inflation, of the campaign,” Lawler said,
tion from a reporter. “I think at the prompting laughter from the

end of the day here, if there are surging crime, skyrocketing energy prices, a porous southern crowd. Lawler was referring to
incidents or information that war- border with not only a massive inflow of illegal immigration, a clip about in ation from video
but drugs coming into our communities killing 300 Americans a
rants oversight or investigations, of day, and parents being labeled domestic terrorists for daring to of an interview of Maloney by
course that is a role of the House ask questions about their children’s education. That is what this Halston Media, which publishes
of Representatives and it should be election was about. That is why I ran. And that is why we won.’ this newspaper. e video went
utilized.” viral and was aired multiple times
on Fox News Channel last week.
Lawler emphasized that he
would work with anyone, includ- Meanwhile, Maloney held his
ing across the aisle. own press conference last Wednes-
day announcing his concession.
“I don’t care whether they are
a Republican or Democrat. Any- Maloney said he was grateful
body who has met me for more to the people of the Hudson Val-

than ve seconds knows that I’ll Assemblyman Mike Lawler ley and he’s not going to “whine”

talk to anybody.” about losing.

Lawler cited retired U.S. Rep. “I’m going to do it the right way,”

Pete King as the type of Congress- domestic production of energy. As for the upcoming vote for own re-election campaign, ac- Maloney said. “My opponent won

man he’d like to emulate. King “So that is my focus. at is my Speaker of the House, Lawler said cording to reports. Maloney had this race. He won it fair and square.

represented Long Island districts priority,” he said, adding that he he would vote for Kevin McCar- been representing New York’s And I’m going to step aside.”

in the House from 1993 through wouldn’t hesitate to use the power thy, who is currently the Minority 18th Congressional District, but Maloney  also said he pledged

2021 and was once ranked as the of the federal government to force Leader. switched to the 17th for this elec- his  support to Lawler  in transi-

most bipartisan member of Con- New York to make changes to its Lawler also thanked Congress- tion cycle after state redistricting tioning the  Congressional seat

gress by the Lugar Center. Lawler cashless bail law. He was also criti- man Maloney for his decade decisions changed the district ge- and that Democrats don’t have a

said that King had placed the state cal of the 87,000 IRS agents that of service in the House, which ography.    monopoly on common sense. 

and community ahead of politics. have been newly funded by Con- prompted applause from the “ is election was never about Additionally, Maloney spoke

“ is is a district Joe Biden won gress. crowd. me,” Lawler said. “It was about with President Biden about how

by 10 points.And we were running “Of course the social safety net “He was extremely gracious in the residents of this district and House Democrats stood their

against the chair of the DCCC. is critical,” he added, emphasizing his comments in conceding the their families.” Lawler said for ground, and that they believe

When I announced, a lot of people that he would fully fund Social election to me,” said Lawler, who the rst time in our nation’s his- Nov. 8 will be a “signature date in

thought,‘oh, that’s nice. He’ll make Security, Medicare and Medicaid, called Maloney a “worthy” oppo- tory, Democrats had controlled all American history.”

it a race, but he’s going to lose.’” but cautioned that those programs nent. of Washington, Albany and New “We hope the high-water mark

But Lawler said he was con - are in danger due to “reckless As chair of the DCCC, Malo- York City simultaneously. of some of the anger and the di-

dent in the people of the district spending.” ney is one of the top national lead- “And unfortunately, as a result vision that we have dealt with

and his team. “We need to get serious about ers of the Democrat Party.   of the policies that have been en- this entire cycle, from Jan. 6 on

As for his rst order of business, tackling spending,” he said. “You New York Times reporter acted, we’ve experienced a 41-year through, and we hope for some-

Lawler said he would introduce can’t continue to increase spend- Maggie Haberman Tweeted last record high on in ation, surging thing better for our county be-

legislation to eliminate the cap on ing by $4 trillion and not expect week, “If Mike Lawler wins in crime, skyrocketing energy prices, cause that is what all Americans

the SALT deduction, referring to record in ation and not expect NY17 over the DCCC chair- a porous southern border with deserve,” Maloney said.

the $10,000 cap on the IRS al- debt to accrue at an astronomical man, he gains instant stature in not only a massive in ow of ille- Maloney also praised the head

lowable tax deduction on state and level. Both parties are responsible the caucus. Lawler is a longtime gal immigration, but drugs com- of his party in the U.S. House of

local property taxes that dispro- for this...” NY GOP aide turned candidate ing into our communities killing Representatives. 

portionately impacts residents of Lawler said he would be inter- whose calling card, people who’ve 300 Americans a day, and parents “It’s the honor of the lifetime

high-tax states such as New York. ested in joining the Financial Ser- worked with him in the state have being labeled domestic terrorists to work with Speaker Nancy Pe-

He said he also wants to tackle in- vices, Appropriations, Education often said, is his tenacity.” for daring to ask questions about losi,” Maloney said. “She is a re-

ation and reduce federal govern- and Labor and Foreign A airs It’s been 42 years since the their children’s education. at is markable and historical gure in

ment spending as well as increase committees. DCCC chairman has lost their what this election was about. at American politics.”  

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War on Terror Memorial unveiled

BY SOPHIA the others; granite with Town Officials and local Veterans gather
bronze plaques. is project around the new memorial
CASELNOVA has been in the works since
STAFF WRITER shortly after Memorial Day. PHOTO: SOPHIA CASELNOVA

A new memorial hon- Dedicated to the memo-
oring local Veterans who ry of the men and women
served in the War on Terror of Yorktown who served
has been unveiled. and gave their lives in the
war, the monument com-
On Veterans Day, town memorates the sacri ces
o cials and residents gath- made by members of the
ered at Patriot Park to pres- U.S. Armed Forces in re-
ent the Global War on Ter- sponse to the September 11
ror Memorial. terror attacks on the World
Trade Center and the Pen-
“We are here to recog- tagon.
nize, celebrate, and thank
these courageous men and “Yorktown is proud of
women who protected our our neighbors who have de-
way of life,” said Town Su- fended our ag and our na-
pervisor Matt Slater. tion,” Slater added. “While
we acknowledge their ser-
e memorial joins three vice and sacri ce today on
others at Patriot Park, in- Veterans Day, we really
cluding one for those who should celebrate them ev-
served in World War I and ery day that we are free.”
II, the Korean War, and the
Vietnam War. It is around

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