Armonk, NY
Politics
Hillary Clinton Spins Bill's Affair With Monica, Calling Ex-White House Intern 'An Adult' Hillary Clinton Spins Bill's Affair With Monica, Calling Ex-White House Intern 'An Adult'
Hillary Clinton Spins Bill's Affair With Monica, Calling Ex-White House Intern 'An Adult' Two decades after the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal — when the former president  had an affair with the 22-year-old White House intern, but got caught lying about it, his wife from Chappaqua offered a fresh nationally televised perspective. In an interview with CBS’ “Sunday Morning” on Oct. 14, the former First Lady, Secretary of State, U.S. Senator from New York and losing presidential candidate said her husband should have absolutely not resigned from office after the affair was made public, according to multiple media reports. She also opined that it was not "an abuse of powe…

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by Jon Craig
Mount Pleasant, NY
Politics
That's The Ticket? Chappaqua's Bill, Hillary Clinton Start International Speaking Tour That's The Ticket? Chappaqua's Bill, Hillary Clinton Start International Speaking Tour
That's The Ticket? Chappaqua's Bill, Hillary Clinton Start International Speaking Tour Bill and Hillary Clinton of Chappaqua are going on tour, including April stops in Connecticut and New York. The political couple's speaking tour will span two countries and 13 cities — including Wallingford, CT where they'll speak at the Toyota Oakdale Theatre. The tour, billed as "An Evening with the Clintons," kicks off on Nov. 18 in Las Vegas.  Bill Clinton served as the nation's 42nd president from January 1993 through January 2001. His wife, Hillary, is a former First Lady, Secretary of State and U.S. senator from New York who lost the 2016 election to President Donald Trump…

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by Jon Craig
Bedford, NY
Politics
Trump Claims Cuomo Vowed He Won't Run Against Him In 2020 Trump Claims Cuomo Vowed He Won't Run Against Him In 2020
Trump Claims Cuomo Vowed He Won't Run Against Him In 2020 This story has been updated. President Donald Trump said that Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New Castle called him recently and pledged not to challenge the Republican for President in 2020.  Cuomo denied that he told Trump that he would not challenge him. "I don't have any personal, political conversations with the President,” Cuomo told Albany reporters. Trump made the claim in an upstate fundraising appearance on Monday, Aug. 13. Trump told Republican donors in Utica that Cuomo once called him and promised that he wouldn't run against him. Trump, who toyed with a run for governor before s…

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by Jon Craig
Mount Pleasant, NY
Lifestyle
Hundreds Attend Clinton, Patterson Book Tour In Westchester Hundreds Attend Clinton, Patterson Book Tour In Westchester
Hundreds Attend Clinton, Patterson Book Tour In Westchester This story has been updated. Ted Amoruso of Mount Vernon said he wouldn't miss a visit by a president, even if it meant lining up at 5 a.m. for a book signing 14 hours later. "I waited in line for Ringo in 2003. How often do you meet a Beatle? I've never met a president." And Amoruso said he has always been a fan of Bill Clinton of Chappaqua, Al Gore and Hillary Clinton, whom he did meet during her 2016 campaign against President Donald Trump, who owns an estate in Bedford. Amid heavy Secret Service security and a sweep by dogs, former President Clinton stopped by the Barnes &…

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by Jon Craig
Mount Pleasant, NY
Lifestyle
Westchester Residents Clinton, Patterson Bring Book Tour To County Westchester Residents Clinton, Patterson Bring Book Tour To County
Westchester Residents Clinton, Patterson Bring Book Tour To County Wanna press palms with Bill Clinton of Chappaqua or best-selling author James Patterson of Scarborough?The Westchester writing duo will descend on Eastchester on Tuesday, June 19 to promote their new novel, "The President is Missing." Former President Clinton and Patterson collaborated on the book and will promote it at Barnes & Noble in Scarsdale. Clinton headlined news again this week after his NBC "Today" show comments about Monica Lewinsky, as reported here by Daily Voice. Clinton and his fellow novelist James Patterson will be at Barnes & Noble Eastchester …

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by Jon Craig
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Politics
It's Official: Maloney To Run For Attorney General It's Official: Maloney To Run For Attorney General
It's Official: Maloney To Run For Attorney General U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney,  a third-term Democratic congressman Putnam County, has decided to run for New York Attorney General, according to multiple news reports. Maloney floated the notion of seeking the nomination shortly after Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned suddenly over a sex and battery abuse scandal. Maloney's entry into the Democratic primary for Attorney General raised these legal questions: Can he spend any of his more than $3 million in congressional campaign funds on a statewide election? And can Maloney seek two public offices at the same time, since he also …

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by Jon Craig
Chappaqua, NY
Politics
Bill Clinton Gets Testy When Asked About Monica Lewinsky In TV Interview Bill Clinton Gets Testy When Asked About Monica Lewinsky In TV Interview
Bill Clinton Gets Testy When Asked About Monica Lewinsky In TV Interview In a feisty interview, former President Bill Clinton of Chappaqua, who was impeached by the House of Representatives in 1998 as a result of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, told NBC's "Today" show on Monday that he would not have done anything differently in light of the #MeToo movement. “If the facts were the same today, I wouldn’t,” Clinton told NBC News “Today” correspondent Craig Melvin when asked if he would have approached the accusations against him any differently today. In the interview, Clinton said he thinks President Trump, a Republican who owns an estate in Bedford, has n…

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by Jon Craig
Mount Pleasant, NY
Politics
Bill Clinton Hits Back As Sen. Gillibrand Says He Should Have Resigned Bill Clinton Hits Back As Sen. Gillibrand Says He Should Have Resigned
Bill Clinton Hits Back As Sen. Gillibrand Says He Should Have Resigned It's a U.S. senator's most quoted talking point, and  Bill Clinton of Chappaqua is not happy about it. The former president will air his first public reaction this weekend. As reported by Daily Voice here in 2017, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, told The New York Times that former President Clinton should have stepped down after his affair with then-White House intern Monica Lewinsky became public 21 years ago. In a new TV interview set to broadcast June 3 on CBS "Sunday Morning," Bill Clinton will respond for the first time to Gillibrand’s assertion that he should have resigned ov…

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by Jon Craig
Poughkeepsie, NY
Politics
Maloney Moves Closer To Throwing Hat In Ring For State Attorney General Maloney Moves Closer To Throwing Hat In Ring For State Attorney General
Maloney Moves Closer To Throwing Hat In Ring For State Attorney General U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney has formed an exploratory committee to weigh a run for New York attorney general. The third-term Democratic congressman from Cold Spring expects to decide by June 6, according to multiple news reports. Maloney floated the notion of seeking the nomination shortly after Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned suddenly over a sex and battery abuse scandal.  Tuesday's shift is a 360-degree change from a statement Maloney released two weeks ago. On May 14, Maloney announced he would decline to interview with members of the New York State Assembly for appointme…

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by Jon Craig
Chappaqua, NY
Lifestyle
Photos: Cuomo Marches Alongside Clintons In New Castle Memorial Day Parade Photos: Cuomo Marches Alongside Clintons In New Castle Memorial Day Parade
Photos: Cuomo Marches Alongside Clintons In New Castle Memorial Day Parade They're three of the nation's major political figures, and they're also neighbors in Northern Westchester. On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo once again marched alongside Bill and Hillary Clinton in the New Castle Memorial Day Parade. (See photos above.) On Twitter, Hillary Clinton wrote: "Just returned from marching in the annual Chappaqua Memorial Day Parade with everyone from Governors to Girls Scouts. Today we honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country to keep us safe here at home." Bill Clinton tweeted: "Remembering, honoring, and thanking all who serv…

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by Joe Lombardi
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
George H.W. Bush Hospitalized In Intensive Care Days After Wife's Funeral George H.W. Bush Hospitalized In Intensive Care Days After Wife's Funeral
George H.W. Bush Hospitalized In Intensive Care Days After Wife's Funeral Days after his wife's death, former President George H.W. Walker is hospitalized with several serious complications, according to multiple news reports.  George H.W. Bush is awake, alert and talking after he was admitted to intensive care earlier this week, a family spokesman said Tuesday, April 24. Bush, 93, was admitted to the Houston Methodist Hospital Sunday morning after contracting an infection that spread to his blood, family spokesman Jim McGrath said, a day after a funeral was held for his wife, Barbara Bush. According to McGrath, the 41st President has said he is determined to ge…

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by Jon Craig
Harrison, NY
Politics
Poll: NYers Pick Trump As Least Favorite President, But Who's No. 1? Poll: NYers Pick Trump As Least Favorite President, But Who's No. 1?
Poll: NYers Pick Trump As Least Favorite President, But Who's No. 1? New Yorkers don’t think President Donald Trump is making the state great again. In a poll released by Siena College on Thursday, former President Barack Obama was named New York’s favorite of the six living current and former heads of state with a favorability rating of 67 percent (29 percent unfavorable), while Trump received a 33 percent favorability rating (62 percent unfavorable). Despite the negative overall favorability rating, Trump retained a 71 percent share of the Republican favor. George H.W. Bush was the state’s second favorite president with a 61 percent favorability rating, ju…

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by Zak Failla