Sacjawea: You think Astorino's decisions have been costly to Westchester? Maybe you don't fully understand what we are talking about here; we are talking about the federal government deciding who can live where, based on their race and what their cost of living should be based on race. That is patently un-American. Let me ask you a direct question... Do YOU think thats ok? Because anyone who does not think thats ok would support Astorino's opposition on principal. What they are doing is essentially un-American. Its reverse discrimination. It is wrong. You talk about HUD's reasonable requirements? You think its reasonable that the federal government decides who can live where and what it costs them based on their race? What do you think it will cost us all if people like Astorino don't fight back? View Comment

Rob Astorino THANK YOU for standing up to these people. We need a guy like you in the White House! Someone has to stand up to what is obviously a complete redesign of America, the American way and our rights. Thank God there are still people like Astorino that have the guts to stand up to them. View Comment

Fabulous. View Comment

Yeah but...There are so many interesting and different American flags that were used throughout history. I was just suggesting that it would be great to see those different American flags on flag day. I just think that would be a cool use of that ad space. You know, I mean since this is America and not Israel. View Comment

Today is Flag Day. Wouldn't it be nice to see an American flag ad instead either pro-Islamic or pro-Isreali ads? How about pro-America? View Comment

It literally is no exaggeration, to say that our government is going out of its way, to plant the seeds of ghettos into "majority white" areas. Think about that. Zero exaggeration. Scary. View Comment

I'm just afraid that Rachel 13's advice about not living in Westchester is going to apply to the whole country one day. Lets take the racial black/white thing out of this because it doesn't matter if the people are green or blue. Anyone of any race is going to take free stuff if they can. There is a culture being cultivated of people who rely on government assistance as a way of life. They know how to work the system because they learn from their parents. The population of this culture is growing because we are feeding it; it doesn't matter what race or color or religion those people are. Whats going to happen when those people out number the people who pay for them? It IS going to happen. Thats already the case without this affordable housing nonsense. View Comment

danigirl- I graduated college in 2004. That wasn't too long ago. I went to Community College then State University. I took out about 40k in student loans. I took 4 busses a day to go to school and worked a job while going to school. Guess what? Nobody gave me "affordable housing" or affordable gasoline or food or cloths when I got out. Thats because the world doesn't owe me anything. I hear where you are coming from. Times change, but not that much. Bread used to cost a nickel but still, nobody just gave out nickels. I do not see how any recent graduates' situations are so drastically different that they should be given "affordable housing". This is supposed to be the land of opportunity not hand outs. I've worked hard my whole life and I put my self through school and work hard so that I can afford to live where I want to live. Nobody handed anything to me. This isn't the land of "everybody gets to live in a nice place". Its supposed to be everyone has an opportunity to. My overall point here is that the world doesn't owe any of us anything. People graduate from college for example all the time. Are we supposed to provide them all affordable housing? You and I have taken this and made about college grads and really, thats a bit off subject. Affordable housing isn't targeting college grads. There is no good reason that we should go out of our way to transplant people into areas that they cannot by themselves afford. Just like theres no reason we should transplant middle class Americans into the upper stratosphere of rich neighborhoods. It simply is not how America is supposed to work. View Comment

Bob... But my town already has store clerks, EMTs, police, firefighters etc. It always has. So has your town. We even have people who work at the grocery store. I've got friends in all of the above categories. I've even been in some of those categories myself. Somehow its that way and always has been without people being given "affordable housing". I think it might be because some people are driven to get up every day and go to work. View Comment

Danigirl- Congrats on graduating from college and welcome to the real world. You make a good point about recent grads making only about $30,000. Its impossible to have your own place. Thats what I was paid when I was a recent grad. Do you know what I did? I lived with 2 roommates. We have all been in your position. Everyone starts off in the same place. People are forced to live with others or their parents until they can figure out by themselves or afford by themselves to live by themselves. Thats called life. Life isn't a college campus; you don't get assigned a dorm room. So why do you think that you or anyone else should be so special that now affordable housing should be provided to you? Westchester needs affordable housing? I didn't know Westchester "needed" anything. I thought it was fine. People who think they should get a free ticket to ride need affordable housing. Westchester "needs" less people like that. View Comment

Andrea Kalusner certainly is "dissolving logic". If this isn't a black-white issue, as Andrea Kalusner says, then why are they identifying areas as "majority white". Why, if it isn't a black-white issue are they using race as an identifiable marker to decide where to build affordable housing? Hey I've got an idea. I can't believe I'm reading this. What if they identified areas as "majority black" and built housing for caucasians in those areas at less expensiive rents than the average in that area? That wouldn't go over too well would it? So why should it be ok that they are doing what they are doing? View Comment

I would just like to add my 2¢ here. It seems like people have turned this into a political/political scandal thing. Rehashing Clinton's sexual escapade. Also, I'd like to pre-qualify myself as being non-political. I'm not a strong supporter or opponent of any party or of Clinton. But... Do you know what the rest of the world was doing while we were all totally immersed in the Clinton scanal? They were laughing at us for caring. Whether you are republican or democrat, you know (yes you do) that he wasn't the first president to do it or the first world leader to do it. You know that. Yet you continue to pretend that it is an isolated incident. Why do you do that? Because your a member of a very large club called people who see things for the way they want them to be rather than the way they are and your why the rest of the world was laughing at us. View Comment

Haha! You've finally made it Bill! Don't worry I went to WCC too. View Comment

MsMoose.... I noticed you try to draw a clear line between the 60% illegal aliens & the 40% "criminals". I would like to point out that illegal aliend ARE criminals. They ARE breaking the law. They aren't "kind of" breaking the law. They aren't "kind of" criminals. They are criminals. If we as a society are going to de-criminalize entering our country illegally then why don't we just give our country to someone who will take it a bit more seriously, like the Chinese. I can not believe our attitude toward illegal aliens. I bet the greatest generation of all time would not have even bothered storming the beach at Normandy if they could look ahead and see what goes on these days. View Comment

60% "undocumented youth".... Wow. How about 60% ILLEGAL ALIENS. Why don't we soften things up more and just say 60% misunderstood friends from another country who continue to break the laws of the United States because they know we will let them do it. I love how now the media is afraid to say "illegal aliens". View Comment

I read the flyer on the train the other day about this new "enhanced service". The first thing that came to mind was that this was a pathetic attempt by Metro North to make it seem like commuters get something more in the wake of their latest fare hike. It really seems like public relations thing and shows you how stupid they think the public is. I noticed also relatively recently, i.e., this year or last year, they changed the expiration dates on tickets. I used to be able to buy tickets from New Rochelle to Larchmont or other combinations and keep the ticket in my wallet for months. They very quietly cut the expiration from months to weeks. This to me is blatant money gouging. Why should my ticket, that I paid U.S. Currency for EVER expire? Where does my money go? As if that is not unfair enough, I noticed that if I buy a ticket from New Rochelle to Larchmont at the machine in the New Rochelle station, it expires much faster than if I buy the same exact ticket in Grand Central. I would like Metro North to explain #1 why our tickets should ever expire #2 why they changed the expiration dates #3 What happens to the U.S. Currency that was paid for a ticket after it "expires" and #4 why they think that a Westchester resident's ticket should expire much sooner than someone from Manhattan who paid the same price for the same ticket. View Comment

I don't agree with Bloomberg telling anyone what they can and cannot do. I don't drink soda but I think the importance here is that we don't go down the slippery slope. What else should the Mayor be able to tell us we can't do? Besides, this attacks soft drinks; as if soda is the culprit behind American obesity. I mean if soda was the "causitive agent" behind New York's obesity problem I would be behind the mayor 100%. It certainly is not. View Comment

Fair enough ripple. However, while I can't argue with your math, its no excuse for them to continually gouge their customers. The fact is that we have no one representing us on this issue and no mechanism to do anything about it. It is a vulger abuse of a monopoly and the fact that they are the only game in town is no justification. 8-9%? WHERE do they come up with that? Do we get 8-9% pay increases every other year? Does bread go up 8% or 9%? This is unacceptable. View Comment

I think whoever "ripple" is, he or she works for Metro North. View Comment

Well said Callen! Exactly. Not everyone who commutes into the city is making 100K/year. My assistant just told me her train pass is going to cost $263! She makes 34k.... Its disgusting. View Comment