War of Words Between Bibi and Obama Drives Out Turnout of US Citizens in Israel By: Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency (Jerusalem, Israel) Over 30,000 U.S. citizens living in Israel cast their vote in this week’s U.S. elections. iVoteIsrael, the leading organization facilitating the ability of Americans in Israel to vote in US elections, has successfully completed its 2014 campaign making voting from Israel more accessible to as many Americans in Israel as possible. “iVoteIsrael is pleas . >>> READ MORE ...

By Chris McKenna Times Herald-Record [caption id="attachment_1442" align="alignleft" width="198"] Men stand outside Keren Plaza Banquet Hall, Kiryas Joel’s polling station, on election day. The village’s opposition party took stances different than that of the village’s main faction in close elections for Congress and Assembly and the Monroe Town Board race.[/caption] Kiryas Joel’s voting blocs played a significant role Tuesday in close elections for Congress and Ass . >>> READ MORE ...

  By Chris McKenna Times Herald-Record Posted Oct. 26, 2014 The stakes were high last November when a team of poll watchers dispatched by the United Monroe citizens group ventured into a banquet hall and medical building where more than 6,000 Kiryas Joel voters would cast ballots. United Monroe had been campaigning hard for a slate of Town Board candidates running on its ballot line, hoping to wrest control of a deeply unpopular board by outvoting the Hasidic community’s powerful voti . >>> READ MORE ...

By BETH DEFALCO Last Updated: 2:44 AM, August 2, 2013 Posted: 2:00 AM, August 2, 2013 Three former Rudy Giuliani aides have formed a political-action committee to  boost mayoral hopeful Joe Lhota, who’s facing a significant challenge from  billionaire John Catsimatidis in the Republican primary. The New Yorkers for Proven Leadership PAC is the brainchild of Michael McKeon  and Chris Henick, advisers to Giuliani’s 2008 presidential campaign, and Ryan  Medrano, who worked on Giulian . >>> READ MORE ...

Salgado in first place   It’s only a straw poll, so don’t give too much thought to the results. However, based on the response to our questionnaire by a diverse group of ages and gender, the results of our straw poll, conducted Tuesday night after the FJCC mayoral forum, reflect the overall public opinion polls. There’s one exception though. Christine Quinn, who didn’t hide the fact that she’s from the LGBT community, switched places with Erick Salgado. Mr. Salgado, whose Orthodox . >>> READ MORE ...