Assemblywoman Amy Paulin Invites Students To Create Laws

If you could create a new law what would it be? What if your idea had a chance of becoming a law that impacts more than 19 million New Yorkers? Well thanks to State Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, , middle school students in grades 6 to 8 living in Scarsdale, Eastchester, Tuckahoe, Broxville, Pelham, Pelham Manor and parts of New Rochelle and White Plains, will have a chance to do just that during the "There Ought To Be a Law" essay contest. The selected student will get an opportunity to join Paulin at the State Capital where they will present their proposed law to members of the New York State Assembly.
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Brief Newspaper Account of the Organization of the Pelham Manor Protective Club in 1880

... One nettlesome problem repeatedly referenced in records of the day, involved so-called "tramps" who found Pelham Manor enticing as a target for criminal activities and for begging. They hitched rides to Pelham on trains running on both the New Haven ...
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City Island Always Voted No

... at meetings of the Town Board controlled by City Island residents. Residents of Pelhamville, Prospect Hill, Pelham Manor, and Bartow grew angrier by the year about their circumstances. As far as they were concerned, "City Island always voted no." ...
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The Great Battle of Colonial Avenue In Pelham

... Avenue began in about 1891 and lasted decades, at least through the 1920s. It was fought between the Village of Pelham Manor and the then Village of Pelham (known today as Pelham Heights). In 1891, when the forefathers of today's Village of Pelham ...
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Funding for Critical Bridge Repair Receives Bipartisan Support

... and well-marked detour to minimize the impact of the work". Legislator Jim Maisano (R, New Rochelle, Pelham, Pelham Manor) added that his office received numerous complaints about the bridge closing in the past. "This is a short bridge but it is ...
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Legislators Pledge $3M To Fix Fulton Avenue Bridge In Mount Vernon, Pelham

... commerce over the Fulton Avenue Bridge each day." Legislator Jim Maisano - whose district includes Pelham and Pelham Manor - echoed Williams' words, noting that the Fulton Avenue Bridge has been a point of contention in the community, with many of ...
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