December 2016

Celebrate the spirit of giving

Art to heart

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We journalists sometimes despair that there’s anyone left out there heeding our words and paying attention to our reporting. But stories can still have…

A family man

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Robert Astorino craves normalcy. The Westchester County executive did not say so explicitly in an recent interview, but the conversation kept coming back to…

Fortunate son

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Steve Young’s new book “QB: My Life Behind the Spiral” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 389 pages, $30) is dedicated not only to wife Barb, “my…

In China, charity begins at home

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Despite its legion of 569 billionaire titans now topping the U.S.’ 537 billionaires, China has comparatively few charity organizations or private philanthropic donors. One…

Safe Haven

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Our motto is ‘People Helping Horses Heal People,’” said Deanna Mancuso, founder and executive director of Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue in Dutchess County’s Dover…

Remembering his roots

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He’s known to many as the innovative leader and CEO of  Northwell Health, New York’s largest private employer with 61,000 employees. But Michael Dowling…

Eyes on the (Pulitzer) Prize

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Story written by Seymour Topping. Across the United States, celebrations have been in progress this year under what is termed the Campfires Initiative, marking…

The designer of inclusion

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When Christian Siriano created a knockout red, off-the-shoulder, slit-to-there gown for Leslie Jones to wear to the “Ghostbusters” premiere, after the statuesque star tweeted…

Monkeying around

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According to the Chinese Zodiac, this was The Year of the Monkey. So we sing “Auld Lang Syne” to a time in which we…

A step ahead

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The world is finally catching up to Bettye Muller. Even a quick glance at the latest shoes and boots shows an explosion of brocades,…