WPCNR PRESS NOTES. From The Westchester Guardian. September 19, 2007: Westchester Guardian Publisher Sam Zherka will in Federal Court in White Plains, Friday, Sept. 21st, 10am.
Mr Zherka is suing the City of Yonkers, Mayor Phil Amicone, Police Commissioner Hartnett, and DPW Commissioner, for Content Based Discrimination, and Freedom of Speech violations after The Westchester Guardian printed articles calling the Mayor "Dumber" and "Yonkers Mayor a Huge Flop"
Yonkers DPW and Police under orders from the Mayor, confiscated 56 Westchester Guardian news racks from public and private property in order to silence the press, and issued over a dozen violations and threats of arrest to Guardian Employees for distributing The Guardian Newspaper on Public Property.
A class action lawsuit, representing as many as 100,000 Yonkers Citizens may also be filed as early as Friday morning.
