John Lipman, author of “Alfred B. Delbello: His Life and Times”

Come and hear John Lipman talk about his new book, “Alfred B. DelBello: His Life and Times.” Published in September by Atmosphere Press, the biography chronicles the riveting career of an extraordinary political leader during his rise from the trailblazing mayor of Yonkers, N.Y., to the remarkably successful county executive of Westchester. Known for his bipartisanship and popularity on both sides of the aisle, DelBello became lieutenant governor of New York in 1982, elected on a “split ticket” alongside Gov. Mario Cuomo. Frustrated by an administration that resented his success and tied his hands, he departed political life two years later - realizing that friends and foes don’t fall neatly along political lines.

An Orleans resident, Lipman has written extensively on legislative and environmental issues in newspapers, periodicals and public reports. In 2016, he drafted numerous environmental opinions for both Democratic and Republican state legislators in the Chesapeake Bay region that were published in newspapers, including The Baltimore Sun, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Washington Post.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing.