Campaigns for seats on the Westchester County Board of Legislators have mostly been low-key affairs in recent years, but that’s not the case in District 4 race this year. Democratic incumbent and current board Chairman Vedat Gashi (D-Yorktown) finds himself
Read MoreThe six candidates running for supervisor and town board in Yorktown squared off for the only time this election season at a forum at Yorktown Stage last week, co-sponsored by the Democratic and Republican committees. The first head-to-head matchup of
Read MoreMount Pleasant’s Democratic ticket went on the offensive last weekend, charging that the current Town Board has allowed rampant overdevelopment that has worsened flooding and traffic and threatens the town’s natural resources. Supervisor candidate Frank Hrotko and running mates Joe
Read MoreBy Adam Stone It seemed like just another fall evening two Friday nights ago, at 11:30 p.m., when the message flashed on Alison Bender Kellner’s WhatsApp, dispelling any chance of a peaceful night’s sleep. The notification was from the Greenburgh
Read MoreTwo candidates are now running to challenge two-term Democratic Congressman Jamaal Bowman (D-Yonkers) for the party’s nomination in the 16th Congressional District in 2024. In late summer, Rev. Michael Gerald, 56, the minister at Shiloh Baptist Church in Tuckahoe, the
Read MoreNow that the dust has settled in terms of who is hauling away garbage in Yorktown, the cost of switching companies has been the subject of some trash talking. The Democratic slate of candidates contended last week Yorktown will be
Read MoreMount Kisco Democratic Chairman William Serratore and his son were indicted Wednesday on felony forgery charges connected to alleged falsification of signatures on nominating petitions that they carried for the party’s endorsed mayoral candidate. Serratore, 59, and Carmelo Serratore, 24,
Read MoreIt looks like voters who head to the polls in November will have a decision to make on who will serve as the Town of Carmel’s highway superintendent. Late last month, New York State Supreme Court Justice Hal Greenwald ruled
Read MoreNext month’s Mount Kisco candidate’s forum was suddenly canceled last week by the local chapter of the League of Women Voters and now it’s uncertain whether the Democratic and independent candidates will reschedule a forum. The Oct. 3 event, which
Read MoreIn a first-of-its-kind challenge in New York, five Hispanic Mount Pleasant residents have alleged they are being disenfranchised because the town’s method of voting for at-large Town Board seats has denied them representation on the council. The law firm of
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