In 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
Read MoreState Assemblyman Matt Slater (R/Yorktown) has introduced legislation that would prohibit convicted killers of police officers from making parole. Slater’s bill was triggered by the New York State Parole Board’s recent decision to release Scott Cobb, who drove the getaway
Read MoreThe North Castle Republican Committee announced last Thursday it has replaced one of its original Town Board candidates who was indicted on charges connected with her brother’s murder-for-hire plot of his estranged wife. Jaclyn Goldberg, 40, had informed the committee
Read MoreSome Republicans and Conservatives lashed out last week at a New York appellate court decision that ruled the state’s congressional maps to once again be redrawn by the Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC). In a split 3-2 decision that was released
Read MoreFormer congressman Mondaire Jones made it official Wednesday morning announcing that he will run next year in hopes of recapturing his old 17th Congressional District seat. His entry into the race had been widely anticipated by many Democrats in the
Read MoreTwo new supervisors will be leading the towns of Southeast and Patterson following last week’s Republican primary. In Southeast, Nick Durante, a 48-year town resident and retired lineman for Verizon, defeated Putnam County Legislature Chairman Paul Jonke, 501-357. Durante will
Read MoreCarmel Supervisor Michael Cazzari secured a second term in office last week with a Republican primary victory over former town chief executive Kenneth Schmitt. With no Democratic candidate on the ballot in November, the June 27 GOP contest was a
Read MoreSurrounded by friends, family and various Republican officials, Somers resident Gina Arena announced Friday that she will be running for the 40th state Senate District next year. Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” was playing as Rep. Mike Lawler (R-Pearl
Read MoreMount Kisco Deputy Mayor Lisa Abzun fought back a challenge from lawyer and former prosecutor Thomas Luzio Tuesday night in the village’s Democratic mayoral primary. Abzun, who was appointed to the board to fill a vacancy in December 2021 and
Read MoreBy Louise Grant Republican voters in Patterson are heading to the polls to choose their party’s nominees for the next town supervisor and two seats on the Town Board. Squaring off in the race for supervisor are incumbent Richard Williams,
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