Three seats on the Village of Buchanan Board of Trustees will be up for grabs next month, including the mayoral position. Incumbent Mayor Theresa Knickerbocker, who has served a total of 20 years on the board, is seeking a sixth
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New York State’s Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) voted last Thursday to send a newly-proposed but largely unchanged congressional map to the state legislature last Thursday. The redrawn map of New York’s 26 House seats, which required the approval of seven of
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A longtime educator-turned-attorney announced Monday afternoon that she is running for the 37th state Senate District this fall in hopes of unseating a popular incumbent. Republican Tricia Lindsay, who taught in the New York City and Yonkers school systems for
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The two candidates that will be competing in a special election in April for town supervisor in Yorktown officially launched their campaigns this week. On Thursday morning, acting supervisor Ed Lachterman, who has been leading the town since the unexpected
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A village resident with roots going back to childhood has entered the race for a trustee’s seat on the Pleasantville Village Board in the upcoming election in March. Pedestrian Committee member Yemi Pickard Healy announced last week that she is
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By Seamus Higgins Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-Yonkers) kicked off his re-election campaign Wednesday evening surrounded by fellow progressives in preparation for his high-stakes battle for the Democratic nomination in the 16th Congressional District. In a rally at the restaurant Off
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Laura Russo has announced her candidacy to run for a seat on the Putnam County Legislature that will be vacated at the end of the year by retiring Legislator Ginny Nacerino. Nacerino has represented the Town of Patterson in District
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A two-term Dutchess County legislator recently announced that she will run for the 39th state Senate District, which includes Putnam Valley and Philipstown along with swaths of Orange and Dutchess counties. Yvette Valdés Smith, a Democrat, plans on challenging Republican
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Congressman Mike Lawler (R-Pearl River) has relented on prohibiting the press from his Town Halls with constituents after several media outlets as well as some district residents criticized him for establishing the ban. In an announcement late last Friday, Lawler
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District leaders within the Mount Kisco Democratic Committee voted to install Tom Luzio as the local party’s next chairman less than a month after the former leader resigned from the post. Luzio said last week his main goal is to
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