It’s only one year old, but the Westchester County Household Materials Recovery Facility in Valhalla has made a major impact toward protecting the environment. The H-MRF has already collected over 325,000 pounds of household materials, including hazardous and toxic items,
Read MoreBattered Westchester County residents who suffered property losses from Hurricane Sandy are encouraged to stop by the County Center in White Plains, the site of a multi-purpose recovery center. A Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster recovery center was officially opened
Read MoreUtilities are slowly restoring power to the area’s beleaguered residents and shipments of gas are starting to arrive at some Westchester gas stations but two of the area’s hardest hit towns still have widespread outages. County Executive Rob Astorino said
Read MoreOn Thursday afternoon, it was hard to believe that it was a midweek work day on Chappaqua’s South Greeley Avenue. It would have been if not for Hurricane Sandy. For the few merchants who remained open barely 72 hours after
Read MoreFive local Republican officials called on state leaders Monday to conduct a special session of the legislature after the November elections to eliminate unfunded state mandates. County Executive Rob Astorino joined Mount Pleasant Supervisor Joan Maybury, county Legislator Michael Smith,
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County Executive Robert Astorino and the Democratic controlled Board of Legislators are at it again over a bill that would grant women safe access at reproductive health clinics. The bill was passed by the Board of Legislators 10-7, along party
Read MoreA new pamphlet from the Westchester County Office of Economic Development is titled “Grow,” with a front cover photograph of a person holding a patch of soil with a small plant. On Monday, county officials touted their efforts to grow
Read MoreWestchester County Executive Rob Astorino on Monday praised a recent decision by a federal magistrate who ruled landlords did not have to accept vouchers as part of the county’s housing settlement. U.S. Magistrate Gabriel Gorenstein found that the settlement did
Read MoreHousing and Urban Development has pulled more than $4 million of federal funding from approved community development block grant (CDBG) projects in Westchester after it rejected the county’s Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. The analysis, submitted by the
Read MoreWestchester County Executive Rob Astorino on Thursday vetoed the controversial redistricting plan approved last week by the Board of Legislators, expressing some of the same concerns voiced by the League of Women Voters. Calling it “flawed” and “rushed,” Astorino said
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