Voters elected new leaders in Peekskill, Cortlandt and Somers last night. In Peekskill, Councilwoman Vivian McKenzie made history as the first Black female mayor in the city, besting Republican challenger Emiliano Perez, 2,374 (60%) to 1,211 (40%). Conor Greene picked
Read MoreCortlandt Supervisor Linda Puglisi delivered her 31st and last budget last week with another proposed zero tax levy increase for 2022. Puglisi, who served four years as a councilwoman before being elected the town’s chief executive in 1991, is retiring
Read MoreFollowing someone who has put together the kind of record Cortlandt Supervisor Linda Puglisi has during her 30-year tenure is not an easy task, but Councilman Dr. Richard Becker has an impressive resume himself, and is more than qualified to
Read MoreFormer Cortlandt Town Justice Gerald Klein was lauded Friday “as a truly special man” during a tree memorial dedication at Cortlandt Town Hall. Klein, who served on the bench in Cortlandt for 28 years, died November 13, 2020 at
Read MoreCortlandt Supervisor Linda Puglisi defended her recent use of the town’s emergency CodeRED notification system, stressing “it was the right thing to do” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Puglisi, who is retiring at the end of 2021 after a 30-year run
Read MoreOne of the hallmarks of Cortlandt Supervisor Linda Puglisi’s 30-year administration has been the town’s financial record, but Cortlandt Republican Committee Chairman Daniel Pagano is charging the picture isn’t as rosy as painted. Pagano, an attorney who took out a
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo Since December 2018, an estimated 260 nurses employed at NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt have been seeking a new contract. Frustrated from stalled negotiations and weary from working shifts throughout the COVID-19 pandemic with reduced staff,
Read MoreI am going to stick to the facts and not the personal partisan politics of Ms. Slippen, in her attempt to fool and deceive the town residents last week. The strange thing is that she does not confront the issues
Read MoreLet’s be clear, and this is the biggest difference between the town and a school district, school budgets are voted on, town budgets are not. The Town of Cortlandt does not hold budget sessions open to the public, barring one
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo The Cortlandt Town Board voted unanimously last week to pass a nine-month moratorium on Tier 3 Ground Mounted Solar Farms. Although board members maintained the move was not targeted at slowing down a controversial solar farm within
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