Two area state legislators have proposed a new bill that would prohibit state elected officials and certain employees from profiting through investments in stocks based on information they received in the course of doing their job. Assemblywoman Sandy Galef (D-Ossining)
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By Rick Pezzullo A Yorktown man was sentenced Friday to state prison in connection with a wrong-way, head-on crash he caused while driving drunk on Route 9 in Peekskill that claimed the life of an Ossining woman. Mark Cope, 41,
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By Rick Pezzullo Now that some municipalities across the state have made the decision to allow marijuana dispensaries to set up shop, the focus now turns to where to locate the businesses. Two weeks ago, the Village of Ossining Board
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As expected, Assemblywoman Sandy Galef (D-Ossining) endorsed Ossining Town Supervisor Dana Levenberg last week to succeed her after she retires this year. Last week Galef, who has served in the Assembly since 1993, praised Levenberg’s energy, compassion and intelligence. Levenberg,
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A lower Hudson Valley state legislator has proposed suspending the state sales tax and giving every car owner a $250 rebate to help ease consumers’ pain at the pumps. State Sen. Elijah Reichlin-Melnick (D-Nyack) appeared at the Briarcliff Manor Exxon
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By Jim Roberts Cleanup of a contaminated site and new units of below-market-rate senior housing are the offers on the table to Ossining from a Westchester-based developer focused on constructing affordable housing throughout the county. MacQuesten Development LLC, based in
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As Assemblywoman Sandy Galef looks back on what will be 30 years in the state Assembly, she will tell you just how much the political landscape has changed. On Monday, Galef announced she was retiring from public office at the
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo The City of Peekskill and Town of Ossining recently received Planning Achievement Awards from the Westchester Municipal Planning Federation (WMPF). Peekskill was recognized Nov. 29 during a virtual ceremony for the design of the Peekskill Central Firehouse
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The Village of Ossining has been named one of two $10 million Mid-Hudson region winners as part of New York State’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI). Ossining, along with the Town of Haverstraw in Rockland County, received the good news from
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An Ossining man was sentenced last week to 15 years in state prison for attacking and stabbing a Black female teenager multiple times while shouting racial epithets and anti-Semitic slurs last year in a North Highland Avenue apartment complex. Robert
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