Over the last seven years, Westchester’s annual 9/11 Day of Service has focused on helping those in need close to home. This year, it will have a much wider reach. The upcoming weekend-long deployment of citizens organized by partner Volunteer
Read MoreThe Aug. 12 events in Charlottesville and President Donald Trump’s failure to condemn hate groups may have occurred far from Westchester, but it sparked questions last week about the responsibility local officials have in speaking out. Reaction among elected officials
Read MoreCounty Executive Rob Astorino vetoed the Immigrant Protection Act on Wednesday, a bill approved by the Board of Legislators that would restrain Westchester from using its resources for immigration enforcement, because he said it would jeopardize public safety. Astorino said
Read MoreWith heroin and opioid-related deaths spiraling throughout Westchester, County Executive Rob Astorino and District Attorney Anthony Scarpino Jr. announced Thursday the formation of a joint task force to combat the epidemic. The task force, comprised of members of the Department
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) last week accepted Westchester’s analysis that concluded the county did not practice exclusionary zoning, clearing the last major obstacle for compliance of the 2009 affordable housing settlement. On Tuesday, County Executive
Read MoreWestchester residents and organizations gathered on the steps of the county building in White Plains late Monday urging officials to drop its plan to privatize Westchester County Airport. With the event attracting more than 100 people carrying signs reading “No
Read MoreWestchester Community College (WCC) students and their families can look forward to no tuition increase for the upcoming academic year, the fifth consecutive year the college and the county will keep the cost steady. County Executive Rob Astorino and WCC
Read MoreCounty Executive Rob Astorino will welcome thousands of people from around Westchester to celebrate our nation’s independence with live music and one of the area’s most stunning fireworks shows at the annual Music Fest and Fireworks on Monday, July 3
Read MoreRide-sharing will begin Thursday morning throughout Westchester County after the Board of Legislators and County Executive Rob Astorino reached a compromise with operators Uber and Lyft to launch a voluntary criminal background check for drivers. The first-of-its-kind program, named Thumbs
Read MoreOfficials from virtually all of Westchester’s municipalities convened for the first in a series of forums with County Executive Rob Astorino and county department heads last Thursday to create a shared services plan to reduce taxes. The meeting at the
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