As the deadline looms Saturday for Westchester to comply with the affordable housing settlement, County Executive Rob Astorino is scheduled to make a major announcement today (Tuesday) on the status of the agreement. Under the terms of the settlement between
Read MoreIn the wake of three attempted incidents of luring minors this week, including two in Mount Kisco, County Executive Rob Astorino urged parents Friday to educate their children on how to protect themselves from abduction. Astorino, who was joined by
Read MoreBy Martin Wilbur and Neal Rentz The Board of Legislators informed County Executive Rob Astorino on Monday it would not approve the 40-year, $140 million lease for Oaktree Capital Management to operate the county airport next year. Chairman Michael Kaplowitz
Read MoreDozens of speakers last week urged the Westchester County Board of Legislators to properly fund various nonprofit organizations that would benefit children in the 2017 budget. Many in attendance at the Nov. 30 public hearing at Armonk’s H.C. Crittenden Middle
Read MoreCounty Executive Rob Astorino unveiled his $1.81 billion operating budget for 2017 last week that maintains taxes, jobs and services at current levels but relies on a recently proposed airport lease deal to balance the spending plan. For the seventh
Read MoreBy Lizzie Gellman Responding to increasing concern about the mosquito-borne Zika virus, County Executive Rob Astorino revealed Thursday morning the county’s plan to control the virus and protect residents from contracting the disease. Astorino said the strategy involves “education, surveillance
Read MoreWestchester Medical Center was approved Wednesday for tax-exempt, low-cost financing on a new $230 million ambulatory care pavilion adjacent to its main hospital that promises significant upgrades in delivering healthcare to patients. The county’s Local Development Corporation (LDC), which was
Read MoreBy Kevin Mayne County Executive Rob Astorino unveiled a plan on Monday to address the way sports concussions are identified and treated with a focus on reducing risks for high school athletes. Joined by local, state and national concussion care
Read MoreSeveral local Democratic officials are calling for a halt to construction on the Algonquin gas pipeline until the plan to clear-cut hundreds of trees in Blue Mountain Preserve is reviewed by state officials. State Assembly members Sandy Galef (D-Ossining) and
Read MoreWestchester County Executive Rob Astorino introduced his 2016 budget Friday to county officials and the press, his sixth consecutive spending plan without a tax levy increase. The $1.8 billion budget maintains what Astorino called his two key goals: no tax
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