A 28-year-old Suffolk County man wanted by multiple police agencies for robberies throughout the metropolitan area was taken into custody early last Wednesday morning by Westchester County police following holdups of two area gas stations. Jose Nieves, of Brentwood, N.Y.,
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By Martin Wilbur and Abby Luby An overwhelming majority of Westchester’s mayors and supervisors last week urged Gov. Kathy Hochul to make critical changes in her proposed Housing Compact arguing that the plan fails to recognize each community’s challenges and
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The pandemic highlighted how so many people in Westchester and Putnam counties and throughout the state are one crisis away from needing assistance to put food on their kitchen table. Now a local state legislator has introduced two bills this
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By Rick Pezzullo and Martin Wilbur A Croton-on-Hudson resident has announced her candidacy to run for the 9th District seat on the Westchester County Board of Legislators currently held by Chair Catherine Borgia, who will be term-limited at the end
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The North Castle Town Board unanimously approved a resolution last week urging the state legislature to remove Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Housing Compact from the budget process and to protect municipal home rule throughout New York. In a strongly-worded document that
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Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women in the United States, like many Western countries today. It’s a point that’s driven home every year, it seems, in February, which has been established as American Hearth Month.
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Congressman Mike Lawler (R-Pearl River) blasted Gov. Kathy Hochul for preparing to press forward with her proposed housing plan that he and other officials have charged would irreparably damage many of the region’s communities. Joined by state and local elected
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Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed state spending on key initiatives including mental health, public safety, affordable housing, education, criminal justice and climate change in her $227 billion state budget for 2024, the largest in New York history. In the opening remarks of her executive
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A hole found in the top of a crankcase may have caused the Jan. 19 small plane crash that killed two men less than two miles short of Westchester County Airport. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its preliminary
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County Legislator Margaret Cunzio (C-Mount Pleasant) announced this week she will be seeking a fifth term on the Board of Legislators. “It’s an honor to serve on behalf of our community’s residents,” Cunzio said in a statement. “Together we have
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