ALBANY, NY — January 10, 2021 — New York State Sen. Pete Harckham sent a letter this week urging the Public Service Commission to hold Con Edison accountable for its poor preparation and unacceptable response to Tropical Storm Isaias, which left tens of thousands of residents in the 40th Senate District without power for days. Harckham’s letter was read into …
Letter to the Editor: Suggestion that Could Save Taxpayer Money With Con-Ed’s Cooperate
By Greenburgh Town Supervisor PAUL FEINER, Esq.
Con Ed should provide local governments with long range plans for underground road work so that taxpayers need not pay twice for road repaying unnecessarily… GREENBURGH, NY — November 14, 2020 — The average cost of milling and resurfacing a standard 26-foot wide roadway is approximately $360,000 per mile. This approximation is based off the unit prices from the Town of …
By Greenburgh Town Supervisor PAUL FEINER, Esq.
Yorktown Awards Solar Array at Granite Knolls
YORKTOWN, NY — November 8, 2020 — On Thursday night, November 6th, the Town Board awarded the installation of a milestone renewable energy project at the Granite Knolls Sports Complex to HESP Solar. The project includes a proposed solar canopy, energy storage system and four electric vehicle charging stations. The proposed solar array will be installed above a carport on the parking …
John Bailey, White Plains CitizeNetReporter Publisher / Editor, Michael Edelman, Esq., Political Analyst / Pundit, Judge Karen Best Democratic Candidate for Yonkers City Court Judge, Teamsters Local 456 President Louis Picani, and Hezi Aris, Yonkers Tribune Publisher/Editor-at-Large on Westchester On the Level – Monday, August 31, 2020 @ 10am EST
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Harckham, Local Officials and Residents Speak Out on Poor Response to Storm Outages
PEEKSKILL, NY — August 22, 2020 – New York State Senator Pete Harckham voiced his frustration and anger to state utility oversight officials and utility representatives at a public hearing hosted by the State Legislature to address the emergency storm response and customer communication by utilities in the metro New York City region and Hudson Valley in the aftermath of …
Con Ed to Reimburse Residents for Lost Food, Medication
By Greenburgh Town Supervisor PAUL FEINER
The Feiner Report UPDATE from Con Edison Municipal Conference Con Ed to Reimburse Residents for Lost Food (A FIRST!) 14% Still Out of Power No Power at The Knolls (an independent living facility for seniors) with some residents over 100 years of age (Average age near 90) GREENBURGH, NY — August 8, 2020 — Yesterday, during the municipal call with …
By Greenburgh Town Supervisor PAUL FEINER
Where is Con Edison? Yorktown Awaiting Con Edison’s Response
YORKTOWN, NY — August 7, 2020 – As of Friday morning a quarter of Con Edison’s customers in Yorktown were without power. One reason for the delay in power restoration is Con Edison’s failure to send adequate tree-removal crews to clear streets, despite the fact that Con Edison has used the FDR State Park in Yorktown as a staging area …
Can We Sit Out A Gulf War?
LARRY M. ELKIN, CPA, CFP®
The ultimate consequences of Iran’s latest foray into “don’t look at us” aggression are far from clear, but one thing is certain: A lot of players, Iran included, must now put their cards on the table. News broke yesterday that Saudi oil officials are buying refined products and crude from other countries in order to supply their own customers in …
LARRY M. ELKIN, CPA, CFP®
Long-Term Solution, Short-Term Problem
LARRY M. ELKIN, CPA, CFP®
When a business says “No new customers please,” something has gone very wrong. When that business is a major utility, the first place to look for the responsible parties is in the halls of government. Earlier this year, Consolidated Edison imposed a moratorium on new natural gas connections in Westchester County, New York. As of mid-March, the utility stopped accepting …
LARRY M. ELKIN, CPA, CFP®
Bronxville’s Alluring Beauty
By Mayor MARY MARVIN, Esq.
BRONXVILLE, NY — April 30, 2019 — After a winter of concentrating on the new underground infrastructure, the Trustees and I are now focusing on our visible environs. How particularly beautiful they are thanks to the collaborations with our Bronxville Beautification Committee and the Boulder Ledge Garden Club. Con Edison also came through with the new boxwoods on Midland Avenue …
By Mayor MARY MARVIN, Esq.
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