WHITE PLAINS, NY — April 13, 2021 —The Westchester County Board of Legislators, by a vote of 13-4, approved a bankruptcy court settlement with Standard Amusements regarding the management of Playland. The settlement was negotiated by Westchester County and Standard Amusements, terms of which were previously approved by the bankruptcy court. The agreement gives Westchester wCounty significantly improved terms compared …
Westchester County Board of Legislators’ Statement on Capitol Assault
BRONXVILLE, NY, WHITE PLAINS, NY, YONERS, NY — January 10, 2021 —We, the undersigned members of the Westchester County Board of Legislators, watched in anger, horror, and sadness on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, as an insurrectionist mob attempted, through violence and terror, to overturn a free and fair election and disrupt the centuries-old rule of law that defines our way of …
2021 Operating, Capital and Special District Budgets Passed
Operating Budge Reduces Tax Levy & Overall Spending; Preserves & Increases Human Services WHITE PLAINS, NY — December 14, 2020 — The Westchester County Board of Legislators today unanimously approved the 2021 operating budget for Westchester that reduces the County tax levy and lowers overall spending while preserving essential services. The Board also unanimously adopted 2021 County capital and special …
Westchester County Board of Legislators Approve $1.4 Million in Federal Food Aid for Seniors
WHITE PLAINS, NY — December 10, 2020 — On Tuesday night, the Westchester County Board of Legislators unanimously approved a program that will bring more than $1.4 million in federal relief money to local communities to defray the costs of certain home-nutrition services for seniors, including home delivery of meals, groceries and kitchen supplies. The money comes from the federal …
Westchester County Board Legislators Approve Financing of New, High-Tech Fleet of ParaTransit Buses
New Vehicles Will Carry More Passengers, Offer Increased Fuel Efficiency WHITE PLAINS, NY — November 24, 2020 — The Westchester County Board of Legislators has approved financing for the acquisition of at least 10 and perhaps as much as 15 new, high tech small buses for the County’s ParaTransit fleet. The new vehicles – which provide rides to seniors and residents …
Former Eliot Engel Aide Tyrae Woodsen-Samuels Declares: “These Are Times That Challenge Us All to Do More, To Take Action”
MOUNT VERNON, NY — August 22, 2020 — On the night that the national Democratic Party sent the Biden-Harris ticket out to take on Trump and his bigotry, Mount Vernon Democrats nominated 27-year-old Tyrae Woodson-Samuels as the next Westchester County Legislator, signaling a strong investment in the next generation of Democratic leadership. “I want to thank the Mount Vernon Democratic …
OPEN LETTER: Westchester County Legislators Follow the Facts, Vote “No!”
By JULIE WEINER
YONKERS, NY — August 4, 2020 — I hope you will each follow the facts and the science, and vote “NO!” on a voting machine, that if hacked, can prevent our elections from being audited by printing over ballots after they are cast with marks that look just like hand marks. I hope you will follow the facts and the …
By JULIE WEINER
Open Letter to Westchester Board on Voting Machines
By ROB ABBOT
TO: Hon. George Latimer, Westchester County Executive Hon. Benjamin Boykin II, Chair of the Westchester Board of Legislators FROM: CCoHOPE Indivisible DATE: Sent on June 3, 2020 – Published herein on June 6, 2020 RE: Proposed purchase of Dominion ICE Hybrid Voting Machines CROTON-On-HUDSON, NY — June 6, 2020 — Now is not the time for Westchester County to …
By ROB ABBOT
Monday’s Mayoral Message – January 20, 2020
By VICTORIA GEARITY
Honoring MLK; Climate-adaptive Planning; Public Works Progress OSSINING, NY — January 21, 2020 —In honor of the inspiring life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, the third Monday of January is designated as not just a federal holiday, but a day of service. In Ossining, the whole weekend has been an opportunity to honor this spirit. Yesterday Ossining residents gathered at …
By VICTORIA GEARITY
Board of Legislators and Union Members Support Displaced Worker Law
Improved law would further prevent the unfair displacement of longtime workers by low-road contractors WHITE PLAINS, NY— September 14, 2019 — On Monday afternoon at 12:30pm, members of the Westchester County Board of Legislators and union leaders will join workers to support passage of a bill that would close loopholes in a law intended to prevent faithful workers from suddenly …