By Brianna Staudt — In a first, the Sleepy Hollow Tarrytown Chamber of Commerce endorsed Westchester County Executive George Latimer for re-election this afternoon. The chamber has never before endorsed a candidate for public office. It announced the endorsem... More »
By Rick Pezzullo—- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday he was resigning from the seat he’s held the last 11 years, becoming the ninth chief executive in the state’s history to step down before their elected term was up. Cuomo, who has been reeling... More »
By Barrett Seaman— When restrictions on in-person meetings by local boards and committees in New York State were lifted in late June, it was widely seen as good news—not only as a reflection that the pandemic was finally waning but also because officials and c... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Ten years ago, former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino looked at cost estimates of more than a million dollars to restore the iconic Tarrytown lighthouse and saw a number that was just too big. This past year, when his successor, Ge... More »
By Barrett Seaman— For nearly a year and a half, public meetings in the rivertown villages have been conducted by Zoom, with board members, whether Trustees, Planning, Zoning or Architectural Review Boards, appearing on Hollywood Squares-like panes, while memb... More »
By Brianna Staudt — Incumbent Paul Feiner defeated challenger Tasha D. Young in yesterday’s Democratic primary for Greenburgh Town Supervisor. He’s expected to win a sixteenth term as supervisor in November. There are no Republicans or Independents running aga... More »
By Barrett Seaman— After nearly three hours of public hearings, dominated largely by neighbors opposed to the density of its proposed mix of multi-family housing, Irvington Trustees unanimously adopted a new zoning scheme for the stretch of property east of No... More »
By Barrett Seaman— As of April 1st, it is legal in New York State for adults 21 and over to possess or ingest cannabis products (up to three ounces of marijuana or 24 grams of concentrated cannabis oil). In theory smoking a joint is legal anywhere it is legal ... More »
By Sue Treiman— Greenburgh officials fired off the latest salvo in the battle over Edgemont’s proposed incorporation Saturday when political leaders unveiled a petition calling for assurances that creating a new village won’t harm other Town of Greenburgh unin... More »
By Brianna Staudt Incumbent Paul Feiner emphasized constituent services, experience and “progressive” accomplishments while challenger Tasha Young called for systemic change and transparency in a Greenburgh Town Supervisor Democratic primary forum held Monday ... More »
By Barrett Seaman— The pieces are coming together that will ultimately determine the political map of New York State for the next decade, and the person who will be guiding the re-mapping process will be David Imamura, currently Democratic District Leader for ... More »
By Brianna Staudt Village tax rates will rise modestly heading into the new fiscal year June 1 as local governments take measures to blunt the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic economic downturn on taxpayers. Tax rates are rising between two and three percent fo... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Feeling a need for more robust analysis of prosecution patterns, Westchester District Attorney Mimi Rocah has created a new position in her office and named sociologist and data analyst Dr. Kathy Kaufman to fill it. Kaufman, an Irvington r... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was murdered in Minneapolis, Minnesota by a white police officer while being arrested for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill at a deli. The police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on Fl... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Westchester County Executive George Latimer delivered his fourth State of the County Address in the Legislative Chambers of the Board of Legislators Thursday night, issuing an optimistic message and a vow to rebuild the county from the toll C... More »
By Barrett Seaman– A case involving an opportunistic real estate developer, a clerical error by the Town of Greenburgh, its insurance company and four cloistered nuns came to an end on Friday after all parties signed a settlement and a judge dismissed the rema... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Tarrytown Board of Trustees voted Monday not to designate a controversial Station Area Overlay District (SAO). Before a scheduled public hearing took place on Zoom, where more than 90 people were watching, board members expressed reservat... More »
By Barrett Seaman— A much-amended plan to re-zone a stretch of property along what is known as Irvington’s North Broadway Corridor ran into its second roadblock in less than a year on May 3rd, when public opposition coming from both sides of a cultural divide ... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Remember the famous captain’s speech from Cool Hand Luke? “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” That analysis seems apt when applied to an incident that has stirred passions in Tarrytown this week. It involves a Black woman who is... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Drawn together of late by the spate of physical attacks on members of their community but also cognizant of their growing influence in American politics, Asian Americans are organizing and asserting their clout. This week in Westchester, the... More »
