By Rick Pezzullo— The three top candidates jockeying to earn the Democratic nomination to challenge Rep. Mike Lawler took part in a forum Thursday night at Manhattanville University. About 350 onlookers watched intently for 90 minutes as Cait Conley, Beth Davi... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Peter Chatzky of Briarcliff Manor, where he has served as both Mayor and Deputy Mayor, has suspended his campaign for the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican incumbent 17thDistrict Congressman Mike Lawler. In a statement posted on ... More »
By Elizabeth Tucker– Along with seasonal daffodils, signs have sprouted in front lawns in Philipse Manor, urging “Save Our Streets!” and “No Home Rule!” The signs refer to two simultaneous actions by the Village of Sleepy Hollow: First, an amendment to parking... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Public hearings are scheduled to be held during the next few weeks on budgets proposed in the rivertowns. Irvington The Irvington Board of Trustees will hold a hearing at Village Hall and on Zoom on Mon., April 6 at 7 p.m. on a tentative budg... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— It’s safe to say being an elected public servant is in Tom Abinanti’s blood. From Greenburgh councilman to Westchester County legislator to New York State Assemblyman, Abinanti has dedicated much of his adult life to being an elected official... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Last May, Peter Chatzky, founder of the software firm NAPA Group, which provides technology and consulting for the financial industry, entered an already crowded Democratic field vying to unseat Republican Congressman Mike Lawler. As the for... More »
By Barrett Seaman— The subdued mood in the Mt. Pleasant Town Hall meeting room, on Tuesday, March 10, 2026 was a far cry from the electrically charged—and angry—tenor that Town Council members faced on November 16, 2023. Then, the proverbial torches and pitchf... More »
By Barrett Seaman— A post on its web site this past week has sent a signal to residents of the Town of Mt. Pleasant that its governing board is prepared to settle the nearly three-year-old legal battle over how board members are elected. According to the annou... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Former Westchester County Executive George Latimer went to Washington a year ago to represent voters in the 16th Congressional District, concentrated in south and central Westchester, including most of the rivertowns. As a time-tested retail... More »
By Barrett Seaman– “It’s time.” That terse comment, often repeated of late by Greenburgh Democrats, is being used to justify an intra-party challenge to Paul Feiner’s 34 years as Town Supervisor. Earlier this month, Greenburgh’s Democratic Committee endorsed A... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Inside the first three weeks of February, five rivertown village boards have passed formal resolutions expressing concern over tactics utilized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents, urging t... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Village of Tarrytown is lending a hand with the redevelopment of the affordable rental complex Franklin Courts. Earlier this month, the Board of Trustees authorized Village Administrator Richard Slingerland to enter into an Intermunicipal... More »
By Barrett Seaman— The peripatetic 16th District Congressman George Latimer popped in at EF, Education First, at its campus on the hill overlooking Tarrytown on Friday. He was there ostensibly to recognize EF for its contributions to Westchester County through... More »
By Jeff Wilson— It has been five years since the Irvington’s Board of Trustees revised the village’s zoning code to create what it called a Multi-Family/Office District (MFO) along the 50-acre stretch of North Broadway, the northern gateway into the village. T... More »
By Barrett Seaman– The ripple effect of rage and dismay at the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis reached the rivertowns, as elsewhere in the country. Rallies held nationwide over the weekend included ones in several local communities... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Another effort is underway to try to bring back the Tappan Zee Bridge name. A new petition calling on the New York State Legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul was launched on www.change.org a few weeks ago by Joel Berry and has attracted 8,629 si... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Given the current balance of power in Washington, there’s not a lot that a first-term Democrat in Congress can do. But George Latimer, who represents New York’s 16th District, is trying to affect change at the top by going at it from the bot... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Local elections in all five of the rivertowns produced new mayors in four of the five villages covered by The Hudson Independent. Only one of the mayors sworn in at the beginning of December* is an incumbent: Democrat Karen Brown of Tarryto... More »
By Barrett Seaman– The New York State Court of Appeals ruling on November 20 that the Town of Newburgh could not challenge the constitutionality of the state’s three-year-old voting rights law was good news for a group of minority voters 45 miles down the Huds... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A local pediatrician will be appointed to the Dobbs Ferry Board of Trustees Monday by newly elected Mayor Christy Knell. Dr. Nitin Gupta, who has worked at Rivertown Pediatrics on Ashford Ave. since 2018, will join the board at an organizatio... More »
