By Rick Pezzullo— The Sleepy Hollow/Tarrytown area has long been known as Halloween country, and it seems more people than ever have been visiting in recent years to see what all the scary fuss is about. For about the last 15 years, the Village of Tarrytown ha... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Though the election night tally gave County Executive George Latimer a decisive 17-point primary win over incumbent 16th District Congressman Jamaal Bowman, the final tabulated numbers confirm an even broader and deeper gap. Latimer lost onl... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Marty Dolan, Irvington native and retired Wall Street and London banker, with no prior political experience, took on Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (a.k.a. AOC), leader of Congress’s ultra-progressive “Squad” as representative of New York’s 14th D... More »
State Assemblywoman MaryJane Shimsky defeated her predecessor Tom Abinanti in a bitterly contested Democratic primary Tuesday. According to unofficial results from the Westchester County Board of Elections, Shimsky received 4,552 votes (58%) to Abinanti’s 3,27... More »
By: Barrett Seaman– The floor-to-ceiling glass walls of the office building on Westchester Avenue were nowhere near thick enough to stifle the sound of boisterous supporters of George Latimer as they celebrated his convincing win over incumbent Congressman Jam... More »
By Sue Treiman– Greenburgh Township wrapped up the initial phase of its tax reassessment process last week with an average 10 percent increase in property value, more than 1,000 petitions for rate review, and lots of confusion. Hastings-on-Hudson and Tarrytown... More »
By Barrett Seaman– As the battle to determine the Democratic candidate for New York’s 16th Congressional District heads into its final days, the vituperative, brawling tone of the contest between incumbent Jamaal Bowman and challenger George Latimer has only s... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Only two candidates are actively running in the June 25 Democratic primary for Westchester District Attorney. Susan Cacace, a retired county court judge, was the choice of the county’s Democratic Committee and was endorsed by current District... More »
By Barrett Seaman– What prompted Irvington resident David Imamura to begin work on his first sponsored bill as a freshman County Legislator was a chilling report of a New Jersey woman who obtained a court-ordered temporary restraining order against her abusive... More »
Local controversies draw crowds to village trustee meetings. So do police department promotions, which in the case of the June 17 Tarrytown Board of Trustees meeting meant a celebratory crowd of friends and family members of two officers promoted to the rank o... More »
By Solace Church– A crowd of Sleepy Hollow residents gathered outside Village Hall Friday afternoon to watch the raising of the LGBTQ+ Pride flag after trustees unanimously voted to fly it beneath the American flag for the remainder of June. Although two resid... More »
CONSEQUENCE? Or the slippery art of getting off scot free By Krista Madsen– THREE BAD MEN “An eye for an eye will the leave whole world blind” (said Gandhi), so I don’t believe in the petty tit-for-tat of revenge, but I do think, and our justice system general... More »
By Solace Church– Sleepy Hollow, a village that generally prides itself on its ethnic and cultural diversity, found itself divided over a proposal to fly the PRIDE flag, symbol of the LGBTQ+ community, on village property during the month of June. The debate o... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— State Assemblywoman MaryJane Shimsky and her predecessor, Tom Abinanti, squared off last Sunday in the final debate before a June 25 Democratic primary, and it was clear there is no love lost between the two rivals. The hourlong June 9 Zoom f... More »
The following information is provided by the Westchester County Board of Legislators: On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, there will be Federal/State/County and Local Democratic Primary Elections for Congressional District (CD) 16, for Assembly District 92 and for West... More »
By Barrett Seaman– There was a time—right after they first arrived in Congress in January of 2021—when Jamaal Bowman, representing New York’s 16th District, and Mondaire Jones, representing the neighboring 17th—during which many saw them as ideological twins. ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Village of Sleepy Hollow was one of three Mid-Hudson Valley communities to receive funding from New York State Governor Kathy Hochul’s NY Forward and Downtown Revitalization Initiative programs. The village was given a grant totaling $4.5... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Two self-proclaimed progressives with similar positions on issues important to Democrats nationally— reproductive rights, marriage equality, affordable housing, immigration reform, gun control– are locked in a battle that social media has la... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Village of Sleepy Hollow Monday with a Senate Resolution in Albany. Sleepy Hollow Mayor Martin Rutyna, Deputy Mayor Denise Scaglione, Villa... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Ardsley Mayor Nancy Kaboolian was honored Tuesday at the 2024 NYS Senate Women of Distinction Ceremony in Albany by Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins for her leadership and commitment to civil and human rights, diversity, and community a... More »
