New York City Rare Bird Alert

Below is the New York City Rare Bird Alert for the week ending Friday, December 30, 2016: – RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Dec. 30, 2016 * NYNY1612.30 – Birds mentioned PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+ BARNACLE GOOSE+ THICK-BILLED MURRE+ GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE ROSS’S GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE TUNDRA SWAN Eurasian Wigeon GREEN-WINGED TEAL KING EIDER HARLEQUIN DUCK Surf Scoter Northern Gannet Black Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Goshawk Clapper Rail Virginia Rail American Woodcock DOVEKIE Razorbill Black-legged Kittiwake Black-headed Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Black Skimmer Barn Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Merlin NORTHERN SHRIKE Common Raven Marsh Wren LAPLAND LONGSPUR Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Chipping Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Nelson’s Sparrow DICKCISSEL RED CROSSBILL – Transcript If followed by please submit documentation of your … (more)

Minimum Wage Going Up In New York State

… for employees of small businesses. Their wage will increase to $10.50 an hour. On Long Island and in Westchester County, the minimum wage will go to $10 an hour, and elsewhere in the state it will go to $9.70. The regionalized, phased-in increases …

New Rochelle Police Investigating Homicide

… the New Rochelle Police Department Detective Division, the New York City Medical Examiners Office and the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office. Good morning. Here is today’s Talk of the Sound Weather Report. Rain/Wind today! With a high of …

Four Assemblymen Call On Cuomo To Authorize Municipal Occupancy Fees

Four local lawmakers have written to Gov. Andrew Cuomo reminding him of his promise to sign legislation authorizing the imposition of municipal occupancy fees in certain Westchester and Orange communities. In a letter dated Thursday, Dec. 29, the members of the state Assembly noted that in late 2015, the governor had vetoed a series of hotel occupancy tax bills that would have affected 13 municipalities in Westchester County – Greenburgh, North Castle, Tarrytown, Irvington, Ardsley, Elmsford, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings-on-Hudson, Sleepy Hollow, Tuckahoe, Mamaroneck, Harrison and Port Chester – and one in Orange County, Woodbury.

Mount Kisco Embraces Program To Build Trust Between Police and Community

Neighbors Link recently teamed up with the North American Family Institute and the Westchester County Public Safety Department in an effort to facilitate dialogue and establish trust between Mount Kisco’s immigrant community and the police. This groundbreaking six-week program culminated in a ‘graduation’ on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at the Neighbors Link site in Mount Kisco.

Array Of TV, Movie Productions In Westchester Reach New Heights In 2016

“The Girl on the Train,” “Homeland,” “The Americans,” and “Madam Secretary” were just a few hot films and television shows that chose Westchester County as a favorite spot to film during 2016, according to Westchester County Tourism & Film. A long sought after location for its beauty, accessibility, and affordability, Westchester had a filming boom this year, which, according to County Executive Robert P. Astorino, is largely due to the area’s location and the county’s film location services.

a Secret History: $1m property where cannibal ate girl, 10

Serial killer and cannibal Albert Fish, one of the inspirations for Hannibal Lecter, is believed to have killed 15 children and mutilated a hundred others The house in Westchester County, New York State where cannibal and serial child killer Albert Fish murdered Grace Budd in 1928 and then ate her. Picture: Rob Yasinsac.

Weather Update: Wintry mix to make for sloppy driving

A storm bringing snow and rain to the Hudson Valley on Thursday could leave up to two inches of accumulation in some part of the region. News 12 Meteorologist Brysen Van Eck expects a brief period of snow this morning in Rockland and Westchester counties which will quickly turn into a wintry mix, and then turn over to all rain by noon.

Annecchiarico, Baldwin down Ossining

… defending state Class AA champion Ossining, 83-73, in the first round of the Slam Dunk Challenge at Westchester County Center Wednesday. Ossining had not lost to a New York State public school team since March of 2012, Baldwin coach Tom Catapano …

Sen. Carlucci wants toll discount on TZ Bridge

A local lawmaker is calling on the New York State Thruway Authority to give drivers from Westchester and Rockland counties a break on tolls across the Tappan Zee Bridge. State Sen. David Carlucci says if residents can’t afford to cross the bridge, it could crush the local economy.

Hateful graffiti found behind South Salem school

Anti-Semitic graffiti was found scrawled on the playground behind the vacant South Salem school in the latest incident of hateful imagery in Westchester County. State police believe the vandalism found at Lewisboro Elementary School occurred sometime between Dec. 23 and 24. The school has been closed since 2014 due to under-enrollment.

Ohio Minimum Wage Going Up

… asic minimum wage is $9.70 in most of the state. But it’s higher for the fast food industry; Long Island; Westchester County; and large and small employers in New York City.

Weather Update: Snow, rain headed to Hudson Valley

A storm bringing snow and rain to the Hudson Valley on Thursday could leave up to 3 inches of accumulation in some part of the region. News 12 Meteorologist Brysen Van Eck expects snow to start falling in Rockland and Westchester counties between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. He predicts the snow will quickly turn into a wintry mix, and then turn over to all rain by noon.