… like Buffalo, Rochester and the New York City suburbs. Cuomo’s State of the State tour will take him to Westchester County on Tuesday, where he will deliver an address at SUNY Purchase’s Performing Arts Center at 10:30 a.m. before heading to Long …
Month: January 2017
Police Charge 25-Year-Old Who Fled Port Chester Hit-Run Assault
… run from the home, according to Port Chester investigators, who then called upon Rye Brook, Rye City and Westchester County police for assistance in the search. About 30 minutes later, at 3:45 a.m., Port Chester police received a call from staff at …
Cuomo: Indian Point is too dangerous
… also laid out a plan to make college education more affordable for all New Yorkers. Cuomo will speak in Westchester County on Tuesday. Additional addresses are planned for Long Island, Syracuse and Albany later in the week. Governors traditionally …
January 9, 2017 – Utility agrees to shut nuclear power plant in New…
… renewal of the operating licenses for Indian Point, located in the Village of Buchanan in northern Westchester County. The shutdown will complete Entergy’s exit from its merchant power business because of sustained low wholesale energy prices, the …
Cuomo: NY can absorb closing of Indian Point nuke plant
… – an amount that the company says is the equivalent of a quarter of the power used in New York City and Westchester County. Cuomo has long called for the plant’s closure, saying operating a nuclear plant so close to a major population center is a …
UPDATE 1-NY State to shut Indian Point nuclear plant -Gov Cuomo
… megawatts of electricity, enough to meet about 25 percent of the power used by New York City and adjacent Westchester County. “I am proud to have secured this agreement with Entergy to responsibly close the facility 14 years ahead of schedule to …
Couple leaves woods for Stamford’s urban life
… in a new light, it just felt right.” Garfinkel, 62, and Russek, 70, traded their 3,000-square-foot Westchester County home for a more modest duplex condo in the Stamford Landing complex in the city’s Waterside neighborhood. “We had the choice to …
Governor Calls For Voting Reform While Launching State Of State Speech Tour
… includes plans for automatic voter registration and same-day registration. The governor, who lives in Westchester County, publicized the voting reforms in advance of this week’s State of the State speeches. “Voting is the cornerstone of our …
DJ Duo ‘The Chainsmokers’ Have an Interesting Tie to Central New York
The Chainsmokers are the DJs responsible for hits like “Closer,” “Don’t Let Me Down,” and “Roses,” and they have a very unique tie to our area. The group started off with two members, Alexander Pall from Westchester County, New York, and DJ Rhett Bixler.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Establishes Presence in New York City
… Adams. New England Properties, a Wallingford, CT-based company owned by HomeServices of America, entered Westchester County, NY in 2015 with the acquisitions of brokerages operating in Scarsdale, Larchmont and Eastchester. The brokerage expanded …
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Launches NYC Presence with Madison Ave. Location
… New England Properties, a Wallingford, Conn.-based company owned by HomeServices of America, entered Westchester County, N.Y. in 2015 with the acquisitions of brokerages operating in Scarsdale, Larchmont and Eastchester. The brokerage expanded into …
Entergy Confirms Indian Point Closure, Pledges To Help Employees Relocate
… for license renewal beyond the more than $200 million and 10 years we have already invested.” On Friday, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, who said the “secret deal” was “a complete surprise to us” and “potentially catastrophic.” Astorino, …
Atossa Genetics Provides Update on its Phase 2 Study of Fulvestrant…
… consists of eleven hospitals; a primary and specialty care network of more than 180 locations across Westchester County, the lower Hudson Valley and the Bronx; an extended care facility; the Montefiore School of Nursing, and the Albert Einstein …
Aging Indian Point nuclear plant to close by 2021
… and have brown-outs and a lack of energy to get us through days like today, a very cold day,” says Westchester County Legislator John Testa (R). Opponents of Indian Point insist the plant should have been shut down years ago. “This is the classic …
N.Y. drug reform activist Anthony Papa pardoned by Gov. Cuomo
… holding just over 4 ounces of cocaine a friend paid him $500 to take from the Bronx to Mount Vernon in Westchester County. “It was Christmastime, I had no money, I had to pay my rent and I got desperate,” Papa said. “And when you get desperate, you …
Sustainable Saturday: After Indian Point
… a clean energy future. An agreement to shutter the ailing Indian Point nuclear reactors in Buchanan, NY (Westchester County) was announced on January 9. Under the deal hammered out between keep its employees on board until the shutdown, finding new …
The shutdown of New York’s Indian Point is far from the end of nuclear power
… most populous city. Mr. Cuomo will get his wish in 2021, as the Indian Point Nuclear Power plant in Westchester County will shut down its two nuclear reactors under an agreement New York State reached with plant owner Entergy, The New York Times …
A timeline of Ramapo’s evolution
Key events in the evolution of zoning in Ramapo, N.Y.: 1954 – Brooklyn-based Skverer Rebbe Yaakov Yosef Twersky purchases a 130-acre dairy farm near Spring Valley, in Ramapo, to establish a Hasidic Jewish community that became known as New Square. The name, anglicized by a typist, is taken from the City of Skver in what is now Ukraine.
ConEdison Solutions a ” Sustainable Westchester a oeGo Toa Energy Supplier …
ConEdison Solutions which has been the default supplier selected by the Sustainable Westchester power consortium of 24 Westchester County cities and towns, including White Plains, has announced it is being purchased by Exelon, a $7 Billion energy supply firm. The purchase comes six months after ConEdison Solutions started supplying electricity to the 24 Westchester cities and towns.
Police Investigate Hit-Run, Stabbing After Suspects Flee In Port Chester
… run from the home, according to Port Chester investigators, who then called upon Rye Brook, Rye City and Westchester County police for assistance in the search. About 30 minutes later, at 3:45 a.m., Port Chester police received a call from staff at …
Gun show to return to Westchester County Center for 1st time in 4 years
In the light of the Fort Lauderdale Airport shootings, many Westchester residents are debating over whether or not this month’s gun show at the Westchester In the light of the Fort Lauderdale Airport shootings, many Westchester residents are debating over whether or not this month’s gun show at the Westchester County Center should be cancelled. WHITE PLAINS – In the light of the Fort Lauderdale Airport shootings, many Westchester residents are debating over whether or not this month’s gun show at the Westchester County Center should be cancelled.
Is ‘Hillary Clinton for mayor’ crazy talk?
If there’s any glimmer of truth to the rumors that Hillary Clinton is considering a run for mayor of New York City, it would be evidence that she might have tripped and bumped her head during one of those long walks she’s been taking in the woods of Westchester County. It’s not that she couldn’t make a credible run.
NY Post Endorses Hillary Clinton for Mayor
… also for constituents in areas far from the media spotlight.” Clinton, who lives in Chappaqua, N.Y., in Westchester County, would need to become a city resident “and spend months building ties to Gotham’s neighborhoods,” the editorial notes. “Nor …
Weather: Storm brings snow, cold temps
A winter weather advisory has been issued for Westchester, Putnam and Rockland counties as a coastal storm moves through the area. News 12 meteorologists say the snow continue throughout into the evening.
State, Federal Lawmakers React To Deal To Close Indian Point By 2021
Indian Point’s two nuclear power plants would be closed permanently by 2021 under a deal confirmed Friday by Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, who called it “a complete surprise to us” and “potentially catastrophic.” Early reaction to the proposed permanent closing of Indian Point’s nuclear reactors by 2021 has been met with a mix of shock, disappointment as well as praise.
Reports: Indian Point Nuclear Plant to Close by 2021
The aging Indian Point nuclear power plant just north of New York City will close within about four years under a deal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has long argued it should be shuttered to protect the millions of people living nearby. Under the arrangement, plant owner Entergy Corp. will shut both reactors at the Westchester County facility by April 2021.
NY Nuke Plant to be Shuttered, But Will Cuomo Turn to Dirty Gas Instead?
… on Friday. In recent years, radioactive tritium-contaminated water had been leaking from the aging Westchester County facility, which sits on the bank of the Hudson River, just 25 miles north of New York City, spurring calls for its closure from …
Weather: Snow arrives, higher totals further south
A winter weather advisory has been issued for Westchester, Putnam and Rockland counties as a coastal storm brushes by the area. News 12 meteorologists say the snow that arrived Saturday will likely continue throughout the day.
New York City Rare Bird Alert
Below is the New York City Rare Bird Alert for the week ending Friday, January 6, 2016: – RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Jan. 6, 2017 * NYNY1701.06 – Birds mentioned PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+ BARNACLE GOOSE+ ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+ TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE+ Greater White-fronted Goose ROSS’S GOOSE Cackling Goose TUNDRA SWAN Eurasian Wigeon Blue-winged Teal KING EIDER Harlequin Duck Red-necked Grebe Eared Grebe American Bittern Great Egret Tricolored Heron Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Osprey Bald Eagle Virginia Rail Sora SANDHILL CRANE DOVEKIE Razorbill Black-legged Kittiwake BLACK-HEADED GULL Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull SNOWY OWL Short-eared Owl Red-headed Woodpecker NORTHERN SHRIKE LAPLAND LONGSPUR NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Palm Warbler YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER Yellow-breasted Chat Savannah Sparrow … (more)
Weather: Snow on tap, higher totals further south
News 12 meteorologists say the snow that arrived Saturday will likely continue throughout the day. Although most of the Hudson Valley is expected to get a coating to 2 inches, part of Westchester and Putnam counties may get up to 4 inches.
Republican Legislators Offer Compromise to Save Gun Show at the…
Friday, the Board of Legislators’ Republicans submitted Legislation that would require all gun show operators who stage a gun show at any location in Westchester County to adopt the operational guidelines recommended by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. 1) All guns brought into the gun show by private sellers are tagged so that, upon exiting, the operator can determine if guns were sold and that a proper background check was performed.
This Week From Albany: Cuomo’s road show
… make $79,500 and haven’t seen a raise in 18 years. The speeches continue Tuesday on Long Island and in Westchester County and Wednesday in Syracuse and Albany – coincidentally on a day when the Legislature won’t be in town. The work has gotten off …
AP source: Aging New York nuclear plant to close by 2021
The aging Indian Point nuclear power plant just north of New York City will close within four years under a deal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has long argued it should be shuttered to protect the millions of people living nearby. Under the arrangement plant owner Entergy Corp. will shut both reactors at the Westchester County facility by April 2021.
AP source: Aging New York nuclear plant to close by 2021
The aging Indian Point nuclear power plant just north of New York City will close within about four years under a deal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has long argued it should be shuttered to protect the millions of people living nearby. Under the arrangement, plant owner Entergy Corp. will shut both reactors at the Westchester County facility by April 2021.
Staying in Tune with the Current Market
… also upped the firm’s competitive edge within the markets they serve across Connecticut, Rhode Island and Westchester County, N.Y. “The Buyside platform allows our agents to preemptively be out there with the product, with a clear sense as to which …
AP source: Aging New York nuclear plant to close by 2021
The aging Indian Point nuclear power plant just north of New York City will close within about four years under a deal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has long argued it should be shuttered to protect the millions of people living nearby. Under the arrangement, plant owner Entergy Corp. will shut both reactors at the Westchester County facility by April 2021.
Westchester Broadway Theatre to Present Free Performance for Local…
For the past 42 years, Westchester Broadway Theatre has donated a matinee performance of one of its mainstage productions each year to the children residing in the area institutions in Westchester County. This Year the children will be treated to our new musical production of “SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER”.
Aging New York nuclear plant to close by 2021, AP source says
The aging Indian Point nuclear power plant just north of New York City will close within about four years under a deal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has long argued it should be shuttered to protect the millions of people living nearby. Under the arrangement plant owner Entergy Corp. will shut both reactors at the Westchester County facility by April 2021.
Weather: Cold temps, chance of snow Saturday
There’s a chance for a dash of snow in parts of Westchester and the Hudson Valley Saturday as a storm brushes by the area. News 12 meteorologists are tracking a coastal storm that is currently expected to mostly impact areas south of the Hudson Valley region.
Report: Indian Point nuclear plant to close by 2021 in deal with NY state
… e loss of electrical generation once the plant, which supplies 25% of the power used in New York City and Westchester County, closes.