Group Visits Peekskill To Call Out Schumer On Trump Nominee Votes

Members of an ad hoc citizens group braved the soggy weather Tuesday to bring this message to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer's staff in Peekskill: "We will be watching you." According to Michelle Paolillo Lockett, a spokeswoman for Rockland United, about 15 Rockland residents and several Westchesterites, met for more than an hour with the senior senator's regional director, Allison Biasotti.

Mother, 52, Killed In Peekskill Fire ID’d

The 52-year-old Peekskill mother who died Monday during a house fire has been identified as Elizabeth Birmingham, according to Peekskill police. Birmingham was found in a first-floor bedroom in the early morning multi-house fire 930 Diven St., said Lt.

Hikers Prompts Schoolwide Lockdown In Peekskill

Two men who were taking a hike in the woods behind Woodside Elementary School on Monday, ended up causing a districtwide lockdown of Peekskill schools, according to the Peekskill Police Department. The lockout occurred around 2:15 p.m. when a staff member called the police to report that two men wearing ponchos had parked on school property, gotten out of their car with what they believed was a gun case and headed into the woods behind the school, said Lt.