Category: US Governors

Jewish community centers remain on high alert

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered state police to join the FBI and local police to investigate bomb threats at the JCC of Mid-Westchester in Scarsdale and the JCC on the Hudson in Tarrytown on Monday. Both community centers, which have nursey schools, were evacuated.

Governor Cuomo Orders Investigation into Bomb Threats Against Jewish Community Centers in NYS

Governor Cuomo: "Today we witnessed another round of bomb threats, this time directed at Jewish Community Centers in Tarrytown, Staten Island, New Rochelle, and Plainview...." Governor Cuomo: "Make no mistake: these anti-Semitic attacks are assaults on all New Yorkers and I vow that we will do everything in our power to catch those responsible for this wave of hate crimes." Albany, NY - February 27, 2017 - "Today we witnessed another round of bomb threats, this time directed at Jewish Community Centers in Tarrytown, Staten Island, New Rochelle, and Plainview , which appear to be part of a recent wave of threats against JCCs in New York and across the country.

Astorino Blames Cuomo For Indian Point Closure, Saying ‘The Joke’s On Us’

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino said the closing of Indian Point in Buchanan is typical behavior from Governor Andrew Cuomo. Astorino, who unsuccessfully challenged Cuomo in 2014, held a press conference in Tarrytown at the Double Tree on Monday following Entergy's press conference of its own at the hotel to confirm it was closing the nuclear power plant in 2020 and 2021.

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.

Tappan Zee, a critical link in Northeast, hits milestone

Work continues on the new Tappan Zee Bridge near Tarrytown, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. The $4 billion bridge replacement is of the biggest infrastructure efforts currently underway in the U.S. TARRYTOWN, N.Y. - The concrete needed for New York's new, $4 billion Tappan Zee Bridge, under construction over the Hudson River, would be enough to make a 1,500-mile sidewalk reaching all the way to Florida's Key West.

8 towers are milestone for Tappan Zee Bridge

A span on the new Tappan Zee Bridge, foreground, awaits completion while motorists continue to use the older bridge, background, near Tarrytown, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. The $4 billion bridge replacement, one of the biggest infrastructure efforts currently underway in the U.S. ORG XMIT: NYSW101 less A span on the new Tappan Zee Bridge, foreground, awaits completion while motorists continue to use the older bridge, background, near Tarrytown, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016.

Watch at 10 a.m.: Cuomo makes New NY Bridge announcement

Gov. Andrew Cuomo will appear in Tarrytown at 10 a.m. to make an announcement at the site of the New NY Bridge project. Cuomo has been touting infrastructure projects over the past week, observing progress on the Second Avenue subway project and promising to keep on the Dec. 31 deadline for the project.