Month: January 2017

Astorino: ‘Secret Deal’ To Shut Indian Point ‘Potentially Catastrophic’

Indian Point’s two active nuclear power plants will close by April 2021 under a deal confirmed Friday by Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, who called the secret deal “a complete surprise to us” and “potentially catastrophic.” Astorino, a Republican, said that neither Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, nor the plants’ New Orleans-based owner, Entergy, informed him, or the municipalities most affected about the plan.

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.

Report: Entergy makes deal with NY to shut down Indian Point nuke by 2021

The Indian Point nuclear plant in Westchester County will shut down by April 2021 under an agreement New York State reached this week with Entergy Corp., The New York Times reported today. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who worked hard to save Entergy’s unprofitable FitzPatrick plant from shutting down, has pushed equally hard to close its profitable sister plant at Indian Point, which he criticized as inherently unsafe because of its proximity to New York City.

Your Scorecard for the Robert Durst Trial

… two $25,000 checks shortly before her death. That was around the same time he found out that police in Westchester County, New York, had reopened the investigation of Kathie Durst’s disappearance . Durst has said that Berman told him detectives had …

Monroe College Names Marc M. Jerome President

… Alumni Relations Committee at the Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, NJ, and is a board member of the Westchester County Association, as well as the Association of Proprietary Colleges. He graduated magna cum laude from Tufts University with a …

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.

County Will Vote January 9 on Banning Gun Shows From County Property: Boykin

Labor/Parks/Planning/Housing, and Public Safety & Social Services committees voted to recommend that the full Board of Legislators hold a vote on ID# 9417 , an act amending the Laws of Westchester County to prohibit participation in a gun show on County-owned property. This Act was first proposed by Legislator Ken Jenkins in 2010 and has since been sponsored by every member of the Democratic caucus.

Former Westchester Police Officer Back In Court For Quadruple Homicide

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. Nicholas Tartaglione, the former Briarcliff Manor police officer turned alleged drug conspirator was back in federal court on Thursday after being arrested and charged with quadruple homicide. Last month, United States Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara announced that the 49-year-old Tartaglione had been charged in a five-count indictment for his participation in a drug conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and for the murders of four men, all of whom lived in Middletown in Orange County.

New York’s New Minimum Wage Goes Into Effect

… wage up for some workers and down for others. For upstate New York — everything north and west of Westchester County — these are some of the exceptions: — Fast food workers now get a minimum wage of $10.75 per hour — but only if their employer …

Weather Update: Cold today, snow tonight

A cold blustery day in the Hudson Valley today will be topped off by snow across much of the region overnight. News 12 Meteorologist Brysen Van Eck says temperatures will feel like they are in the 20s for most of the day today because of a 15 mph wind.

Urban Edge Properties Acquires Interests in Yonkers Gateway Center in Yonkers, NY

The center benefits from a highly visible location along Central Park Avenue, a primary retail corridor in Westchester County, and is anchored by exceptionally productive retailers including Burlington Coat Factory, Best Buy, DSW, PetSmart and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. UE obtained the interests in a $51.7 million transaction whereby the land owner received 1.8 million operating partnership units valued at $48.8 million and $2.9 million in cash.

NY estimates $3.7B loss from Obamacare repeal

… the percentage of uninsured New Yorkers in half, from 10 percent to 5 percent. Cuomo’s office estimated Westchester County has 91,844 enrolles who could lose insurance if the repeal is adopted, as well as 38,526 in Rockland and 7,000 in Putnam …

Q&A: Time to re-up your NY pistol permit

… the normal county-level costs still apply. The state’s re-certification process doesn’t apply to those in Westchester County, New York City and on Long Island, which had already required pistol license holders to periodically re-up prior to the SAFE …

Democratic County Legislators Say DONa T Sell Your Guns on County PROPERTYa “Legislation Up Jan 9

Democrats on the Legislation, Labor/Parks/Planning/Housing, and Public Safety & Social Services committees voted to recommend that the full Board of Legislators vote on ID# 9417, an act amending the Laws of Westchester County to prohibit participation in a gun show on County-owned property. This Act was first proposed by Legislator Ken Jenkins in 2010 and has since been sponsored by every member of the Democratic caucus.

Charitable Support Hits Home For Somers Realtor

… mission with her college. SOMERS, N.Y. — Lin Crispinelli devotes significant time to charity work in Westchester County. The Somers resident and Houlihan Lawrence Realtor finds the work rewarding, but there are also times of profound sadness and …

Nanny cracked skull of star’s baby

… an immediate panic attack – my heart races and tears spring to my eyes.” Eva, who lives in New York’s Westchester County with husband sports broadcaster Kyle Martino, no longer has a night nurse and cares for her two children by herself. She uses …

Search On For Northern Westchester Teen Missing Since Dec. 11

Authorities in Westchester County, New York City and elsewhere are searching for a 15-year-old Ossining girl missing for more than three weeks. Shilah Carter, whose is to celebrate her 16th birthday on Jan. 8, is believed to have run away on Dec. 11, according to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services .