… discussing the legislation to ban gun shows being staged on county property. Photograph, courtesy, Westchester County Board of Legislators “Ten years ago this month, my beloved younger brother Martin was shot and killed in the stairwell of a public …
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Charitable Support Hits Home For Northern Westchester 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 …
Off-duty cop accused of driving drunk in crash that killed pal :0
… Monday morning accident in White Plains that claimed the life of 27-year-old Isaac Ward. David Chong, the Westchester County city’s public safety commissioner, says Kyreakedes had a blood-alcohol content of 0.23 percent when he crashed his Jeep into …
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.
Westchester Legislators Move A Step Closer To Banning Gun Shows
Michael Kaplowitz, D-Somers, who is chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators, said he learned about next month’s firearms show at the County Center from this sign. A committee of the BOL’s voted Tuesday to ban gun shows on county land.
New Rochelle Firefighters Battle Blazing Boats On New Year’s Day
… itional fire damage. Marine Units from the New Rochelle Police Department, New Rochelle Harbor Master and Westchester County Police Department assisted at the scene. Firefighters had the flames knocked down
K9 Unit Called In To Assist Scarsdale Police Home Burglary Investigation
A K9 Unit from the Westchester County Police Department was called into Scarsdale last week, as police investigated a home break-in. Shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 27, police were dispatched to Church Lane when a burglary alarm was activated.
21st Anniversary Memorial Planned For Pleasantville Stabbing Victim
… 117). Coverage of an earlier tribute can be found by clicking here. While there are suspects in the Westchester County murder case, according to law enforcement officials, no one has been charged with the brutal slaying. Dorr was feeding wild …
Off-duty NY officer charged with drunk driving in fatal crash
… Monday morning accident in White Plains that claimed the life of 27-year-old Isaac Ward. David Chong, the Westchester County city’s public safety commissioner, says Kyreakedes had a blood-alcohol content of 0.23 percent when he crashed his Jeep into …
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 …
Off-duty NY officer charged in crash that killed passenger
… Monday morning accident in White Plains that claimed the life of 27-year-old Isaac Ward. David Chong, the Westchester County city’s public safety commissioner, says Kyreakedes had a blood-alcohol content of 0.23 percent when he crashed his Jeep into …
Cuomo creates 200-member task force to ensure wage goes up
… minimum wage – formerly $9 outside of New York City – is now $9.70 in upstate; $10 on Long Island and in Westchester County; and $11 in New York City (or $10.50 for small businesses, defined as 10 employees or fewer). The governor, flanked at his …
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 .
Governor Cuomo Signs School District Budget Transparency…
… Editor (914) 997-1607 wpcnr@aol.com Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed Assemblyman David Buchwald’s (D-Westchester County) legislation to provide more financial transparency in school districts. This law was proposed by S tate Comptroller Thomas P. …
Mount Vernon basketball star killed by a stray bullet
… on New Year’s Eve while she was in the car with three family members Students at the Graham School in Westchester County spent the first day of the new year mourning the loss of the young basketball star A 13-year-old girl was killed in broad …
Pelham Marches Into World War I in 1917
… declared war against the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Within days of the nation’s entry into the war, the Westchester County Commission of General Safety’s “Committee on Enrollment for Military Service” began calling for local men to enter into the …
Westchester couple rings in 2017 with birth of son
As residents across Westchester County were ringing in the New Year, one couple was welcomed a little bundle of joy into the world. Proud parents, Monica and Michael Sheehy arrived at the hospital early Saturday.
Port Chester Can Collect Bed Tax As Governor Signs Hotel-Motel Tax Into Law
… legislation passed in June. The 3 percent “bed tax” was signed into law Saturday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. — Just before the Jan. 1 deadline, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a new hotel and motel tax into law for 14 Westchester County …
Hudson Valley Holding Corp. (HVB) Upgraded at Sandler O’Neill
… Hudson Valley Bank, N.A. (HVB or the Bank), a national banking association. HVB has 17 branch offices in Westchester County, New York, four in Manhattan, New York, four in Bronx County, New York, two in Rockland County, New York, and one in Kings …
Michael Skakel’s lawyer pleased court said he didn’t do lousy job
… He has been out of prison on a $1.2 million bond and has been living with an elderly relative in Bedford, Westchester County.
Cuomo acts on 23 bills; indigent legal services bill still awaits
… is taken, it will age into law. Among the bills approved by the governor were various occupancy taxes for Westchester County municipalities, which the governor vetoed last year. In his approval message, Cuomo wrote that the Legislature “has agreed …
Cops: Jumper at Bear Mountain Bridge believed to be ex-Ramapo councilman
… vehicle registered to Friedman, who lives in Monsey, was found on the shoulder of State Route 9D on the Westchester County side of the bridge. A search of the Hudson River in the vicinity of the bridge Friday was unsuccessful. The search was …
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 …
By Returning To Farming’s Roots, He Found His American Dream
… story. David Fisher grew up in the suburbs north of New York City, in the village of Pleasantville, in Westchester County. He spent summers at a rustic camp in the Adirondacks. “You could only get there by boat, you couldn’t drive there,” Fisher …
Victim, Suspect ID’d In Fatal Westchester Stabbing
… in the first degree and arraigned by a New Rochelle City Court Judge. She was remanded to the Westchester County Jail. There are no suspects at large and the participants were in a relationship with each other. This Incident continues to be actively …
New Rochelle Woman Charged in Fatal Stabbing of Boyfriend
… egree manslaughter, police said. She was arraigned in New Rochelle City Court Friday and remanded back to Westchester County Jail.
Somers Teen Charged With Arson, Burglary Of North Salem Home
… police found the broken kitchen window, and fire damage to the interior. With an assist from the Westchester County Fire Cause and Origin Team, police were able to determine that a “flammable accelerant was spread in several areas of the home.” …
New Year’s Eve Ball Drops Early In 1st Celebration At Kensico Dam
… Iapozzuto, the Bell Arte Performance Group and pianist Ayesha Goveas The 8 p.m. ball drop will be led by Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, according to organizers, who said a “five-minute, exciting pyrotechnic show” will take place …
Woman Questioned Following Fatal Overnight Stabbing In New Rochelle
… s are at large. The New Rochelle Police Department are investigating the stabbing with an assist from the Westchester County Medical Examiner’s Office. Anyone with information about the incident can contact detectives at (914) 654-2270.
Mount Vernon Christmas Day Shooter Due Back In Court
… second-degree murder charge in Mount Vernon City Court on Monday and has been held without bail at the Westchester County Jail since he was apprehended. Hillary had been arrested twice in the past for a pair of shooting incidents, and was reportedly …
Police: Englewood woman struck pedestrian in Bergenfield1 hour, 23 minutes | Crime
… the light turned green and Thomas “proceeded and struck the victim,” Rabboh said. Earlier this month, a Westchester County, N.Y. woman was also issued summonses after she struck a pedestrian in a crosswalk only a few blocks from Thursday’s incident.
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 …
LI minimum wage hike to $10 an hour Dec. 31 spurs hope, fear
… wage, will get a pay raise on December 31. The new minimum wage is $10 an hour on Long Island and in Westchester County, up from a statewide minimum of $9 an hour in 2016. And while business owners are only required to provide raises to employees …
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.
White Plains preps for New Year’s Eve ball drop
… king and driving. The company is offering a complimentary ride home to anywhere in White Plains or across Westchester County from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. from the corner of East Post Road and Mamaroneck Avenue.
New York Increases Minimum Salary Level for Some Exempt Employees
… the calendar year, and $787.50 per week for employers who employ 10 or fewer people. In Long Island and Westchester County, the threshold will be $750.00 for all employers. For the remainder of the state, the threshold will be $727.50 per week. …
Tuckahoe Among Villages Awaiting Governor’s Signature On Hotel-Motel Tax
… passed in June. The 3 percent “bed tax” awaits Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s approval by Dec. 31, or will expire. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. — For a second straight year, state lawmakers and elected officials from 15 communities are lobbying Gov. Andrew Cuomo …