Category: Tarrytown, NY

Lowey Meets With Leaders About Anti-Semitic Threats Against Jewish Centers

From left, JCC Rockland CEO David Kirschtel; Congresswoman Nita Lowey; JCC of Mid-Westchester Executive Director Karen Kolodny; and JCC On The Hudson Executive Director Frank Hassid at Monday’s roundtable discussion on bomb threats against JCCs. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. — Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey , Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, Monday hosted a roundtable discussion with local Jewish leaders at the Jewish Community Center on the Hudson in Tarrytown to discuss the wave of 120 bomb threats made against JCCs and Jewish schools across the country.

Jewish Americans have cause to worry

… n our society. Nadler represents parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn, Engel represents parts of the Bronx and Westchester County, and Lowey represents parts of Westchester and Rockland counties in the U.S. House of Representatives.

JCC Bomb Threats Hit Close To Home For Scarsdale Assemblywoman

Hate hit close to home for some local Westchester County politicians , as a pair of Hudson Valley Jewish community centers were among more than a dozen forced to evacuate throughout the country after being targeted by bomb threats. Shortly after 9 a.m. on Monday, the Jewish Community Center on the Hudson was evacuated in Tarrytown, when a bomb threat was made, Police Lt.

Westchester Members Encouraged To #AskAstorino Anything

With rising tensions over immigration, discrimination and deportation, Monday evening’s “Ask Astorino” Town Hall meeting is expected to diverge from Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino’s planned agenda. The Feb. 27 town hall meeting begins at 7 p.m. at White Plains City Hall at 255 Main St. According to his press spokesmen, Astorino plans to give a 20-minute overview of his annual budget designed to “provide tax relief, preserve essential services and promote economic development.”

Westchester Members Encouraged To ‘Ask Astorino’ Anything

With rising tensions over immigration, discrimination and deportation, Monday evening’s “Ask Astorino” Town Hall meeting is expected to diverge from Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino’s planned agenda. The Feb. 27 town hall meeting begins at 7 p.m. at White Plains City Hall at 255 Main St. According to his press spokesmen, Astorino plans to give an update on his annual budget designed to “provide tax relief, preserve essential services and promote economic development.”

Bomb threats at New Rochelle, Tarrytown JCCs

… Tarrytown police were called to the facility at 371 S. Broadway at 9:13 a.m., Sgt. James Kovacs said. Westchester County police said they sent their bomb squad and cleared the scene at 10:55 a.m. “My office has been in contact with local police and …

Monika Wojcik has been appointed General Manager at Holiday Inn Express Manhattan Midtown West in New York – NY, USA

Wojcik, a 12-year hospitality industry veteran who has managed hotels in Westchester County and elsewhere in upstate New York, will oversee the hotel’s operations, sales, marketing, security, maintenance, housekeeping and accounting. Wojcik joins M&R Hotel Management from the Hampton Inn White Plains/Tarrytown in Elmsford, New York, where she was general manager from 2015-2016.

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… which reported that his previous experience includes work in Yonkers, Rye Brook, Pelham and the Westchester County Executive’s Office. Mamaroneck officials said they will begin interviewing candidates to fill Slingerland’s position as soon as …

Hundreds March In Westchester For Unity, Against Trump Immigration Ban

Participants in the #Unity10591 march were reacting to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, including the ordering of a wall between the United States and Mexico, the suspension of resettling Syrian refugees and banning people from Syria. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – A march to show solidarity for immigrants drew hundreds of people to Sleepy Hollow on Sunday.

Astorino Names Three ‘Major’ Cuomo ‘Fake News’ Stories In Tarrytown Speech

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino said 2017 has begun with plenty of “fake news coming out of Albany” as outlined in this week’s State of the State speeches by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. During his eighth annual speech to the Westchester County Association on Thursday morning at the Westchester Marriott, Astorino said, “Our first breakfast was way back in 2010; the good old days when hacking meant a bad cough, Hillary Clinton’s server was a waiter with a tray, and a Russian leak was something you did after a few vodkas, on your way to catch a train.”

Retail complex sold for $66M

Mohawk Commons, the Niskayuna retail complex, has been sold for $66 million to a national operator of open-air shopping centers. DLC Management Corp. of Tarrytown, Westchester County, acquired the property in a joint venture with DRA Advisors LLC. Mohawk Commons was purchased from Ohio-based DDR Corp. as part of a portfolio of 16 shopping centers, all but one of them in New York state.

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.

Array Of TV, Movie Productions In Westchester Reach New Heights In 2016

“The Girl on the Train,” “Homeland,” “The Americans,” and “Madam Secretary” were just a few hot films and television shows that chose Westchester County as a favorite spot to film during 2016, according to Westchester County Tourism & Film. A long sought after location for its beauty, accessibility, and affordability, Westchester had a filming boom this year, which, according to County Executive Robert P. Astorino, is largely due to the area’s location and the county’s film location services.