Sustainable Playland, the group chosen by the Astorino administration to take over Playland Park, issued a statement Thursday evening reacting to the news that Westchester Board of Legislators Chairman Ken Jenkins had sued County Executive Rob Astorino challenging the approval of the agreement. Click here for a story on the… Read More →
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino put out a press release Thursday saying he had recently sent to the Board of Legislators $27 million in capital projects. He asked for quick approval. Capital projects have been the subject of continuing battles between the administration and board, with both sides accusing the… Read More →
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino’s latest gambit in his defiance of the federal fair-housing consent decree would have the county sue the US Department of Housing and Urban Development over its threat to withhold $7.4 million in federal funding. Edgemont civic leader Robert Bernstein told Tax Watch on Sunday that… Read More →
A state Supreme Court justice has dismissed a lawsuit by the Westchester Board of Legislators against County Executive Rob Astorino over the inclusion of capital projects in the county budget. The board filed the lawsuit in July challenging Astorino’s decision to leave out of the final budget or not take… Read More →
A lawyer for the Westchester County Board of Legislators has withdrawn a lawsuit filed against County Executive Rob Astorino last September that challenged a freeze in applications to the county’s subsidized child care programs. The notice of discontinuance was dated Jan. 10. The lawsuit was the second that the board… Read More →
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino will continue his series of town hall meetings at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Eastchester. The “Ask Astorino” town hall will be at Eastchester Town Hall, 40 Mill Road. The event is billed as an effort to reach out to Westchester residents and get feedback, but… Read More →
The deal Westchester County Executive Andy O’Rourke forged to build the WestHELP homeless complex in Greenburgh came together in 1990 at the 21 Club, that swank mid-town Manhattan restaurant at a lunch meeting set up by New Rochelle radio impresario Bill O’Shaughnessy. “I remember that Andrew was a little nervous,... Read More →
The preliminary apportionment of Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino’s no-tax levy increase budget will bring tax-rate increase in 11 municipalities, and reductions in 14 others, according to the Westchester County Tax Commission. The biggest tax-rate increase comes in Rye, where county taxes will rise 7.5 percent. County taxes will drop… Read More →
The Civil Service Employees Association, Westchester’s largest union with about 3,200 members, has put out an ad against County Executive Rob Astorino’s proposed 2013 budget, which includes 126 layoffs. It says county workers were on the job around the clock after Hurricane Sandy and “They earned respect and support.” The… Read More →
Here’s a statement from Ned McCormack, communications director and senior advisor to Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, responding to the CSEA’s statement, available here, alleging that county employees have been told they cannot speak at public hearings on the 2013 budget: Employees are free to speak at public hearings. But… Read More →
