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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
A $135 million school budget will continue staff cuts while looking to override a state-imposed tax levy cap by about $2 million, increasing the hurdles for its passage from a regular majority vote to a super majority of 60 percent. Throughout the past decade, staff sizes districtwide have reduced from […]
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino’s plan to sue the state over an imminent shutdown of Indian Point is facing stark opposition from county lawmakers, who are less eager to challenge a deal struck by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, earlier this year. After Astorino, a Republican, announced that he would […]
The Rye Neck Union Free School District superintendent presented a proposed budget that would add new instructional staff positions while decreasing overall spending. With a $233,985 decrease in spending, the school district’s preliminary budget for the 2017-2018 school year will still allocate money to add 6.1 full-time positions and also […]
Westchester County and a Connecticut-based developer have signed a long-term lease to develop a $1.2 billion, 3-million-square-foot biotech center in Valhalla. The county Board of Legislators voted unanimously to sign the lease giving the developer, Fareri Associates, leasing rights to a 60-acre property adjacent to a 20-acre, Fareri-owned property in […]
As a way to support first responders’ efforts, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a plan to fund and improve local police departments’ emergency communication systems. The plan, announced on March 29, calls for awarding $45 million to counties statewide to upgrade critical technology and police emergency communication systems to help […]
