The Mamaroneck Union Free School District will hold a meeting tonight on how to best handle a student body size that has ballooned throughout the past eight years. Specifically, the meeting will kickstart the beginning stages of forming a task force to help assess the options for accommodating the school […]
Month: January 2018
Cuomo sets date for special elections in Senate
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a date to fill two pivotal state Senate seats, including Westchester County Executive George Latimer’s vacant 37th Senate District seat. The Cuomo administration has set April 24 as the date for the special election, in which state Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, a Democrat, is vying for […]
Cuomo issues REOI for Long Island Sound tunnel
After announcing his plan to pursue a Long Island Sound tunnel at this year’s state of the state address, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, has taken more steps to make the idea come to fruition by soliciting private proposals. On Jan. 26, the state Department of Transportation, DOT, issued a […]
Latimer signs executive order on chaplains
Westchester County Executive George Latimer, a Democrat, will increase scrutiny on hiring police chaplains after a federal probe into corruption. An executive order signed last week will require chaplains to be active clergy members and also live in Westchester County comes as a response to a federal probe into whether […]
State firefighters association endorses Mayer for Senate
State Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer has picked up an endorsement from the New York State Professional Fire Fighters Association, NYSPFFA, in her bid for Westchester County Executive George Latimer’s vacant Senate seat. Mayer, a Democrat, said she was “so proud to receive the [NYSPFFA] endorsement,” announcing the news on Twitter on […]