On July 10, at about 2:01 p.m., the New Rochelle Police Department received a call from a male party stating a shooting had just occurred at a private residence on Fifth Avenue and that there was a single victim. New Rochelle’s SWAT team was deployed and police detectives responded to […]
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Latimer participates in Opportunity Zone roundtable
Westchester County Executive George Latimer participated in a roundtable discussion on opportunity zones in the county. The Opportunity Zones Program is a bipartisan measure of the tax reform bill passed in 2017. Opportunity zones can provide investment capital to municipalities to spur economic development by attracting new investors to distressed […]
Cuomo signs bill to protect public employees
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation on July 1 prohibiting public employers from penalizing employees who use sick leave or compensatory time to quarantine, seek medical treatment or for other absences related to a COVID-19 diagnosis or contact. “From the beginning of this national public health crisis, we have done […]
Gaynor deposition delayed by accuser’s death
On June 30, Associate New York State Supreme Court Justice Steven M. Jaeger ruled that legal proceedings against alleged sexual abuser Edwin Gaynor would be halted temporarily following last month’s death of Kevin Swayne, one of the plaintiffs in the matter. The decision came after lawyers for the Archdiocese of […]
Latimer swears in 41 new correction officers
After completing a rigorous 10-week academy, 41 new correction officers took their oaths of office today and embarked on careers at the Westchester County Department of Correction (WCDOC). Also completing the WCDOC academy training curriculum were two Yonkers detention officers who participated as part of a shared services arrangement with […]
