With the Mamaroneck Town Council mulling a ban on firearm possession on town property, gun rights activists in Westchester County say they are ready to sue. According to Scott Sommavilla, the president of the Westchester Firearms Association who will be attending a public hearing on Jan. 18, after press time, […]

Concluding a recent three-day tour across New York state to deliver State of the State addresses, Gov. Andrew Cuomo—while speaking in the state’s capital region—announced plans for ethics reforms which included aspirations to impose term limits on state lawmakers. Foregoing the traditional approach, Cuomo gave six regional addresses in three […]

A longstanding debate over the reinstatement of a ban on gun shows at county-owned facilities boiled back to the surface this week after legislation from the Westchester County Board of Legislators’ Democratic caucus lurched forward. The legislation, which passed a joint vote held by the Board of Legislators’ committees on […]

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, alongside U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, unveiled a proposal on Jan. 3 to provide free tuition for income-eligible residents statewide at SUNY colleges and universities. The plan, to be known as the Excelsior Scholarship, will cost approximately $163 million a year once the program is fully […]

Four days before a court-imposed deadline, Westchester County has met and exceeded the core obligations of its 2009 settlement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD, county officials said. During a Dec. 27 press conference, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican, announced that the county had […]