The housing monitor who was appointed to oversee Westchester County’s compliance with a 2009 affordable housing settlement before resigning in August 2016 will run in New Jersey’s Democratic primary this year, seeking the nomination to run for governor in November. James Johnson, a former federal prosecutor who also served in […]
Politics
Village votes to restrict mayor’s powers
Two controversial public referendums altering Republican Mayor Norman Rosenblum’s powers of appointment passed overwhelmingly amid a wave of Democratic voter turnout across the village of Mamaroneck on Tuesday night. The referendums—one altering the mayor’s appointment to zoning and planning boards, and the other his sole power to appoint a village […]
Latimer bests Killian to hold onto Senate seat
In a battle of neighbors, New York state Sen. George Latimer held on to his 37th District seat after a contentious campaign against Republican Julie Killian. As polls closed at 9 p.m. on Nov. 8, some Latimer supporters started to trickle into Rosa’s La Scarbitta Ristorante on Halstead Avenue in […]
Democrats score sizable victory, retain board majority
Village of Mamaroneck incumbent Trustee Leon Potok and newly elected trustees Keith Waitt and Victor Tafur came out victorious in what turned out to be an indisputable election with political control of the village at stake. The scene at Bar’Lees Wine & Whisky Bar on Mamaroneck Avenue, which served as […]
Latimer and Killian debate centers on Albany reform
Two candidates for New York state Senate in Westchester’s 37th District continue to court undecided voters in a series of scheduled debates leading up to Election Day. At the Harrison Public Library on Monday, Oct. 17, in front of residents from across the county, incumbent state Sen. George Latimer, a […]