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Latimer announces proposed 2021 capital budget

Westchester County Executive George Latimer has sent to the Westchester County Board of Legislators the 2021 Proposed County Capital Budget.  This is the third proposed budget of the Latimer administration. The 2021 Capital Budget proposes an additional $231.8 million in new appropriations.  This includes: $138.8 million for the general fund, […]

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Return of in-store retail ramps up Phase 2

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s temperatures rise, the rush to get outdoors is palpable. And that was evident on just the first day of Westchester’s second phase of its economic reopening. On Tuesday, June 9, the Mid-Hudson Region, which includes Westchester County, started its second of a four-phase reopening plan designed by New York […]

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Phase 1: Westchester enters ‘new normal’

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]estchester County began what many believe to be a “new normal” on May 26. Tuesday marked the first day a subset of non-essential businesses—construction and manufacturing, in particular—could resume operations injecting a boon into the Westchester economy. “We’re getting back to the new normal in terms of our business and […]

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Mid-Hudson OK’d to reopen region, economy

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter more than two months battling the deleterious effects of COVID-19, Westchester County took its first steps toward restarting the economy on Tuesday. The county, part of the Mid-Hudson Valley region, began “Phase One” of a reopening plan developed by New York State termed “NY Forward.” The May 26 phased […]