Lawler, Local Officials Ramp Up Opposition to Hochul’s Housing Plan
Congressman Mike Lawler (R-Pearl River) blasted Gov. Kathy Hochul for preparing to press forward with her proposed housing plan that he and other officials have charged would irreparably damage many of...
View ArticleLongtime Cop to Challenge Fulgenzi for Supervisor in Mt. Pleasant
Mount Pleasant Supervisor Carl Fulgenzi and Councilwoman Danielle Zaino are running for re-election later this year but Councilman Jerry Schulman has decided to bow out and forego seeking re-election....
View ArticleMt. Pleasant Seeks Stiffer Penalties for Stores Selling Cannabis Products
Mount Pleasant officials are weighing a new local law that would impose harsher penalties against retail establishments that sell cannabis products in town after two convenience stores were recently...
View ArticleToll Brothers’ Thornwood Proposal to Be Age-Restricted Townhomes
Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers has agreed that a 162-unit townhouse project at the Legion of Christ property in Thornwood would be an age-restricted project and that all full-time residents must be...
View ArticleTwo Construction Workers Injured in Hawthorne Crane Collapse
Investigators from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA) continue to probe the cause of last Friday’s crane collapse at the site of what will be the new Amazon warehouse on Route 9A...
View ArticleProposed Cluster Subdivision DEIS Blasted in Mt. Pleasant
Opponents of a controversial 31-lot cluster subdivision proposal in an environmentally sensitive area near Pocantico Lake harshly criticized the applicant’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)...
View ArticleCounty Police Arrest Three Suspects on Taconic; Seize Gun, Narcotics
Westchester County police took three teenage suspects into custody last Wednesday night on the Taconic State Parkway after the vehicle they were traveling in had been reported stolen in Yonkers a...
View ArticleMt. Pleasant Democratic Committee: Development Has ‘Run Wild’
The Mount Pleasant Democratic Committee charged last week that the current town administration has permitted out-of-control development threatening the town environmentally and angering a broad swath...
View ArticleMount Pleasant Ponders Public-Private Partnership for Senior Housing
The Town of Mount Pleasant is exploring the potential of entering into a public-private partnership to build a roughly 20-unit apartment building for seniors on a small piece of land behind the...
View ArticleMount Pleasant Urges State to Close JCCA Campus, Citing Violent Incidents
Mount Pleasant officials on Wednesday demanded that New York State close JCCA’s Westchester campus after an escalating number of serious police calls have raised safety concerns for youth, staff and...
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