Irene's destruction was so widespread that some officials are worried about their communities getting a fair share of state and federal disaster relief funding.
Scott Altabet, LCSW, comes to the Harrison Youth Council with a mission of ensuring that young people have the resources they need to avoid addictions and fulfill their potential.
Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced substantial increases in the amounts local governments and school districts must shell out next year to cover employee pensions. With little left to cut, property tax increases may be the only solution in some places.
A Yonkers resident is recovering from the illness.
The new plan would increase drainage, raise the high school's parking lot, while expanding the project but also creating some savings.
The Municipal Services Committee heard representatives from Creighton Manning propose a plan to get traffic moving and reduce accidents.
New City resident is a former town finance director in Rockland County.
Oder forces hand; deal allows Village some control over construction and usage, sells Village property.
14 charged in connection with bogus deals Involving more than 100 home; 5 loan officers and 5 attorneys among those charged.
The Planning Board will forward potential legislation to the Board of Trustees to comply with HUD agreement with County, and also adopted a new wetlands map.
The deadline to apply for a federal program that will provide interest-free loans to struggling homeowners is Friday.
The Scarsdale Forum's Non-Partisan Procedure Committee has outlined various proposed changes to the village's non-partisan system, but critics say that the secretive nominating process should be overhauled.
Last night, the School Board sped through routine and exceptional business, new members took their places and a new president held sway.
Westchester County Rent Guidelines Board voted five to two to raise rents on rent stabilized apartments under the Emergency Tenant Protection Act.
The school's tax rate will remain the same.
Rising pension costs have drawn ire from school districts and municipalities.
Jonathan Ballan, a New York-based attorney who lives in Scarsdale, hopes to apply both his legal and financial perspectives to his new role as MTA Board member.
NYS Senators Greg Ball and Lee Zeldin presented their plan to phase-out the MTA payroll tax during a press conference in Yorktown on Wednesday.
Attorney Jonathan Ballan, a Scarsdale resident, has been approved by Governor Cuomo to serve a six-year term as a member of the MTA.
Planning Board work session weighs wording of court-compelled ordinance.
Senator Suzi Oppenheimer's office announced that $111,280 would be awarded in grant money for the library.
The 2011 Westchester Legislative Breakfast gathered elected officials from all levels of government at the Jewish Community Center of Harrison on Sunday. Seventy local young people were honored for their service in and around the Gulf Coast region.
Congresswoman says small businesses should have protections given individuals last year
Though elections in Scarsdale are rarely contested, this year two write-in candidates for mayor and trustee received nearly a third of all votes. Could this be a sign that the Village's traditional non-party candidate nominating process is in jeopardy?
In this interview, the Village’s recently elected figurehead speaks out on taxes, the countywide affordable housing mandate and the reason why she became mayor.
The Village of Scarsdale has received 19 proposals to a request for a survey of its historic properties. The survey could help create a clearer framework for defining what makes a home historically relevant.
Miriam Levitt-Flisser was elected as Scarsdale's new mayor after 1,022 votes were cast in yesterday's elections.
Here's all the information you need for today's elections for mayor and Village trustee.
Last night’s S.N.A.P. meeting discussed Heathcote Five Corners and the Village Budget, among other subjects.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood spoke at a press conference Monday morning about distracted driving, which he says is becoming a life-threatening epidemic.
A new contract agreement was received by the Scarsdale Board of Trustees just before its Tueday night meeting. It has been referred to committee for review before a vote before the entire Board.
Last month a package of new laws took effect that regulate the tanning industry. But local tanning salon owners say they have been unfairly targeted in what amounts to a money-making scheme by the state.
Many of the proposed cuts will come in the form of staff layoffs and reductions in health and human services.
Read the settlement between Westchester County and the Anti-Discrimination Center that mandated 750 new affordable housing units—and set off a chain of local government reactions.
Scarsdale, willy-nilly, is part of the county's plan to meet federal requirements for affordable housing. Now the village board's Law Committee begins to review the county's controversial implementation plan.
Voters discuss what they think of the coming tax hike, and the first contested election in two decades.
The election results are in - and an overwhelming majority voted for Suzanne Seiden to take over the empty seat on the Scarsdale Board of Education starting in July.
The two school board candidates running for the same seat had their final word last night in a public discussion with the Scarsdale Neighborhood Association Presidents, but a renegade run for School Board stirs local doubts in a one-party system.
Things to consider on tomorrow, election day.
20-year Scarsdale resident Bob Cohen is the GOP's pick to run against 26-year State Senator Suzi Oppenheimer; he sat down with Patch to talk about taxes, ethics, and the folly of career politicians.