The manager of a company that provides solid waste removal and recyclables processing for Westchester County and the company itself were arraigned on July 6 on charges related to the filing of false financial data with Kroll Associates, a monitor overseeing the company’s contract with the county, Westchester District Attorney […]
On July 10, at about 2:01 p.m., the New Rochelle Police Department received a call from a male party stating a shooting had just occurred at a private residence on Fifth Avenue and that there was a single victim. New Rochelle’s SWAT team was deployed and police detectives responded to […]
Westchester County Executive George Latimer participated in a roundtable discussion on opportunity zones in the county. The Opportunity Zones Program is a bipartisan measure of the tax reform bill passed in 2017. Opportunity zones can provide investment capital to municipalities to spur economic development by attracting new investors to distressed […]
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation on July 1 prohibiting public employers from penalizing employees who use sick leave or compensatory time to quarantine, seek medical treatment or for other absences related to a COVID-19 diagnosis or contact. “From the beginning of this national public health crisis, we have done […]
After completing a rigorous 10-week academy, 41 new correction officers took their oaths of office today and embarked on careers at the Westchester County Department of Correction (WCDOC). Also completing the WCDOC academy training curriculum were two Yonkers detention officers who participated as part of a shared services arrangement with […]
