Sunday, May 5, 2024
The Fair Housing Justice Center has filed a lawsuit against the town of Eastchester, alleging that the town’s Section 8 housing choice voucher program’s preference for town residents is discriminatory against African-American and Hispanic applicants. The housing choice voucher program allows low-income, elderly and disabled individuals or families to find […]
Starting Jan. 1, 2017, Stuart Rabin will join the Eastchester Board of Fire Commissioners as its newest elected official. On Tuesday, Dec. 13, Rabin won the fire district’s annual election against the incumbent commissioner, Jerry Napolitano, by a margin of 655 votes to 396, according to results compiled by the […]
The Eastchester Fire District has come to terms with the firefighters’ union on a new five-year contract, which guarantees annual salary increases and concludes an arbitration case which could have cost the district as much as $7 million. The contract, which spans from Jan. 1, 2015 to Dec. 31, 2019, […]
Emma Fox’s Dec. 6 court date was adjourned, and the Rye resident is now due to reappear in White Plains City Court after the holidays, on Jan. 6. Fox, 24, is being charged in the death of a 21-year-old Manhattanville College student in October. She has been charged with an […]
SUNY Purchase has applied for state funding to establish a program aimed at preventing underage drinking and substance abuse on campus, college officials said. According to Betsy Aldredge, a spokeswoman for the college, the Purchase-located school is seeking state funding administered through the New York state Office of Alcoholism and […]
