Board of Elections: On to plan B?
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Westchester Deputy County Executive Larry Schwartz says the county will move forward and look for another site for a new home for Board of Elections, after legislators defeated key bonds for a Greenburgh building purchase last night.
If Democrat Tom Abinanti, one of six ‘No’ votes, wants to have the measure reconsidered in two weeks, Schwartz said, “that’s fine.” But, “I’m done tring to work out something.”
“If you’re looking for an excuse (to vote no) then you can come up with a lot of them,” he said. “None of them are real. None of them are credible…. You need to be honest. If you don’t support the project, say you don’t support the project.”
Schwartz also said the five Republicans who did not support the deal “sold out the taxpayers” because, he contends, any other site will cost more. (Yonkers Republican legislator Bernice Spreckman was the one who joined with 10 Democrats who favored the deal.)
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Please Larry – cut the spin. Great job by the Republican legislators. The building is falling apart and has major toxic environmental problems. The county would have been foolish to buy it. Plus, Ardsley is hardly centrally located. If any building should be placed near the center of Westchester, it should be the Board of Elections. There is only one reason that the County was buying this building and that is the major campaign contributions made by the building’s owner John Halperin. This was a sweetheart deal for a major campaign contributor – nothing more, nothing less. Thanks to the 6 legislators that voted no, the County will now be forced to go out and find a site that has a better location with a building in better condition. The taxpayers will be thanking the Republican legislators in the long run.
Boy, Bob is right on target. We don’t need anymore buildings
that needs 7 million dollars in improvements. It is not even on a good bus route. You have to transfer in White Plains from Down County. Horray for the six legislators that blocked it. Now do more looking for buildings with less environmental problems and better location.
Think of Westchester Voters.
No building unless they also get new employees. The corrupt pimps there now must go.
You are kidding. Any other building will cost between 16-20 million. That means a new cost to taxpayers of at least 3 million dollars.
The people that need access to the Board of Elections all drive – period. Petitions and all the other things that a Board visit requires could be handled at the post office.