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Yonkers City Councilman John Murtagh, who is running against state Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, has joined the ranks of those supporting a cap on school property taxes.

“A cap is needed to ensure property taxpayers get genuine relief, rather than getting short-changed by local [...]

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So which local party organization nabbed the better speaker?

Westchester Conservatives had state party chief Michael Long address its annual fundraising reception, while the county’s Republican Committee has former White House Press Secretary — and Westchester native — Ari Fleischer give [...]

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The Westchester County board’s Committee on Internal Controls and Procedures — which was created in the wake of the Gary Kriss controversy — holds its second meeting Wednesday morning and, according to Chairman Ken Jenkins, will begin looking at how [...]

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The news breaking from the Westchester County Courthouse this hour is that former Mount Mount Police Officer George Bubaris has been acquitted on all charges in the death of Rene Javier Perez, a homeless Guatemalan immigrant found dying on a country road last year.

The jury’s [...]

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Rep. Nita Lowey, during an appearance in White Plains this morning, said she harbors no bitterness over the outcome of the Democratic primary battle and intends to work as hard for Barack Obama as she did for Hillary [...]

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Assembyman Greg Ball, who is facing a revolt from within the Putnam GOP, can at least claim the support of rifle and pistol owners.

In a press release sent last night, Ball announced that he was named the 2008 New York State [...]

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Gov. David Paterson’s office just issued the following statement:

“This afternoon, as Governor Paterson was traveling to New York City to attend his son’s graduation, he experienced pain in his left eye.  He went to his physician’s office at Mount Sinai Medical Center [...]

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Patti Solis Doyle, who was once one of Hillary Clinton most trusted advisers, officially joined the Obama campaign today.

Solis Doyle, who was ousted as Clinton’s campaign manager in February, will serve as the chief of staff to Obama’s yet-to-be-chosen [...]

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Hillary Clinton has suspended her campaign for president, but she still has debts to pay.

So the campaign sent out a new e-mail today, this one attached to an online photo album of snapshots taken during the campaign. Interestingly, the album includes several shots of Hillary [...]

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At the close of their session today, the Westchester Board of Legislators paid its respects to Les Storch, a partner in the widely-used accounting firm of Bennett Kielson Storch & DeSantis. Storch died during the weekend after a long illness.

Storch had [...]