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Hey whistle-blowers, Westchester County will soon have a hotline to annonymously report government fraud and waste. County Executive Andrew Spano’s office today announced it was adding a hotline whereby county workers can report instances of government abuse, fraud or waste. Dubbed W.A.T.C.H. [...]

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With David Paterson’s elevation to governor, his old lieutenant’s post has been slashed from the state budget. The position won’t be replaced until the November 2010 election, Assemblyman George Latimer tells us.  That means there’s no need to fund that office and [...]

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Retro-what?A Yonkers city councilman, running for state Senate said New York’s financial problems can’t be solved with “retronomics that tax people into their grave.”  Hmmm. Retronomics, sounds like political insider-speak. Must delve some more. (Google search here)….David Gergen, a long-time advisor [...]

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Larchmont Mayor Liz Feld, a Republican running against longtime Democratic State Senator Suzi Oppenheimer, hopes to attract some buzz this weekend — she’s officially opening her campaign headquarters at 10 a.m. Saturday.The headquarters are at 1921 Palmer Avenue, Larchmont. The 37th state senate district [...]

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Larchmont Mayor Liz Feld, a Republican candidate for State Senate in Westchester County’s 37th District, yesterday ripped The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s plan to increase tolls and transit fares.

In a release, Feld said raising rates is “yet another example of New York taxpayers [...]

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There are days when news just lands right in front of you.

While talking with Doug Colety, chairman of Westchester County’s Republican Party yesterday at party headquarters about upcoming Republican convention matters, he was served with papers from Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins’ campaign, challenging [...]

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Congresswoman Nita Lowey today accused President Bush of “politicizing” the process by which local law enforcement agencies receive federal grant funds.

Lowey, a Democrat representing Westchester and Rockland counties, called on the president to sign legislation reauthorizing the Edward Byrne [...]

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Eastchester Democrats will have a choice for Town Board come November.

Christine Doody Doherty was chosen this month by the party to run for Town Board.

Doody Doherty, daughter of the late Supervisor Jim Doody, is a teacher with Nanuet Public Schools. She [...]

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The Eastchester Republican Town Committee last night nominated Fred Salanitro for Town Board.

Salanitro was appointed to the board in January to fill the seat vacated by Rocco Cacciola, who became the town’s tax receiver. Salanitro is lawyer who has served on the Eastchester [...]

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Tony Sayegh, a former Tuckahoe trustee and deputy mayor, yesterday announced that he is running for the Eastchester Town Board.

Sayegh made the announcement at Ciao Restaurant after stops at a senior center in Tuckahoe and Veterans of Foreign War [...]