The Westchester County Association President William Mooney today blasted the county board chairman, saying Bill Ryan is “missing the mark” in his criticisms of WCA having outside auditors review the county’s $1.8 billion budget proposal.

“Mr. Ryan is quoted today as saying that accountants aren’t capable of being ‘qualitative’ in their thinking,” Mooney said. “That statement [...]

County Executive-elect Rob Astorino met with Westchester County Board of Legislators Chairman William Ryan, D-White Plains, this afternoon to discuss issues the two leaders will have to address in the New Year.

Central to the talks were the federal housing settlement and the county’s $1.8 billion budget proposal, which legislators are now reviewing — they must [...]

A group that wants to reconsider, and possibly eliminate, Westchester County government is meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Rethinking Westchester County government will hold a meeting at Greenburgh Town Hall, 177 Hillside Ave.

Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner, also an organizer, said members will discuss how Rob Astorino’s election as county executive will affect the movement. [...]

The Westchester County Board of Legislators is holding its first public hearing at 7 p.m. Thursday on County Executive Andrew Spano’s $1.8 billion budget proposal.

The meeting will be held at Mount Vernon City Hall, 1 Roosevelt Square.

Spano on Monday released his proposal, which would increase taxes by 4.9 percent, if approved.

The county [...]

The League of Women Voters of Westchester is sponsoring a meeting Thursday to help taxpayers understand the 2010 proposed Westchester County budget.
The meeting will take place 1 p.m. Thursday at the Scarsdale Congregational Church, 1 Heathcote Road, Scarsdale.
County Executive Andrew Spano released his $1.8 billion budget proposal Monday and the Westchester County Board of [...]

Bill Ryan, chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators, won a close race against Republican challenger Bob Hyland, Politics on the Hudson has learned.

Ryan won by 136 votes after the results were re-counted, according to Reginald LaFayette, Democratic Commissioner of the Board of Elections and chairman of the county’s Democratic Committee. The elections board [...]

Rob Astorino, the newly elected Republican county executive, today named the leaders on his executive transition committee — they include a cadre of lawyers, bankers, former Westchester lawmakers, an accountant and a 38-year-old hedge fund manager, who was a senior adviser to President Obama on the auto industry.
This team, which includes six Republicans and a Democrat met [...]

Westchester’s civil service employees  is backing County Executive Andy Spano. CSEA Local 860, which represents over 14,000 members, today announced its endorsement of Spano re-election.

“Andy Spano is someone we know and someone we can work with,” said Jack McPhillips, president of CSEA Westchester Local 860. “We endorse him as the candidate who will best look out [...]

Mayor Mike Bloomberg may not be backing Rob Astorino, but former Gov. George Pataki is.

The two Republicans toured downtown Peekskill today on what they called a small business tour, assessing the challenges of mom-and-pop shop owners in the city where Pataki was once mayor.

They met at the Governor George E. Pataki Leadership and Learning Center [...]

Former Republican State Sen. Nick Spano announced that he’s throwing his support behind County Executive Andrew Spano, a Democrat.

In a letter, the Republican power broker turned lobbyist said Andy Spano is an “innovative leader who can guide us through these tough fiscal times.” He said the county executive has managed the government well with new [...]