Westchester Legislator Martin Rogowsky paid another visit this week to the advisory panel that is reviewing whether county lawmakers should get a pay raise. Minutes from the meeting show this interesting exchange between Rogwosky, the legislature’s majority leader, and Compensation Advisory Board Chairman William Mooney: “Bill Mooney remarked, no doubt… Read More →
In case you missed it on Sunday, The Journal News looked at the expense reports of the Westchester Board of Legislators and found that spending by lawmakers had jumped sevenfold over the past five years. Using data, obtained through the state Freedom of Information Law, the newspaper also revealed that… Read More →
Bill Ryan, the chairman of the Westchester Board of Legislators, and Majority Leader Martin Rogowsky both appeared before the legislature’s Compensation Advisory Board this morning to make their arguments for a pay increase. According to William Mooney, chairman of the advisory panel, neither Ryan nor Rogowsky asked for a specific… Read More →
It’s no understatement to say that Westchester’s Board of Legislators and, most especially, it’s Chairman Bill Ryan have been getting a lot of bad press lately. Most of it stems from the board’s aborted effort to boost Ryan’s pay to $124,200. So that may explain why the board’s leadership halted… Read More →
The Westchester County Board of Legislators adjourned today without voting on a proposed package of raises for board leaders, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon reports. Board Chairman William Ryan, D-White Plains, and Majority Leader Martin Rogowsky, D-Harrison, said the issue would be taken up by the newly-constituted board after the first of the… Read More →
Jorge Fitz-Gibbon is headed to the Westchester County Board of Legislators, where, at 2 p.m., they’re expected to again take up a proposal to increase stipends for board leaders. Among the changes is an 87 percent increase in the stipend paid to board Chairman William Ryan, D-White Plains, with a… Read More →
Marty Rogowsky, D-Harrison, the majority leader of the Westchester County Board of Legislators, and legislator Tom Abinanti, D-Greenburgh, are asking the board to consider exempting the purchase of residential solar energy systems from the county’s sales tax. The pair submitted the draft legislation to colleagues on Monday. Rogowsky said in… Read More →
