Politics on the Hudson

A lawyer for the Westchester County Board of Legislators has withdrawn a lawsuit filed against County Executive Rob Astorino last September that challenged a freeze in applications to the county’s subsidized child care programs. The notice of discontinuance was dated Jan. 10. The lawsuit was the second that the board… Read More →

With the compromise 2013 Westchester County budget passed Dec. 7, the county set the parent cost for subsidized child care programs at 27 percent of income above the poverty line. But the new rate can’t take effect until a comment period ends, the state signs off on the increase and… Read More →

The appellate division, second department of New York Supreme Court has denied an injunction that would have stopped an increase in child care costs to parents who participate in Westchester County’s subsidized day care programs and has removed a restraining order that had temporarily halted the increase, said Ned McCormack,... Read More →

Republicans on the Westchester Board of Legislators are calling on the board’s majority Democrats and the county executive to work out a compromise in the fight over family costs in the subsidized child care program that has the two sides in court. The administration of County Executive Rob Astorino sought… Read More →

The administration of Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino has decided not to appeal a temporary restraining order stopping an increase to the parent share of subsidized child care. The restraining order was granted Friday after the Democratic leadership of the county Board of Legislators sued the Astorino administration to stop… Read More →