MOUNT VERNON—When it comes to passing its budget on time, Mount Vernon is making a habit out of cutting it close. “The clock is ticking,” City Council President Yuhanna Edwards said. “We’re at the 12 o’clock hour.” For the second consecutive year, the city is nearing its Dec. 31 deadline… Read More →
Representatives of the Child Care Council of Westchester, clergy, union members, elected officials, parents and others rallied in support of child care funding Thursday evening in Mount Vernon. Many held signs saying “Keep parents earning, children learning.” “When it comes to decisions about how public dollars are going to be… Read More →
It’s shaping up to be a busy campaign season, so we’ll probably see more than a few instances of candidates throughout the region crying foul and challenging the petitions of their rivals. In Mount Vernon, where seven candidates, including two incumbents, are running for three seats on the City Council,... Read More →
Big elections (like the race for county executive) in relatively close quarters (like Westchester County) can make for some interesting political choreography. To wit: Around noon on Thursday, New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson, the Democratic nominee for county executive, appeared on the steps of Mount Vernon City Hall to accept… Read More →
On Thursday, New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson will cross the Hutch to visit Mount Vernon and pick up a key endorsement in his bid to unseat County Executive Rob Astorino. Bramson will meet with members of the Mount Vernon Democratic Committee on the steps of City Hall at noon Thursday… Read More →
Here’s a glance at today’s opinion content: Astorino and the election: Editorial In our Westchester-Putnam edition, we carried an editorial that analyzed the still-unclear results of Tuesday’s election. The Democratic “supermajority” on Westchester County Board of Legislators is in play and we look at the implications for Republican County Executive… Read More →
Mount Vernon Comptroller Maureen Walker informed The Journal News yesterday that she will seek the Democratic nomination for mayor, likely pitting her against current Mayor Clinton Young, who is in the fourth year of his first term. “Mount Vernon needs bold, innovative and capable leadership. Leaders who are not influenced… Read More →
The Mount Vernon City Council overrode a veto on Thursday of the 2011 city budget. The $86.8 million spending plan has a 4.49 percent tax increase, meaning that the average home’s municipal taxes will rise by $140.72 to $3,272.40. Mayor Clinton Young vetoed the budget last week and in a… Read More →
In the wake of a city worker being arrested last month for allegedly stealing Con Edison property and this morning’s announcement that a Mount Vernon Animal Shelter volunteer was arrested for allegedly stealing puppies from the shelter, the Journal News spoke with Mount Vernon Mayor Clinton Young about the status… Read More →
New York Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow, D-Mount Vernon, is chair of the Assembly’s Racing and Wagering Committee, so naturally his name pops up in the New York State Inspector General Joseph Fisch’s investigation regarding the selection of Aqueduct Entertainment Group to operate a video lottery terminal facility at the Aqueduct… Read More →
