As part of the fall election, Ossining Town Board will ask voters whether they support the conversion of the elected offices of Tax Receiver, Town Clerk, and Highway Superintendent to appointed offices.The town of Mount Pleasant recently added a referendum to its fall ballot to eliminate the elected office of Highway Superintendent. Ossining's three ballot issues are the ...

President Trump declared Thursday's ceasefire at the Turkish-Syrian border was "an incredible outcome."But the Republican's assessment was immediately shot down by congressional Democrats from Connecticut.U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal tweeted: "The President got rolled, & so did our national integrity. It is yet another betrayal to our Kurdish partners & a boon to our ...

By an overwhelming 354 to 60 bipartisan vote, the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, Oct. 16 delivered a condemnation of President Trump’s decision to withdraw American forces from northern Syria. The resolution, introduced by New York Congressman Eliot Engel, said Trump's "disastrous policy" has thrown the region into bloody chaos and unraveled Middle East diplomacy."What ...

Chelsea Clinton will not run for the congressional district in most of Westchester and all of Rockland being vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, she told The View on Wednesday, Oct. 16.“I’m not considering running for Congresswoman Lowey’s seat,” she said. “I understand why people are asking and some people have been asking me some version of this question literally ...

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and his wife are organizing a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden at their home in Greenwich.The event for the former vice president is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 20 and the suggested contribution is $2,800, the maximum donation allowed for the presidential primary cycle.Biden is considered a frontrunner for the Democratic presidential ...

State Assemblyman David Buchwald became the second Democrat to announce his candidacy for the 17th Congressional District this week, a seat that will open up after next year's retirement of U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey.Buchwald's run for Congress sets up an open race for his 93rd Assembly District seat next year.Buchwald, 40, is in his fourth two-year term representing the 93rd District, which ...

Click here for an updated story: Chelsea Clinton Rules Out Congressional Run For Nita Lowey Seat -- For NowCan next year -- which coincides with President Trump's bid for re-election -- get politically crazier? In Westchester, it's guaranteed.With the 2020 retirement of U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey after 31 years in Congress comes a blue and red wave of potential candidates. Many of ...

Just when he thought it couldn't get much worse. Gov. Ned Lamont's disapproval rating is on the rise, according to the latest public opinion poll.The new poll also shows that Connecticut residents believe the quality of life in the state is declining.Sacred Heart University's Institute for Public Policy and The Hartford Courant released results of their statewide survey of 1,000 ...

Two of New York's top congressmen turned up the heat in the ongoing impeachment investigation of President Trump on Tuesday, Oct. 8.Earlier on Tuesday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham announced that he would invite Rudolph Giuliani, New York City's former mayor, to testify about Ukraine.Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, reacted on Twitter: ...

A former presidential candidate is coming to the Westchester County Center to speak about issues affecting senior citizens.U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will speak at the County Center in White Plains on Thursday, Oct. 10.Will impeachment come up? It's not planned but who knows what questions will be asked by the audience beyond health care, housing and the economy.County Executive ...