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Former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Files Lawsuit Against Sexual Harassment Accuser
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned in 2021 following allegations of sexual harassment, is suing one of his accusers, a Northern Westchester native, for defamation.
Cuomo, age 67, filed the lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court on Thursday, Dec. 19 against former staffer Charlotte Bennett, a Northern Westchester native, who accused the former governor of sexual harassment in 2021.
Bennett had previously filed a federal lawsuit against former Gov. Cuomo in September 2022. However, she voluntarily dropped the lawsuit on Monday, Dec. 9, saying in a joint statement …
Westchester Man Airlifted After Head-On Crash Kills Three In Pennsylvania
Three people died and a Northern Westchester man was airlifted to a nearby hospital after a head-on motor-vehicle collision in Pennsylvania.
The crash happened in Haycock Township, located in Bucks County, around 11:40 p.m. Friday, June 4, Pennsylvania State Police said.
Initial reports say the two vehicles involved, each carrying two people, caught fire after crashing.
The driver of a Chevrolet Equinox, a 26-year-old man from Ossining, was airlifted with serious injuries. His passenger, a 24-year-old woman from Rockaway, New Jersey, died.
The two occupants of the Lexus ES 330 b…
Harvey Weinstein Crashes Jeep Into Tree In Area, Report Says
Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, who pleaded not guilty on Monday, Aug. 26 to two new counts of predatory sexually assault, escaped injury when he crashed his 2017 Jeep in Northern Westchester earlier this month, according to the New York Post.
The crash happened around 9 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17, when the 67-year-old Weinstein was driving through Bedford and crashed into a tree along Bedford Center Road near Succabone Road, sources told the Post.
Weinstein, who reportedly told police he swerved to avoid a deer, had to kick his way out of the vehicle, which landed on its si…
Married Father Reportedly Suspect In Ex-Area Resident's Murder
A married father of two has reportedly been arrested for the murder of a former Northern Westchester resident on the Greek Island of Crete.
The unnamed 27-year-old man has already confessed to killing Suzanne Eaton, 59, who graduated from Byram Hills High School in Armonk in 1977, reported the BCC News.
Eaton, a renowned molecular biologist, was reported missing Tuesday, July 2, after failing to show up for a conference she was attending.
Following a massive search, her body was found on Monday, July 8, by two explorers inside a World War II bunker, which is a system of manmade …
Education Fund Started For Ridgefield Son Of Attorney Killed In Plane Crash
Frends and family of a man who grew up in Northern Westchester and was an attorney in Fairfield County and one of three victims in a fatal plane crash have started an education fund for his son.
Richard Terbrusch, 53, of Ridgefield, was killed Saturday, Oct. 13 in a plane crash along with two other people, including the pilot Munidat "Raj" Persaud, the owner of a Danbury flight training company, and Dr. Jennifer Landrum, a teacher at Thomson High School in Georgia.
Terbrusch, a 1983 graduate of John Jay High School in Cross River whose family law practice was in Danbury, left behi…
Owner Of Restaurants In Stamford, Old Greenwich Admits To $122K Tax Fraud
The 32-year-old owner of three restaurants in Northern Westchester and Fairfield County has admitted to scheming the Internal Revenue Service out of more than $122,000.
Stamford resident Steven Cioffi paid employees under the table and skimmed cash off restaurant books, according to John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kristina O’Connell, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England.
Cioffi owned 50 percent of Nepperhan Restaurants Group, Inc., doing business as ReNapoli Pizza, in Old Greenwich, and Pinocchio Pizza in Pound Ridge, which …
