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Kennedy Appeals Ruling in NY Ballot Access Residency Case Involving Katonah Home Kennedy Appeals Ruling in NY Ballot Access Residency Case Involving Katonah Home
Kennedy Appeals Ruling in NY Ballot Access Residency Case Involving Katonah Home Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is appealing a judge's ruling that his listing of a Northern Westchester home on nominating petitions as a place of residence was false.  Following Judge Christina Ryba's ruling that Kennedy does not meet the legal requirement of a New York resident and cannot appear on the state's election ballots, the presidential hopeful has decided to keep fighting, according to a statement released by his campaign on Wednesday, Aug. 14 According to Ryba, Kennedy made a false statement when he listed his Katonah address at 84 Croton Lake Rd. as…

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by Ben Crnic
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Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Has Prison Surrender Date Postponed Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Has Prison Surrender Date Postponed
Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Has Prison Surrender Date Postponed A former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will not be reporting to jail on March 1 as he continues to fight his conviction on corruption charges. Joseph Percoco, a South Salem resident, was convicted of accepting $300,000 in bribes from an energy company last year and was sentenced to six years in prison. He was scheduled to report to prison on March 1, but a court has ruled that he can stay a free man as he continues to appeal the conviction. Percoco was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and one count of solicitation of bribes or gratuities…

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by Zak Failla
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State Judge Asks For Meeting On Edgemont Becoming A Village, 2nd Lawsuit State Judge Asks For Meeting On Edgemont Becoming A Village, 2nd Lawsuit
State Judge Asks For Meeting On Edgemont Becoming A Village, 2nd Lawsuit A state judge handling the Town of Greenburgh's litigation with Edgemont residents over their desire to create a new village has called for a meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 13. In the meantime, the town has filed a notice of appeal to protect its interests until there is a clear indication of how to proceed, according to Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner. Feiner said he received correspondence this past week from Judge Susan Cacace informing the town that the Judge had issued her decision on the sufficiency of the petition, without ruling on the second Article 78 proceeding brought at the same ti…

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by Jon Craig
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Illegal Immigrant Loses Appeal In Wife's Christmas Eve Murder In Mahopac Illegal Immigrant Loses Appeal In Wife's Christmas Eve Murder In Mahopac
Illegal Immigrant Loses Appeal In Wife's Christmas Eve Murder In Mahopac An illegal immigrant from Ecuador who was convicted of brutally murdering his teenage wife in Mahopac on Christmas Eve in 2010 has lost an appeal of his conviction. Paul Amay, now 32, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Nov. 2011 for killing 19-year-old Mahopac High School grad Gloria Zhingri in an apartment attached to her parents home. According to Putnam County Sheriff's statements and press releases directly after the murder, Amay, strangled and then stabbed his wife of a year. Her body was discovered by a sheriff's deputy found lying in the apartment after someone asked for a wel…

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by Kathy Reakes