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Ticket-Fixing Scandal: Officials Call For Councilman's Resignation In Westchester Ticket-Fixing Scandal: Officials Call For Councilman's Resignation In Westchester
Ticket-Fixing Scandal: Officials Call For Councilman's Resignation In Westchester City officials in Northern Westchester are calling for the resignation of a councilman who allegedly used his close relationship with a judge to get his friend out of a traffic ticket.  In a statement released on Tuesday, Sept. 24, Peekskill Mayor Vivian McKenzie said the majority of the city's Common Council believes that Councilman Ramon Fernandez should resign from his position following his alleged conduct with embattled Peekskill City Court Judge Reginald J. Johnson.  According to a report by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which filed formal…

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$132K Project: New Downtown Crosswalks Coming To City In Westchester $132K Project: New Downtown Crosswalks Coming To City In Westchester
$132K Project: New Downtown Crosswalks Coming To City In Westchester Several new crosswalks will be coming to a downtown area in Northern Westchester as part of a $132,000 project meant to improve safety.  The new pedestrian crosswalks will be coming to downtown Peekskill as part of the city's ongoing $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative, according to New York State Sen. Pete Harckham, who announced that he had secured a $100,000 state grant for the project on Monday, Oct. 9.  The project, which is estimated to cost $132,316 in total, will replace the following painted crosswalks near the "Civic Area" around the Peekskill City H…

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